Night of the Living (Left 4) Dead

1001 No.37: ‘Left 4 Dead 2’ (2009)

There is a house in Cheltenham Town. It’s called the Jackinov. It has been the ruin of many an undead and man Ross is starting to look like one.

There are a number of ways to spend new years eve. Some people throw a party and others have a quite night in with close friends and family. At UCHG HQ we greeted the new year by heading south and killing zombies. Lots of zombies…

Through out the night and into the small hours of the morning we blasted, hacked, burned and detonated our way through all five campaigns of the apocalyptic masterpiece that is Left 4 Dead 2. Over 600 heads were removed, 10835 zombies were sent back to the grave and yes we are stronger and faster than Moustachio!

But the bloodshed didn’t end there. No sooner had we emerged from the hordes we received word that our good old friend Gnome Chompski was in trouble. He was trapped within the Dark Carnival campaign and needed to be carried to safety. This meant one of the team would need to drop his gun and carry Chompski throughout the remaining four stages of the campaign. This lead to a number of humorous gnome based kills and panicked cries of “leave me! Just get Chompski?”

So here we are, surrounded by severed body parts, saying good-bye to 2009 and staring down both barrels of 2010!

Happy New Year to you all and remember to look out for the jockey!