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Valve Hopes You’Ll Wish Everyone a Very Zombie Christmas

Alisha K. — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:51 +0000

Plain ol’ holiday cards can just be so bland: stars, snowy evenings, cultural or religious imagery… eh. You know what I like in my holidays? Co-op games and zombies. All the better if I can get them all on one little piece of paper which I can then send to all my friends. Or at least my co-op buddies.

Ah, nothing says Christmas like undulating peppermint tongue. Valve is offering up sets of cards for $15.95 apiece, in addition to their normal stock of t-shirts and other swag. Left 4 Dead is available, as shown above, but do you really want to go with last year’s zombie game? It’s time to get up in the new hotness, children:

All that’s missing from these Left 4 Dead 2 cards is me getting my hind end kicked all around the Dark Carnival finale. Fortunately, I can see that on my Xbox any ol’ time.

If, however, you prefer a little Orange Box excitement over the zombie apocalypse, you can also check out the Team Fortress 2 offerings. Here’s one of the two available sets:

Definitely beats reindeer.

[via Joystiq]

Left 4 Dead Infects Xbox 360 [Casemod]

Technabob — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:20:51 +0000

This wouldn’t be the first L4D + Xbox 360 combo we’ve featured here on technabob, but I think it’s my new favorite.

Modder Tjpitbull decked out his 360 with a complete Left 4 Dead inspired look, covering the entire case with a distressed military green paintjob on both the console and controller. And you see that giant cutout “4″ from the game’s logo? It’s backlit with bright blood red LEDs when the lights go down – and the most appropriate Red Rings of Death you’ll ever see.

Here’s some video of the glowing red L4D console doing its glowing thing.

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I promise I won’t write about any more L4D casemods unless someone manages to make one that looks just like a lifesize Boomer. And then it needs to explode and cover you with a malodorous slime that attracts a horde of smaller 360s.

[via Xbox-Scene]

For Foodie Gamers on Halloween

Alisha K. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:23:55 +0000

Halloween-party-throwing foodie gamers – is that a demographic? If so, folks, it’s your day. If you have been dying to suck the sugar-force from a gelatinous Metroid, don’t worry. You’re covered.

Strawberries, green jello, apple… and no strong stomach required. For something that shouldn’t be appetizing, this really is. Delicious backfire!

This, though… not so much.

Major kudos for pulling off such a messy–and yet accurate–cake for Left 4 Dead fans. Would I eat it? It looks more like it might be interested in eating me when you get right down to it. Or at least getting a nice grip on my face and then ripping it off. And I’m partial to my face.

[via Super Punch]

New Left 4 Dead Dlc Set to Drop Before Sequel

Alisha K. — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:37:15 +0000

The somewhat-maligned Left 4 Dead sequel is scheduled for this November, just under a year after the original, but now grumblers have something cheaper (or, if you’re on PC, free!) to look forward to: a Crash Course in kicking zombies in the face. Or, uh, shooting them there. Whatever.

Crash Course may not be free for Xbox 360 players, but for only 560 Microsoft points ($7 in real money), you get an entire campaign as well as some other goodies. The new campaign, postered above, “bridges the gap” between the first campaign, No Mercy, and the original second, Death Toll. Considering the title, I’m guessing that No Mercy’s escape helicopter may not have been long for that zombie-riddled world.

The pack also includes a shorter and sweeter version of Versus mode that can be completed in only half an hour. I love Left 4 Dead like ice cream, but completing a campaign does take a significant chunk of time, so this is definitely good news.

Download it next month!

[via GameGirl]