Gabe Newell Interview 5/2/11

[adliikhwan280]

Why didn't you ask him if EP3 will be made D:<

[TheMaisonette]

From HL,Portal and L4D fan to Gabe Newell: "Masks off"

[iudnnobasszal]

HALF LIFE 3. BEFORE. ANYTHING. FIRST. PLEASE

[DsexLive]

What is this Half Life 3 you speak of?

[s4n714g000]

son of a bitch, release episode 3 stop making other games.

[mightybison15]

The american date system is so retarded.

[VivaSaysHi]

I would like to see Chell and Gordon meet, but I always imagined Chell was asleep while the half-life story was going on. I imagine when Chell is finally out of Aperture, everyone would be dead, or it'd be way past Freeman's time, and civilization has somewhat moved on from the whole alien apocalypse thing...

[sheik530]

@VivaSaysHi Apparently the Timeline is in Portal 1, it is just before the Half-life incident and Portal 2 is just after Half-Life 2 finishes.

[capi7al]

there making a new engine

[capi7al]

gabe n is awesome

[TheGLaDOSvideoCore]

22:22 - Interesting challenge? You've done it before! Half-Life: Blueshift and Half-Life: Opposing Force. You had gordon in those!

[Emidretrauqe]

Screw Chell and Gordon Freeman. I want there to be a part in episode 3 where Gordan goes through Aperture Laboratories, or meets Glados, or maybe the Combine discovering and quarantining it.

[Emidretrauqe]

Gabe Newell is one of if not the most valuable people in the entertainment industry today. Valve is the only company who's logo as I view as a seal of quality.

[whispers6667]

Gabe Newell is kinda like the gaming communities Steve Jobs, whether you love em' or hate em' they've undeniably changed their industries forever

[BenFosterism]

@whispers6667 Yes but steve jobs perhaps harmed the industry in a way.. gabe has thus far being a very positive force.

[MrPCGamerHD]

@BenFosterism You are right without valve the video game industry would not be the same same as COD if we didnt have COD we would all be happier people.

[7dmtuk87]

Y u no ask episode 3?

[CityofButterfly]

I like how he can talk as an authority on his own games and as a peer on games made by other people. Listening to him answer the question of what games he likes to play, I just thought to myself, "Wow, this is a guy I could actually talk about playing games with as if he were just another dude and not a super-important developer." Gabe's awesome.

[CKproduktions]

this man is brilliant, freakkin awsome gabe

[BigMcLargeHuger]

Did he say fucked up at around 26:00 ?

[K12machinima]

So that explains why Gabe prefers The Spy. :)

[brunettevideos]

Gordon: ...

Chell: ...

Gordon: ...

Chell: ...

[TenthSgtSnipes]

I actually want valve to stop the half life series, just because when people think of valve and gabe newell are fat jokes and hl, SHUT UP! Appreciate what you've got fags

[takatoekoe]

@TenthSgtSnipes bitch no U STUPID?

[freelance759]

@TenthSgtSnipes penis.

[xxDrain]

@TenthSgtSnipes Shut your face! After all we have seen in Half-Life so far, not making the next one would be a big slap in the face to all valves fans. Regardless of all the other great games they have made, if they dont continue half-life, FUCK VALVE. Without half-life there is no valve.

[RandomBananaSalad]

Lol

[iszalgocomin]

Gabe isn't fat. He needs a big body to contain his big heart :)

[HyperGolem]

@iszalgocomin Nope, he's just hiding Half Life episode 3 under his shirt.

[iszalgocomin]

@HyperGolem hue hue so funy xd!1111

[Prami4]

@iszalgocomin or he ate the devolpment team

[iszalgocomin]

@Prami4 Original and funny joke, mixing it with a crazy cannibal fantasy.

[The0chabo]

@iszalgocomin I kind of agree. He is not fat. He is fluffy! :)

[MrVirtualCoder]

@The0chabo Waits till he takes his suit off..

[The0chabo]

@MrVirtualCoder lol

[xXPurplePinataXx]

@iszalgocomin D'awww

[TheMaisonette]

@iszalgocomin what do you mean with that big heart?

[iszalgocomin]

I love how I have to check what question were at cause Gabe keep rambling on and on

[mikesuper2]

gabe is awesome, he's given us all these amazing games, and the most amazing game company on the web. i hope everyone who comments on his size takes a look at themself. if you have nothing better to do than comment shit about an internet god, you must have a pretty shit life. peace.

[pureefficient]

months and years pass by. I have made a family a great career and now i am on my death bed writing this comment. What could have been... HL3:forever delayed

[RangerofBlenderland]

21:30 You know what would be awesome? A Co-op Half-Life game where one player is Gordon and the other is Chell, and you have to both work together in order to make it thorugh the game. (i.e, Gordon does what he does, taking care of the Combine/Zombies/Turrets/etc, and Chell does all the portal stuff so they can both acess new areas.)

[d0Bored0b]

Gabe Newell is like the Anti Bobby Kotick

[ICanHazCheezeBurger5]

I WANT L4D3 AND TF3!!!!

[2182gamer]

@ICanHazCheezeBurger5 and hl3

[Themexicannatzi]

Gabe makes great games for us he gave us have life and how do we show our appreciation by calling him fat. THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS

[doylop135]

Worth the weight.

Worth the weight.

[igngig]

This fat moron hasn't met a donut he didn't like.

[SamtheThunder]

@igngig Hes not a fat moron hes a great man hell he inspires me to want to have a gaming company hes a really cool guy

[Jornev]

I think this is a really good interview. Still would have liked any sort of HF3 question, though.

[Sondrebot]

@Jornev HF3?`Think you meal Half-Life 3?

[saxoncola23]

episode 3 then l4d3 then tf3

[HEadshot00001234]

...His mic didn't die, GLaDOS just didn't what any Secrets to pop up

[bradstagangsta88]

Y U NO ASK ABOUT EPISODE 3?????????

[aaron5364]

@bradstagangsta88

Because everyone knows what the response will be.

[Wilddoggz]

L4d3 first, tf3 later

[popcornfreak129]

@Wilddoggz half life episode 3 first if anything..

[bagdiil]

Fuck steam

[hootis8]

now i know why the knife makes you run faster, gaben thinkes hes losing weight while looking at something cool in css

[Anuburakable]

@hootis8 stfu

[typhoonx10]

THATS KILLER

[controllerbrain]

Too much gay giggling from the interviewer throughout.

[Metal4Life007]

Every fat joke you make, gabe delays episode 3 by a month.

[thewalkingjesusfish]

PC gaming!

[collapsingdude4926]

I like how he started talking about free 2 play games then about a month after this TF2 became F2P.

[Boviking]

Questions in order as they say in description:

1. 1:16 2. 1:39 3. 2:42 4. 3:45 5. 11:15 6. 12:35 7. 14:43 8. 17:09 9. 21:27 10. 23:42 11. 32:49 12. 28:56 13: 25:05

[herodragon98]

@Boviking Wait what?

[Boviking]

@herodragon98 Some people only want to hear the answers for certain questions, I was one of them. So I felt that instead of going through the video looking for these special parts I'd write down the times when the questions in the description were asked in the video.

[TheVGamer]

Fat joke a day keeps Half Life 3 away ;)

[Travianero94]

Gabe Newell must be swimming in money right now (after the steam summer sale).

[EpiDemic117]

@Travianero94 gabe isn't a greedy though. And impatient fags are pissing me off. Bitching about how long it's taking. Maybe they should go outside and do something instead of drooling like a bunch of fags.

[thewalkingjesusfish]

@Travianero94 or his knife collection.... which he brought with profit off the sale of course.

[01FNG]

WHY U DIDNT ASK HIM ABOUT EPISODE 3 ???



[teamcinema2]

yes respect them and (even thought there funny NO FAT JOKES) they made half life and teamfortress 2

[MrVvivio]

Lots of respect for Gabe (and company). Love the creativity with these folks.

[blird71]

I wouldn't want some gangly mofo making my games anyway.

[toSTONEiGO]

1: Gabe Newwel is the new Chuck Norris, except instead of badass, hes fat.

2: I want Ep.3 to have a multiplayer and a singleplayer. If you decided to make the singleplayer compatible for co-op thats alright, but i like playing a game like half-life by myself. It creates a better mood as a lone ranger.

[liamjd1]

Prick, just give me ep 3 and fuck off

[batmayn123]

Gabe's mic didn't die... he just ate it

[TheGunslinger019]

Is it true that the Peter Griffin character is based on this guy? And what is the relation of valve and DOTA????

[omer16342552]

Why didnt u ask about episode 3??????????

[CssHDmonster]

gabe newell made me jizz many times, biggest load was at 1:36

[SnoweyMan111]

~25:55

It's always a FU in my head i made that into:

It's always a fuckload of fun.

Maybe Gabe has a private side that's very different from his public side.

[kopacak4]

Gabe Newell is fat because he ate far too many good ideas.

[TheFooche]

TIME PLS WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT DOTA 2 KTHXBAI :D:D:D

[pricture]

I'm sorry, but I have to say that they'd better not turn Half-Life Episode 3 into some co-op shit-fest.

When I buy a single-player game, I want a single-player game. I'm not interested in co-op, and 90% of the time multiplayer bores me after the first day. I'm sure I'm not alone in that regard (plenty of gamers aren't even connected).

As some ppl have said, when co-op/multi is focused on, the single-player experience invariably suffers horribly. Gears of War, for example.

[FBFTheRagingWarrior]

HIS NOT FAT! Hes only.....BIG BONED! .

[PaddyD111]

13:40 did GabeN just fucking fart?

[MrTmontona]

WHY DIDNT YOU ASK ABOUT HALF LIFE 2 EPISODE 3!

[Anarchemitis]

@MrTmontona Because he probably would not say anything about it.

[RagnaroekChaos]

Both top-rated comments are fat-jokes.....This community does not deserve that man.

[KingDiamondHead]

@RagnaroekChaos

It's all in jest. We love Gabe.

[ZHX1138]

This interview is one of the most educational I've heard on YouTube. This is really good. Thumbs up if you feel you learned from listening to this interview.

[insgr]

3. How does Valve plan on differentiating the game from the very popular "League of Legends"? thats a rofl question

[JKinney629]

i can't believe you got this interview and managed to not record a bunch of it =/. A lot of people your age would die for this opportunity.

Also, speak in your normal voice. You sound fine at the start but once the actual interview started you artificially lowered your voice. You might not have intended to, but it just sounds silly.

[nedak]

@JKinney629 I'm the guy that interviewed Gabe. First of all, I recorded all of it. Did you listen to the beginning or read the description?

Also, I didn't alter my voice at all. If you couldn't tell the first part (me talking to the listeners and the intro since I flubbed the intro) was recorded on a higher quality microphone.

[ThePieIsLie]

Gabe isn't fat. He's just full of pure AWESOME.

[diz096]

@Villaking1337 0,0

[Villaking1337]

@diz096 Did I delay it right?

[SYLENTm]

Dota 2 faster!

[MaMastoast]

Give us episode 3 ! >.<

[Incc]

Amazing interview. You're definitely a lucky guy, and you asked some questions that I would have asked if I were in your place. Glad you asked about microtransactions, although he seemed to skirt around them a little and talk more generally about Valve's ideals. Also nice to hear what Gabe himself has been playing.

[smilicia97]

LOL, Gabe hates Ricochet too.

[shizzle353]

Gaben gives me a nerdboner.

[Slezi2007]

Hey man. Set time to every question in description. It would be helpful :c)

[mandokir]

My specs are rouuuuuuuuuuuuuuund. My belly is rotuuuuuuuuuuuuuuund.

[Kayliaaah]

Good job Nedak! You're lucky.

I hate the fact that Episode 3 is like super top secret, he might want to start talking and giving info if he wants the hardcore Half Life fans who supported Valve and made it grow to stay, it takes little to piss off a community.

Damn we see the Borealis in Portal 2, where the hell are your Gordon, aren't you supposed to destroy it? If the Borealis is still here at least a hundred years later, that means... OH NOES.

[UlquiorraAvarice]

Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3. Kthx.

[246trinitrotoluene]

Come on Gabe... computer nerds love single player games... at least i do.

When I'm feeling especially antisocial all I want to do i just sit back and enjoy the atmosphere on my own.

Portal 2 Coop was great, but I couldn't appreciate the atmosphere.

The puzzles in the single player werent as good, but the atmosphere is what I liked.

[NOUFGT]

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[jjrudki]

@FruitZagan 10/10

[Spoothead12]

You know what would be great? HALF LIFE.

[sweettooth80]

hes not dead

[QUINTIX256]

Quoth the Yahtzee:

"Valve focus tests almost to a fault"

Just from seeing some the monstrous LoL threads on 4chan /v/ (comparable to the monstrous threads by those who Pavlov'd their way through Monster Hunters, convinced they actually enjoyed it) and some of the bull that has been thrown out there about Icefrog... I am a little concenred that Valve is essentially ignoring "the outside" for what will be a community driven game.

[RealCoolBoy]

Вот с кого толстяка в Left 4 Dead делали...

[Floreum]

You called Gabe fat? Say that again to his face. He'll gut you like a Cornish game-hen.

[M0ralHygiene]

Gabe Newell loves Dota2. Awesome. Can't wait to make montages when it comes out.

[SuppleHope]

Thanks a ton for asking actual insightful questions! There are a few things I've wondered about that this interview helped answer. Fun fact: I'm actually starting at DigiPen this fall, I can't wait!

[ballacaust]

Christ children, I know saying someone is fat is edgy and extreme and I agree with that myself, when a person is fat, stupid looking, working at taco bell. But this man is smart, important for the games we play tomorrow, and he'll cut you.

[DevinTClark]

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[Doominatorx6]

GABEN

[eusousuperior]

tl;dl

[WtFCBermudaCake]

1:14

heheheheh

alright.

shit gets real

[layzergun]

Here's hoping for hawt Alyx x Chell action!

[stenobro]

His favourite knife is the one that cuts through food the fastest.

[PiratePotatoe]

Long live Gabe!

HUZZAH HUZZAH HUZZAH!

[PiratePotatoe]

Motivational as usual, for us, the poor irish custom content makers...

[FO18L]

Anyone else momentarily think this interview was recorded in February?

[ncl1p]

Is there a written version? I'd like to skip to the questions that interest me..

[beatme101]

@ncl1p Yes, I effectively summed it up several hours ago. Read the comments on here.

[ThinkYourWay]

is it false do be in love with this man?

[Nigralurker]

I use to be a huge fan of Valve. Been playing Valve games ever since 2001. Waiting for tf2 patiently for over 6 years and then playing the beta of it prior to its release. However, Valve has sold out completely. The cash shops are bad since it takes up a good portion of Valves time rather then polishing and balancing existing gameplay.

Oh, and not a single mention of Episode 3. Pa fucking thetic. Has Valve really forgotten about that franchise? The franchise that created them?

[GollyGames]

23:04 I know I'm nit picking but... Chell has made a sound /watch?v=22DHIeDNtj4

[keiyakins]

Is there a transcript somewhere? I don't like listening to people talk for ages.

[somefellow12345]

Gabe is my hefty hero of gaming. :-)

[beatme101]

So this video summed up: Gabe thinks gamers are retarded enough to buy Macs/iPads. I've made alot of stupid decisions in my life, but I'm not about to make those mistakes.

Hurr durr buying a Mac for gaming. It's mind boggling that he doesn't see anything wrong with that.

Kotaku misquoted Gabe; Gabe at least does not think we're stupid enough to use facebook. He never said it.

I saved you from watching 40 minutes of boring, upsetting "video". No need to thank me.

[TheToolwardio]

@beatme101 nope

[IronAthena]

Is that the GabeDex he's holding?

[roflwaffle100]

fucking hate the interviewer's voice

[nedak]

@roflwaffle100 Thanks.

[Lunarvx22]

I hope I can hold back my jizz for 39 minutes.

[Palmer222]

Gabe's such a great guy, always love listening to him, thanks for the really well done interview! You've got a knack for it!

[deathrow989]

@Palmer222 I agree, he is a very insightful guy

[IndeedCodyBrown]

GABEN!

[justinseiko]

I LOVE EARTH!

[Pikminiman]

@justinseiko I love space!

[Jabjabs]

I love the idea that people think that he will talk about Episode 3 if only someone asks him the question. You can ask anyone at Valve about Ep 3 as much as you want but I'm sure you won't get anything until they want to speak.

[Acid032]

WHERES MY EPISODE 3 ?

D=

[rossi10101]

Shoutout to They That Are for gettin shit done!

[c4bombexpert]

THEY THAT ARE IS NUMBRER WON BREST GAMING CLAN OF BEST ALL TIMES 4EVER....

LOL.

[DeepSpacePotatoes]

Gabe Newell is a genius. Awesome interview.

[VCRRecorded360]

Did Gabe say Ghettoized?

Holy shit that's actually a word-

": to isolate in or as if in a ghetto"

Listening to Gabe Newell actually makes you smarter XD.

[mikvance]

Closed Caption FAIL!

[pyromcr]

great interview man.

[Donjjo]

Great interview, thanks!

[LaughingHyenaxD]

*Gabe holding knife* Come at me, bro...

[jjrudki]

Gabe Newell is the best fat man of all time.

All time.

[layzergun]

@jjrudki Yo Santa, I'm real happy for you, imma let you finish...

[OrdoMallius]

@jjrudki

GJ that fat joke just delayed Episode 3 for 3 months+1month for every like you got

[jjrudki]

@OrdoMallius I don't think you should call Gabe a fat joke, that isn't very nice!

[Archy667]

@jjrudki Sure people make fun of him, but I admire the man. He's created one of the strongest game companies in the world and a good one at that.