Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Interview Gabe Newell

[Evo]

The ever brilliant Rock, Paper, Shotgun have a in-depth, detailed, high-quality interview with the one and only, Gabe Newell!

RPS: Do you think of Valve as a philanthropic company?[br]

Gabe: I don't usually think of it that way. We think of ourselves as very much grounded in the community, and as part of the community. We've got our role; everyone has their role, whether it be the press or people who build levels, and so forth. We feel like we're in there as part of the community, rather than benevolently standing above it.[br]

RPS: That must be deliberate though, because you could so easily position yourself in a benevolent role, over and above the community?[br]

Gabe: Yes, but I think that's dangerous. We all got our start as fans. There's a tremendous power in bringing that perspective into game design: wanting to make something that really is worth people's time and money. It also gives you a sense of how few opportunities you have - we all know people in the industry where you can look at them and say "well you did this great thing here and then wasted the opportunity in subsequent years." They just threw something together and that's two or three years out of their career that they're not going to get back.[br]

We're also trying to make sure that we make the most of the incredible good fortune that we've had, and that it benefits everyone who has supported us.

So go and check out the rest of this interview right here.

 

[simonjedi]

a very interesting and funny interview,

?Gabe: Tell him that I?m not interested in buying either one of them.?

 

[DigiQ8]

hehe Gabe = Epic Win

 

[Asuka]

What a great interview!

 

[Insano]

He looks healthy

 

[Mutley]

RPS: I have a friend (an idiot) who is determined that in six months Valve will be owned by either Microsoft or EA…
Gabe: Tell him that I’m not interested in buying either one of them.

Brilliant.

 

[Xendance]

Brilliant.

I don't understand, the "idiot friend" says either Microsoft or EA will buy Valve, but Gabe turns around and says "I'm not buying either one of them."

Am I reading this correctly?

 

[Evo]

I don't understand, the "idiot friend" says either Microsoft or EA will buy Valve, but Gabe turns around and says "I'm not buying either one of them."

Am I reading this correctly?

Yes you are.

Gabe is saying he wouldn't bother touching those companies and the Valve is so good they don't need to be bought out

 

[Polaris]

Gabe wins the Internets!

Spoiler

In two months Nintendo and SONY will be owned by Valve Corportation...

 

[AciD]

RPS: I have a friend (an idiot) who is determined that in six months Valve will be owned by either Microsoft or EA…
Gabe: Tell him that I’m not interested in buying either one of them.

huh
^true

 

[Absinthe]

Wonderful interview. And Rhino Scar with its logo would have been freakin' sweet.

 

[liPillON]

there was a company we were working with to make a platform game on the Source engine, and we had them in-house, mentoring them and so on. And they really wanted to very independent. They went out and got expensive facilities and hired a whole load of people, and then promptly went out of business.

I wonder if... :O

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Nice interview :thumbs: <3 Gabe.

 

[Zarzak]

Valve is really great name. And lambda is an awesome logo. And I think they're generally doing fantastic job at naming everything they create. Just notice those chapter or npc's names. Great interview anyway. ^^

 

[kami7889]

I wonder if... :O

what are you getting at?

Cheers to Gabe on the last question

 

[UseAbuse]

Valve will end up buying itself.

 

[soulslicer]

Even if anything happens to Valve, CS and Tf2 would keep it alive.

 

[Asknoone]

Gabe is so absolutely awesome.

 

[Kadayi]

What impresses me the most with Gabe is that he doesn't let all the plaudits go to his head.

 

[ríomhaire]

RPS: But there’s something else to all this: perhaps if LucasArts saw their 1990s games being popular again on Steam they’d lose their focus on Star Wars.

We can only dream...