In the latest example of Half-Life 2 creator Valve’s genius, a blog post on TeamFortress.com alerts readers to a recent update to the incredibly awesome Team Fortress 2. The update apparently fixes a longstanding bug which affected the Scout’s legs while jumping. To be honest, I wasn’t aware of this bug. But I’m glad they fixed it, if only because of the epic story they’ve concocted to explain it. An excerpt:

“What a lot of people don’t know is that this “bug” isn’t a bug at all, but rather an embarrassing result of the degenerative leg disease our motion capture actor, Del Bluskin, has bravely endured for over a decade now, which has turned the lower half of his skeleton into something that looks like two raw bacon strips held up in a wind tunnel. To be honest, Del’s been a part of the Valve family for so long, we just didn’t have the heart to fire him simply because his ailment had rendered him grossly incompetent at his own job. To be even more honest, we didn’t have the heart to engage in a long verbal sparring match with Valve’s legal team, who told us that under no circumstances could we fire Del.”

You owe it to yourself to read the whole thing. I want to work for these people…

On a side note, if you haven’t checked out Team Fortress 2, you have two jobs. First, grab the nearest solid object you can lift and smack yourself across the face with it. Then, go out and buy TF2. It’s that good.

Jerod Jarvis is an independent gaming journalist and founder of Duality Games. He maintains gaming columns for The Washington Times Communities and for The Outpost. When not blogging madly about games, he freelances for the Spokesman-Review in his hometown of Spokane, Washington and attends school at Whitworth University. Check out his presence on Facebook and Twitter to stay up on Duality Games updates and the inside scoop on the gaming news you care about.