I have heard rumors about a zombie PC game that would be very realistic. Of course I was intrigued, so I headed off to the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. It took a few hours to get there, but boy was it worth it.
Valve Software had a booth set up for their upcoming video game/training simulator called Left 4 Dead. They have four comptuters set up, where people could go through an entire level as a party.
As I’ve always said, you need to work as a team in order to survive. Since many of these people playing this demo had little military experience, they were quickly devoured by the undead.
There were a few innacuracies, for my taste, but overall this is a viable training system for the Necrosistance. I am going to start setting up a computer training room on the compound, and will talk to Valve about providing copies of their new simulator for us.
We have been sinking a lot of money into building physical training grounds, but this new simulator may revolutionize how we prepare for the inevitable.