In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually? Re-examining an old quote from Valve's Gabe Newell reveals a big gap in what we know about Doom's popularity. #Windows #Doom #early #Gabe_Newell #famously_installed #Valve_Gabe #Doom_popularity
Half-Life owes its existence to one of the game industry's most formative figures—no, not Gabe Newell, the other guy Before there was Gabe, there was Ken Williams, and he played a significant role in bringing Half-Life into the world. #game_industry #Gabe_Newell #Ken_Williams #formative_figures #significant_role #Half-Life_owes #bringing_Half-Life
Here are 55 new photos of Gabe Newell's $500 million superyacht for your peasant eyes Gaze upon my yacht, ye mighty, and despair. #Gabe_Newell #Newell #eyes_Gaze #million_superyacht #peasant_eyes
Elon Musk said Gabe Newell gets 'two thumbs up from me' for the OpenAI board but Jeff Bezos is 'clueless' Newell was among the "top suggestions for board members" made to Musk. #Elon_Musk #Jeff_Bezos #Gabe_Newell #board_members #clueless'_Newell #top_suggestions
Gabe Newell makes surprise appearance in an ad for the yacht company he bought last year, riding around in his $500 million boat Are you in the market for a superyacht? Maybe Gabe can help. #Gabe_Newell #Newell_makes #million_boat #makes_surprise #surprise_appearance #yacht_company
Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board' $20,008,279, to be precise. #Gabe_Newell #advisory_board #informal_advisory #enthusiastic_supporter #sole_member #donating
Thanks to Musk v. Altman lawsuit, it's now public record that Gabe Newell emailed Elon Musk to get his pal Hideo Kojima a tour of SpaceX and OpenAI The man really wants to go to space. #Elon_Musk #Musk #Hideo_Kojima #Gabe_Newell #Newell_emailed #emailed_Elon
'Obviously we love the PC,' Gabe Newell told us 15 years ago, but his focus was on 'a responsibility to gamers and game developers' Sony boosts PlayStation and Microsoft promotes Xbox, but the Valve boss said Steam takes a slightly different approach. #years_ago #Gabe_Newell #promotes_Xbox #Newell_told #developers'_Sony #Sony_boosts #Microsoft_promotes
Gabe Newell once said Steam wasn't 'the answer to digital distribution,' proving that even Gabe Newell is wrong about stuff sometimes Newell said things "change dramatically" every two or three years, but not all things, as it turns out. #things #Steam #Gabe_Newell #Newell #change_dramatically #digital_distribution #Gabe
Gabe Newell stepped back from game design during Portal 2's development, because 'he always wanted to be part of the team, but being Gabe and being in his position, that never really worked' Portal 2 project lead Josh Weier says Newell didn't want to impose his ideas on designers, but being one of them wasn't an option. #development #Portal #game_design #Gabe_Newell #Josh_Weier #lead_Josh #project_lead #Newell_stepped #stepped_back #Newell
