1) no one can be sure about valve releasing almost anything...
the benchmark is *sigh* NOT the tech demo! it will not be controllable.
it's like watching a movie that's directly rendered from your pc, to show you how well it runs hl2.
if you STILL don't get wtf a benchmark is, check...
void:
you said: "I saw him in a magazine preview, but nowhere on the internet."
so i though: "maybe he wants to see him on the internet" ;)
just so you could get some more info, either way.
noalear:
not every easter egg found was emailed to gabe for verification.
and the threads direwolf talks about also discuss the question if gabe just wanted too keep us busy looking for something, while there is no 'real' easter egg.
so, uhm... yeah.
too bad you guys didn't search for earlier easter egg threads on the forum.
a LOT of stuff you think found and figured out has already been discussed.
i don't think it's wrong what you're doing... i think it's really interesting as well.
it just kinda annoys me people make those threads over...