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In his 31 years on this earth, Dean Hall has been a commissioned officer in two branches of the New Zealand armed forces and the developer of popular zombie survival mod DayZ. Now he's plunged himself into a survival situation as grueling as anything in his game: climbing Mount Everest.

I applaud Dean's pursuit of a worthy quest in the finest Middle Earth tradition. While blogging about the unexpectedness, profusion, and constancy of his bloody nasal discharge, Mr. Hall remarked, "I’m also developing a really great concept for a game here…"

If one man could give thunderous applause, you would hear such accolades from me, despite your possible location on another continent. My friends, this is an idea whose time has come. We've endured annual assaults to our sensibilities and wallets posing as American Football simulations. We've seen intriguing yet simplistic attempts to immerse players in virtual sports. The technology exists to bring the real most dangerous game into our living rooms. Only the will was lacking, and Dean Hall seems to be hinting that he intends to deliver.

Admittedly, a motion-controlled mountaineering simulator would have limited appeal. I assure any console manufacturers reading this blog that I would buy a new system just for a Dean Hall mountain climbing game. The single tantalizing sentence at the end of his post rekindles a hope I haven't felt since the demise of U2 Rock Band.

Godspeed, Dean Hall.