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Interview with Valve founder Gabe Newell, who has been stuck in New Zealand since early 2020

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  1. jcdl
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    I hope there's still some love for non-VR games in the pipeline. I'm not quite ready to plunge on a nice piece of kit like the Index or the high end Oculus products yet and I don't want a subpar...

    I hope there's still some love for non-VR games in the pipeline. I'm not quite ready to plunge on a nice piece of kit like the Index or the high end Oculus products yet and I don't want a subpar experience.

    I'm sure there's more IP in the works, and I have a lot of faith in Valve to be able to execute something special. Portal proved that, and so did Left 4 Dead.

    Of course I want to see Portal and Half Life finally cross over (I don't know if HL: Alyx did much to advance that storyline) with the Borealis story line, but I want to see what other ideas Valve has.

    New Zealand seems to have been good for GabeN. I'm happy for the guy.

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    TheJorro
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    I'm currently playing Half-Life 2 at the moment (via Half-Life 2: Update). Maybe it's because the original game managed to capture me at the right moment in time to cement it deep into my...

    I'm currently playing Half-Life 2 at the moment (via Half-Life 2: Update). Maybe it's because the original game managed to capture me at the right moment in time to cement it deep into my subconscious but playing through the Half-Life games is my own almost-yearly pilgrimage.

    Nearly twenty years later and I still marvel at the games. It's been a long time since I started noticing anything new with each playthrough but, like a great movie or book, my enjoyment of it has not diminished.

    I know for many people it's all about waiting for that next game but given what Valve has put out over the years by sticking with their guns and only releasing it when they're happy with it... I'll let them do their thing. Like the ASoIaF series, which is also legendarily glacially moving, the quality of what we've already got is so high that if this is the process to get yet another product like it, then what else can I do but wait.

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      JRandomHacker
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      HL2 is one of the few (single-player story-driven) games that I replay with some regularity, and it shocks me how well it holds up as the years go by. I still think that Source's lip-sync / face...

      HL2 is one of the few (single-player story-driven) games that I replay with some regularity, and it shocks me how well it holds up as the years go by. I still think that Source's lip-sync / face animation is some of the best out there, and has only recently been surpassed by games like The Last of Us that lean hard into performance-capture of actors.

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      1. RNG
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        Whenever I find myself tired or bored, I always boot up HL2. The nice thing about the modern day is that it can run on just about any laptop, even if you don't have a dedicated GPU. Playing HL2 in...

        Whenever I find myself tired or bored, I always boot up HL2. The nice thing about the modern day is that it can run on just about any laptop, even if you don't have a dedicated GPU. Playing HL2 in bed has torpedoed my productivity on too many days to count, and I don't regret a second of it. I do wonder if nostalgia contributes to my fondness of the franchise.

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  3. Good_Apollo
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    If you’re going to be stuck in a foreign country for awhile, NZ seems like a pretty lit place to do it.

    If you’re going to be stuck in a foreign country for awhile, NZ seems like a pretty lit place to do it.

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    Wes
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    Original source seems to be here. Someone with URL update abilities might consider replacing it, unless the GamingOnLinux post adds useful commentary.

    Original source seems to be here. Someone with URL update abilities might consider replacing it, unless the GamingOnLinux post adds useful commentary.

    4 votes
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      nothis
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      Seems to be changed!

      Seems to be changed!

      2 votes
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        1. nothis
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          TIL there's a "topic log"!

          TIL there's a "topic log"!