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UPDATE: We're running late on this. As of this writing, it's 7:50 p.m. PST, but we hope to go live soon…within a half hour or so? Here is the link to the stream:
Remember staying up late playing games with your little brother and hoping Mom didn't hear The Legend of Zelda theme coming through the walls? Bitmob and Destructoid have teamed up to bring back that magical time from our childhood and see what happens when a bunch of adults sit around playing video games for 20 hours straight.
We're livestreaming the Bitmob/Destructoid Dead Island All-Nighter starting Friday at 7 p.m. PST, and we'll play the game from start to finish even if it kills us. So, what can you expect?
- Sebastian Haley and Chloe Dykstra, as well as Destructoid's Tara Long and Max Scoville, start and finish Deep Silver's new Borderlands-meets-Left 4 Dead zombie co-op game, Dead Island.
- The entire event streamed live, with free copies of Dead Island handed out to viewers throughout the night/day/night.
- 10+ backup players, including world-renowned cosplayer Linda Le and Crystal Dynamics Community Manager Meagan Marie.
- Long Vo, a lead artist from Udon Entertainment, will take requests and draw famous video-game characters in their zombified form.
- More (not "much more," just more).
Should we probably have picked a shorter game? Sure, but at least now you can literally watch our descent into sleep-induced rage and idiocy. Check back tomorrow around 6:45 for links to the livestream.
Special thanks to Astro Gaming, Deep Silver, and Tomb Raider-makers Crystal Dynamics for helping set this all up.