As you can see in the (brilliant) above image, Valve have revealed a certain sports bat will be featured in Left 4 Dead 2. Yes, the cricket bat, likely a homage to the fantastic zombie film Shaun of the Dead, will be available for use. Perhaps I should be berated for posting something that is probably a little trivial and not newsworthy- that was my initial reaction.

However, by doing this post, I am able to simultaneously post a picture of a zombie being smacked by a cricket bat by a man in a hat with the English flag on it, and praise a brilliant British film. This is the first time I’ve ever felt patriotic, and it’s all thanks to zombies.

Oh, and as a bonus for those who clicked the read more button, I’ll tell you why I haven’t been updating recently: I’ve been on holiday in England.

In a story that I’m sure is incredibly embarrassing for the police forces of England, a semi carrying approximately $1 million in PlayStation 3 videogames (including GTA and Brothers in Arms) was stolen by a merry band of thieves.  The truck and its cargo were then recovered by police, who failed to capture the men responsible, which led to the same merry band of thieves stealing the same truck full of games from the custody of the police themselves!

The story began in Northampton, UK, when a truck carrying 16,000 PS3 games was reported stolen.  The bobbies were fast on the scene and tracked down the car the thieves used to transport the stolen goods.  The games and the truck originally carrying them were then taken to a police depot where they could be examined for clues leading to the identities of the thieves.  The police apparently didn’t keep a close enough eye on that truck…

The looters returned for their ill-gotten merchandise within hours and re-stole both the truck and the pallets of PS3 games right out of the police depot.  The truck itself was found yesterday, but the modern pirates seemed to have made off with a plentiful booty.  A police spokesman had the following to say:

“We are pursuing a number of lines of enquiry, including eBay transactions where a number of the games have been potentially identified as being advertised for sale. Arrests have already been made in respect of this.”

Yes, I’m sure the people clever enough to steal directly from the police are stupid enough to get caught selling stuff on eBay.  Nice try, though.  If these thieves were going to use eBay to unload their goods, why not just send empty boxes to people and not have to steal the games in the first place?  What would be great is if the thieves did sell the games on eBay and then went to the winning bidders’ houses and re-stole the games back a third time.

Source: Unigamesity

Queen Elizabeth II

According to thepeople.co.uk, Queen Elizabeth II is quite the gadget fiend. Along with a mobile phone, BlackBerry, and iPod, the senior member of the British Royal Family is now hooked on the Nintendo Wii.

Prince William’s girlfriend purchased him Nintendo’s prized console as a Christmas gift. When the Queen saw William playing, she joined in and tried her hand at bowling. According to sources from the Palace, the Queen was a natural.

Those of us who live stateside can only wish our leadership was as cool. I once read that President Bush listens to My Sharona on his iPod while bicycling. I guess that’s sort of neat.

Via Joystiq