Valve have announced an official contest today entitled “Dude, Where’s My Thumb?” that challenges budding zombie hunters to take a photo of themselves in front of one of the many advertisements for the game (in London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area).

The contest encourages you to be “creative” and “crazy”- don’t just take a photo of yourself, do something cool! The photos should be submitted to Valve via this page, where they’ll be judged by none other than Valve president Gabe Newell himself. The Top 25 entries will receive free copies of Left 4 Dead, with the best overall getting a brand new rig from AMD.

With pre-orders of the game almost double that of the Orange Box, Left 4 Dead is looking to be one of this year’s best selling games. You can enter as many times as you like, so head down to one of those areas and take an awesome photo.

If you’re going to apply, why not send us a copy of your photo as well to whatsup@ripten.com? You could make our front page, and that’s every bit as good as a free copy of Left 4 Dead!

Tags: awesomeness, Contest, Dude, left-4-dead, Valve, Where's My Thumb?

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