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Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also, I'm pretty sure Portal 1 was in development by a studio that was bought by valve when they saw the game prototype. Not exactly "Gabe Newell making Portal". Though I do think that was a savvy investment (Portal 2 being the better game also).

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Erik Wolpaw, who wrote Portal, was absolutely a Valve employee by that time already though, and very arguably the writing is what made the game so special. The team developing it wouldn't have had Wolpaw as a pull for a writer without being acquired by Valve.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Well, I agree that the writing is really good. But the gameplay hook is what really makes it a great game tome.