Hi all,

We have just published an interview with *Left4Dead writer Chet
Faliszek* of Valve Software. If you could post a link on your site that
would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/04/28/left4dead-interview-chet-faliszek/1


*Picture:*
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/04/left4dead-interview-chet-faliszek/fp_img.jpg


*Quote:
*/"BT: //Valve's famous for play testing things to death -- were there
any parts of Left4Dead that you thought would be a great idea at the
time, but you then cut out completely?

CF: Yeah, we do that kind of stuff all the time. We always joke about
these companies which have these design documents full of great ideas,
and there are loads of things that sound really great on paper. They
sound like The Winner, but then you go to test it and it's like -- oh my
God, nobody knows what the hell they're doing, what's going on, it's
horrible.

In fact, right now there are some things on these demo machines we're
testing and we'll be getting feedback on and cutting and whatever. It's
been interesting to watch some of these things with people who are good
gamers too. Watching people who game at a higher level and seeing how
they interact with things and what they do with it is always interesting."/
*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net