• 24Dec 09

  I met Louis from Left 4 Dead!

  So I was working today (GameStop) and amongst all the ridiculous holiday shopping business should I actually get to meet a video game celebrity of sorts. Today one Mr. Earl Alexander was in our store, but you may know him better as the voice of Louis in Left 4 Dead. He was with a friend of his talking about Left 4 Dead and he stopped me as I was going about working at the store. We chatted about L4D2 a bit and brought up the fact that he did voice work in the game.
  
  Naturally, I was skeptical, because for one, I had no idea who did the voice for Louis, let alone what he looked like. Frankly, anyone could make up crap like that. Well, to test him, I asked him to do the famous line: "Grabbin' pills!" and sure enough, it was the voice, lol. It was very cool and pretty much made my day. Also funny because he was talking about how Valve was asking him to come back to do more voice work for Louis, but he didn't know why. I mentioned that I had read an article saying that they were working on a new L4D2 campaign where the new survivors meet up with the ones from the first game. Kinda funny that he didn't know prior. Regardless, it was very cool to meet him.

  • Posted Dec 24, 2009 2:01 am PT
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• 4Jun 09

  Kotaku posted the article I sent them!

  My friend today sent me a link to a news story that happened locally here. This was the first I had heard about it, but I don't keep up with the news very often. Apparently in Seattle there is a horror convention called Crypticon happening at some point, and some guy decided to cosplay as HUNK from Resident Evil for the "zombie crawl." Well, his costume was good. So good that people called the police. Finding this entertaining as I did I decided to send the artcile to Kotaku. And they posted it! Yay! I feel special now, lol.

  See where it says: "Thanks, foolio1!" Yeah, that was me

  • Posted Jun 4, 2009 9:27 pm PT
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• 6Jan 09

  A Winner is Me!

  I'm not sure how many people are aware, but Sony and Microsoft both have Retail Loyalty Sites available to those who work at approved retailers of their products. Basically, since I work at GameStop, I get to go to these fancy sites and learn about their products and take little quizzes to test this knowledge. Upon completion of quizzes I earn points that can be redeemed for merchandise. Sony's is currently free (though they play to start charging but are promising better stuff) and Microsoft charges a bit of money. Either way, it's pretty awesome considering I've gotten Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword, Folklore, Resistance, Pursuit Force, Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, and a Dual Shock 3 from Sony for absolutely nothing. And before Microsoft upped their prices I got Gears of War, PGR3, Viva Pinata, Halo, Halo 2, the original Forza, and another wireless 360 controller from MS for $50. That was just my first order from them.

  Okay, so that bloated explanantion turned out to be a bit of a bragging fest, but I can't help it, it's just really awesome for a gamer like me. Well, sometimes when you complete quizzes you get entered in for contests and it turns out I am a grand prize winner in Sony's MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Sweepstakes! Sadly it wasn't one of the big contests where I get a system or anything, but I have a free MotorStorm hat coming my way! So remember kids, working retail can sometimes have its benefits!

  • Posted Jan 6, 2009 8:23 pm PT
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