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The first 'real videogame' Gabe Newell played was Star Trek, where you made your choices via punch cards before running over to the printer: 'It usually takes about 15 minutes to do a move'
News "This was just a complete distraction or a waste of time versus what I was supposed to be doing."
The young Gabe Newell thought he'd be a doctor until he ended up visiting his brother at Microsoft, where 'Steve Ballmer got mad and said 'If you're going to be hanging out here, why don't you do something useful?''
News We might not have Steam if Ballmer hadn't blown his top.
Gabe Newell says he founded Valve after Doom showed him Microsoft 'was missing the opportunity' offered by the internet: 'I was willing to sort of put my money where my mouth was'
News "And if I was wrong, I'd have to go back to Microsoft."
Microsoft CEO consoles employees by saying recent layoffs are down to 'the enigma of success in an industry that has no franchise value'
News Doesn't that make you feel better?
Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout
News An absolute mess.
Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games set to lay off another 36 employees after a 'redundancy consultation process', delays Directive 8020 to 2026
News "We anticipate losing" is a funny way to say "we're laying off".
'The father of Elder Scrolls' Julian LeFay has died: 'His legacy will live on in every realm, every quest, and every moment of wonder'
News "A visionary who fundamentally shaped the gaming industry as we know it today."
How to survive as an indie developer for 20 years
Staying alive "Size Five has always just plodded along without a colossal success, which is fine by me. I'm still here."
