Gabe Newell Almost Removed Zombies From Left 4 Dead
In a recent interview, former writer at Valve Chet Faliszek told of how when he was beginning work on the first Left 4 Dead game, Gabe Newell tried to steer the direction away from zombies. Left 4 Dead launched in 2008, before the first season of things like The Walking Dead TV series and game that sought to redefine the zombie genre. This meant that films like Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead were major influences in people’s ideas of zombie media....