I think they were the reports he heard when the outbreak first occurred. It sort of helped fill in the back story of how things went to crap so easily: people were in disbelief that this was anything other than isolated acts of violence until it grew out of control.

If I play solo I use 3 characters. I think the solo mode is a possibility because the game is intended to be highly cooperative. Thus if you are discussing every move with your friends, you're effectively one unit anyways. Makes no difference if that unit is controlled by 1 person or multiple people. The only…