Yes, you read that ludicrous number correctly. 28,981,249,043 zombies have been shot, battered, exploded and otherwise massacred since Left 4 Dead 2 launched last November. If you're not very good at numbers, that's over 28 billion zombies. It's a zombie apocalypse alright.
Valve officially put that into perspective, if you're still struggling to cope with the magnitude:
- The entire population of the planet has been zombified and killed 4.26 times.
- With the average height of a zombie being 6 feet, if you stacked them end to end they would circle the globe 1,322 times.
- If you placed 28,981,249,043 rulers end to end, they would reach28,981,249,043 feet in the sky.
Let me also put this in perspective by saying that that Left 4 Dead 2 has seen more death than the Holocaust, with 28,975,249,043 more kills under its belt. Quite the achievement, and one that we can all congratulate Valve on. Well done, Valve! You're officially worse than the worst human genocide that historians could name. Pol Pot ain't got sh*t on you!
Don't worry, we'll make more [Left 4 Dead Blog]
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8:40 AM on 02.12.2010
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L4D2 is nearly, well not quite, but it's not far off worth buying an ecksbawks for.
If I had endless money and could throw £200 away on one game without batting an eyelid, i'd buy 360 for this game.
the 360 version is shit. if your going to get it, get it on pc and add me
*Weeps while shooting the laptop a hateful glance*
Since I turned it on to have a look at performance, I have contributed 2 to this cause.
well if you ever get steam, add me by my user name which is watermanx (shocking)
Also, I'm seriously pondering buying Sexy a 360, L4D2, and XBL Gold. I could really use my job back.
; ) x x x
And yes, on my "xbawks," having a Mac slows down my PC gaming.
"GRABBIN PUKE!"
This way they can say if the humans would out last the zombies. Keep a running total, and each time the humans survive, reduce the total number of survivors for the next run through.
Also you're fat, fatty.
To 100 billion!
It's a good look homie. In fact it's hawt.
; )
"You and your friends vs. 10 billion zombies. They're gonna need more zombies."
They weren't kidding.
If Xzyliac and I pool our money and buy you one, do you promise to praise M$ and flame Sony for the rest of your Destructoid days?
;)
This is why I still visit Destructoid.
@sprcrzy110 - dude you need to get yourself a PS3 - it's THAT GOOD.
MAG is so good I would buy a 360 to play it if I had to, I shit you not.
Oh yeah? Well, Left 4 Dead is so good, I had the option to have sex with Ash (as in, Bruce Campbell, not that slag from HAWP) and I passed it up just to play more!
Take that!
Also, I'll drop something into the "Shut-SC-up pool" :D
I almost missed this one. Genius.
That is a couple billion more people than have ever lived.
http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/history/world-population-growth.htm