Left 4 Dead is Valve's 2008 co-op shooter built around four survivors fighting through infected campaigns together. Bill, the oldest survivor, has a full set of automated callouts that trigger when special infected appear, helping players react without voice chat. The Boomer became one of the game's most memorable threats because its bile attack blinds survivors and summons a horde. Clips of Bill's warnings later circulated on soundboards and in gaming videos, where the short alert works out of context as a reaction to anything bloated, messy, or about to explode.