April 28, 2012
We're about to run the greatest con game in the history of the multiverse and you are the bottleneck. Cave Johnson on the Perpetual Testing Initiative.
April 21, 2012
The Valve Handbook for New Employees (2012) (pdf link).
March 15, 2012
The Portal 2 Puzzle Creator is making me tingly in my downbelows.
March 3, 2012
Rumors point toward Valve/Steam releasing an open-source-ish set-top box to bring PC gaming to your television? (previously)
February 24, 2012
Penny Arcade Report interviews Gabe Newell about Steam, DRM, Valve corporate culture, and more.
June 30, 2011
OMG MAD DEALZ Steam Summer sale is GO!
June 18, 2011
A war is brewing on the PC digital download battlefield. First, EA offered a Signature Edition version of Dragon Age 2 that was only available if you pre-ordered before a certain date—and not available at all on Steam, the pre-eminent digital download store. Now, various EA games have disappeared from Steam, including Crysis 2 and the pre-order for Battlefield 3. [more inside]
May 16, 2011
A lengthy and fascinating interview at Develop Online with Gabe Newell , head guy at Valve, on the way they make games, hire people, and do business and what the future looks like. Fifth in a series: Valve on art, on Steam, on Portal 2, and on Source and studio culture. See also: the Valve manifesto. It's Valveriffic!
April 20, 2011
Garshasp: The Monster Slayer is a hack-and-slash action platformer being made in the most unlikely of places: Iran. The creation of Dead Mage Studios in Tehran, it follows the mythical exploits of warrior Garshasp, who is mentioned in both Persian and Zoroastrian texts. This is even more shocking since it's still being made despite several internation sanctions against Iran. [more inside]
April 13, 2011
Garry Newman, creator of Garry's Mod (known commonly as GMod), doesn't like it when people pirate his Source-Engine sandbox-style playground. So he threw in some code that would give pirates a specific error when they played the game. But when they went to report their bug, they ended up giving themselves away. [more inside]
March 5, 2011
Gabe Newell's Steam username: gaben@valvesoftware.com. His password: moolyftw. He invites you to try steal his cookies account. But thanks to the new security measures introduced today, he's pretty sure you can't. [more inside]
February 19, 2011
Got Steam? Don't like paying for stuff? Here's a handy list of all the Steam games and goodies you can get free of charge.
February 9, 2011
You Don't Know Jack was first released in 1995, and featured adult humor combined with pop-culture trivia questions. The game was a success and spawned several sequels. There was even a short-lived TV gameshow version starring Paul Reubens. This week, the latest installment was released -- the first since 2007 (or 2003, if you don't count the Flash version from their website). Though, there's been a bit of confusion about the multiplayer options for the Steam version.
January 23, 2011
The Psychology of Video Games is a blog run by industrial psychology Ph.D. Jamie Madigan about the psychological factors of games and gaming. [more inside]
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