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Zoey is arguably one of the most realistically designed female characters in a video game to date, featuring what one could describe as honest to goodness 'girl-next-door' cuteness and appeal and a geeky personality that most gamers would probably be able to relate to and even find attractive; a kind of high-spiritedness that most decent guys would find undeniably appealing.
She's like a regular person, and who can't like that? 
Zoey's Model
Now, if you're wondering who Zoey's model is based on, then wonder no more. Zoey is based on one Sonja Kinski, daughter of the actress Nastassja Kinski. Sonja is herself an actress, having starred in the indie film All God's Children Can Dance, which is based on a short story by Haruki Murakami in which she appears in various states of undress for much of the movie.
A (somewhat NSFW) trailer can be seen below:
Yeah, I totally realize that some of you whom are reading this are probably going to get the movie just to watch Ms. Kinski baring it all, but who knows, the rest of the movie might even be enjoyable.
"Oh no! The zombies killed God!"
Voiced by the talented Jen Taylor, who's also the voice of Cortana in the Halo series, Zoey earns as much of her appeal through her looks and body language as she does through her voice, which lends her the character and 'life' that most of us find memorable.
Without her voice, she would be but a face, albeit a pretty face but not a very compelling character. We really owe it to Ms. Taylor and the writers at Valve for providing Zoey with her personality and her memorable lines. "The zombies killed God" and "I'm calling Zombie bull****..." are but a few of the lines that come to mind.
Jen Taylor is also well known for being the voice of the sexy British spy, Cate Archer, in Monolith's No One Lives Forever. For real, Cate Archer is a cool character and it'd be awesome to see more female protagonists like Cate Archer and Zoey in video games. Lara Croft just can't compare to either of them.
So here's hoping that we see more of Zoey as Valve makes new content available for Left 4 Dead. God knows that the game could use a few more campaigns for us to play, and I sure as hell look forward to hearing some new comic relief from Zoey while I blast my way through the zombie hordes.
Zoey is clearly one of the coolest female characters to grace our LCDs and based on the popularity of Left 4 Dead, it looks like she's here to stay. Awesome.
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johnny Jul 7, 2009 at 6:11 pm
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chris Feb 13, 2010 at 2:44 pm
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Anonymous said
zoey is so hot
johnny Jul 12, 2009 at 7:29 pm
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chris Feb 13, 2010 at 2:41 pm
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Anonymous said
zoey is so sexy
Russell Aug 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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Curiosly, the real model for Zoey in LEFT 4 DEAD was ALÉSIA GLIDEWELL.
However, when the character designs were updated later in development for final version of the game, [/b]was made to resemble actress Sonja Kinski instead.
The real real voice ingame of Zoey was voice by Jen Taylor.
However, when the character designs were updated later in development for final version of the game, [/b]was made to resemble actress Sonja Kinski instead.
The real real voice ingame of Zoey was voice by Jen Taylor.
Russell Aug 10, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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All of the comments are goods.
Curiosly, the real model for Zoey in LEFT 4 DEAD was ALÉSIA GLIDEWELL.
However, when the character designs were updated later in development for final version of the game, was made to resemble actress Sonja Kinski instead.
The real voice ingame of Zoey was voiced by Jen Taylor. She was worked witch Valve before.
Curiosly, the real model for Zoey in LEFT 4 DEAD was ALÉSIA GLIDEWELL.
However, when the character designs were updated later in development for final version of the game, was made to resemble actress Sonja Kinski instead.
The real voice ingame of Zoey was voiced by Jen Taylor. She was worked witch Valve before.
Jordan Aug 15, 2009 at 4:56 am
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Valve does this, making realistic female characters that are truly attractive not just eye candy. Look at Alyx Vance, from Half-Life 2, she's not the prettiest of female game characters, but to me one of the best, because she has personality and and realism, and the same goes for Zoey. I hope other video game developers learn from valve, and put more real women into their games.
BlazingOwnager Aug 16, 2009 at 11:51 pm
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People might wonder why Left4Dead has a much higher female player demographic than many other first person shooters, and I credit Zoey as one of the answers. All of the female characters in the game (counting the common infected) are realistic and not meant as pure eye candy, and it's appreciated. Zoey, Alyx Vance and even Judith show what Valve got right that the majority of other companies got wrong.
oh_noes Aug 25, 2009 at 7:33 pm
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nick =] Nov 16, 2009 at 6:48 pm
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no she got replaced by Ellis =] rochelle replaced louis
o0o0o0o00o0 Nov 17, 2009 at 5:08 am
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chris Feb 13, 2010 at 2:51 pm
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Anonymous said
wow .............good i love u real zoey
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