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While I adore the zombie horror game Left 4 Dead, the online co-op play seems to be hit-and-miss at the moment. Depending on which server you auto-connect to, you end up with something laggy, or completely inappropriate to your level of play.

So, since I happen to have my own dedicated system I decided to give a try at running my own dedicated server instead. Since I couldn't locate one place that had all of this information, I decided to write up my own document to show you how to install and setup your very own Left 4 Dead Dedicated Server.

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While I had all the best intentions of posting more neat and interesting stuff (well, to me, that is), I managed to run smack into Left 4 Dead and things haven't been quite the same since.

Sure, I'm still the standard-issue Midwest programming geek, but I just happen to flinch a hell of a lot more in dark rooms.

If you guys haven't had an opportunity to try L4D out, I would highly recommend it. If you already happen to have it and are looking for someone to join you in the festivities, just hop over to my Steam page and contact me.

Finally, this reminds me that I have extra Steam copies of HL 2 and HL2, Episode One that I picked up whenever I got Orange Box.

If you would like a free legal copy of them for your very own, just log in (or create yourself a new account) and reply back with your Steam contact information.

Cheers,

tom

I've been researching one of those “odd project bits” that has been stuck in my head over the past few days. But, instead of filling up a notepad full of notes and sleeping on it, I decided to make a blog post about it instead.

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Recently, I had an opportunity to become a part of a closed beta test for Atmosphir. Atmosphir is a new, multi-platform game for Windows, Mac, or Linux computers which allows you to have control over a little clever fellow in a world full of platforms to jump to, things to climb up, and all sorts of entertaining traps to escape to reach the end flag.
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