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In <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/ragdoll-metaphysics-valves-che.html">Jim Rossignol's latest Ragdoll Metaphysics column</a>, <em>Left 4 Dead</em> writer Chet Faliszek has said the idea's at least been internally bandied about, as part of a wide, wide ranging interview that also covers the mixed messages and missed opportunities that spawned the <em>Left 4 Dead 2</em> boycott, and why AI constructs make him depressed. </p> <p>Elsewhere on <em>Offworld</em> we saw even more newly announced games coming out of the ongoing GamesCom conference: Lionhead <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/the-albion-call-lionhead-annou.html">returning with <em>Fable III</em></a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/get-campy-super-stardust-devs.html">top-down zombie shooter <em>Dead Nation</em></a>, which will apparently have individual countries competing to fully eliminate the undead virus, more of Sony's <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/i-go-out-rolling-sony-announce.html">PSP cult cute platformer <em>Loco Roco</em></a>, and Hudson's <em>The Tower of Shadow</em>, in which you <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/shadow-play-konamihudson-annou.html">play <em>as</em> the shadow</a>.</p> <p>We also saw a fantastically unlikely official new contest to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/listen-ds-10-creators-announce.html">create the best Elvis techno cover/remix on your DS</a>, listened to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/listen-preview-metroid-metals.html"><em>Metroid</em> metal cover album Varia Suite</a>, played the latest <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/listen-nullsleep-no-carrier-en.html">NES demoscene ROM</a>, and saw both <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/one-shot-alices-adventures-in.html">Alice's Adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom</a>, and <em>Spider</em> creators Tiger Style showing us <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/one-shot-the-game-development.html">tomorrow's game development studio, today</a>.</p> </i></b></em></font></a> </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer entry-footer-permalink"> <div class="entry-footer-tags">posted in: <span class="entry-categories-list"> <span class="entry-category"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336/http://www.boingboing.net/offworld/">OFFWORLD</a></span> </span> </div> <div class="entry-footer-favorites"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return mtScore(65692)" id="scoring-id-65692" class="scoring"> <span class="votetext"> <span id="scoring-vote-65692" class="scoring-vote">Favorite This!</span></a> (<span id="scoring-score-65692" class="scoring-score">0</span>) </span> </div> <div class="entry-footer-share" style="width:330px"> <div class="badge badge-yahoo" style="float:right"> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090821202336js_/http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge.js" badgetype="small" showbranding="0">boing_boing:http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/20/recently-on-offworld-84.html</script> </div> <div style="float:right;margin-right:5px;"> <script> var diggurl = escape(location.href); 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