It's a bit of a Left 4 Dead 2 celebration around here, but in the spirit of a New Orleans mardi-gras, we figure why not. So, after asking Valve to comment on all the community issues with the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2, we thought some hands-on time was the next best step and so yours truly sat in front of one of Valve's stunning monitors, fired up the mouse and got ready to slam a chainsaw clear through a zombie's head.

For our full impressions of the game click this link. Of course for more information and links to various media and editorial, check out our game page.

In the wake of some initial excitement and then a community in uproar, we tracked down Valve's meeting room at this year's E3 to hear it from the zombie horse's mouth, so to speak. And managed to grab writer, Chet Faliszek, to talk about all things gumbo, swampy and sequelly (I know that's not a word, too).

For anyone too lazy to read, we have a video of our interview up right here, and for anyone who can't stand the sound of my voice or doesn't want to use up their bandwidth, we have a full transcript here.

Check our L4D2 game page for more info.