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This is Gabe Newell in His Freshman Year of High School

It's only his freshman year, that's why the Valve co-founder and boss hasn't yet been voted Most Likely to Succeed.

Lovable4290d ago

I guess working in Valve is very stressful...gotta have them donuts coming...

ATi_Elite4290d ago (Edited 4290d ago )

@ Lovable You just delayed Half Life 2 ep3 another year with that comment.

Ah the wonders and Joy of being a Freshman. So young, so eager to learn with that innocent gleam in their eyes!

Wait a minute!!! Freshman Gabe looks like professor Isaac Kleiner!

pandehz4289d ago

Bahahahahah yea dam lol he just delayed Half life

All those hrs of beta testing his games have taken a toll on his weight. Cant imagine how big he would get when Half life 3 releases

StayStatic4289d ago

A fat joke a day keeps Half-Life 3 away.

Gaming1014289d ago

Damn, he was a skinny kid, and he discovered that fatty high calorie sugar filled food combined with sitting on your ass all day makes you the size of a planet... something just about most gamers either have discovered or are currently discovering lol

Bimkoblerutso4288d ago (Edited 4288d ago )

I can kinda see Kleiner...

Or like a young Ed Begley Jr.

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Red_Orange_Juice4289d ago

I bet Kotaku editors werent any more handsome

h311rais3r4289d ago

It's Gabe Newell before he became a genious. Of course it has to do with gaming he's one of the heads in the industry. If he pooped it would be a pixelated turd in half life.

DragonKnight4289d ago

Have to agree with pixelsword. We don't need to know what Gabe Newell looked like as a teenager. This isn't one of those MSN sites that cover "what your favorite celebrities looked like in school."

What game does this have to do with? Is this article going to increase the likelihood of a new Valve game being announced or released? Does it talk about gameplay or development? No. So it's not about gaming at all.

snipes1014289d ago (Edited 4289d ago )

Yea lets all just be assholes about it. Just appreciate it for what it is: a little look into the past of one of the industry's greats.

Why so serious?

DragonKnight4289d ago

Why so serious? This site is already filled with submission violations that are approved by friends while more legitimate submissions get denied. We get to hear people complaining about blogs, and obvious flamebait articles all the time, but when a 3 line "article" about what a current game developer looked like as a kid shows up it's "legitimate news?" Since when? Sorry, but this site is called NEWS4Gamers, not yearbookphotosforfangirls.

snipes1014289d ago (Edited 4289d ago )

Seriously just let it go. You sound like one of those cliche butt hurt hall monitors from the movies that runs around the school crying about violation this regulation that blahblahblah.

Im aware of the problem youre talking about, but this isnt part of it. This isnt flame bait at all.

If you look at the tag "culture" under the article, I think you will see that this fits that description. There has to be almost 30 tags that an article can fall under, and they arent all related to news.

HardCover4289d ago

If you don't like an article, browse around for another.

Haven't been here for a year, but I'm glad to see a lot of idiots still can't figure out that there's more to this site than the front page.

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Bathyj4289d ago

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Dday1414289d ago

I just came in my pants alot.

iceman064289d ago

You mean double tap??? Never can be too careful!!!

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Pozzle4289d ago

Wow. He's barely recognizable.

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Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 Fan Projects Shut Down by Valve Takedowns

Fan projects Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 have shut down after Valve intervened in their development.

-Foxtrot99d ago

First they open Steam up to more AI, now they are shutting down fan projects when at one time they used to support or even give the fans jobs.

Wonder what's going on with Valve at the minute.

rlow199d ago

@Foxtrot
It’s called money plain and simple.

JEECE99d ago

I mean, that might explain the Team Fortress 2 thing, because Valve might bring that to Source 2 (though I'm not sure I'd bet on that), but I can't see how Portal 64 hurts them. If anything, it's more attention to the Portal and therefore Valve/Steam.

Giblet_Head99d ago (Edited 99d ago )

There's potential that Valve had already planned to bring Source 2 to TF2 officially after Counter Strike 2. It's been getting some renewed attention lately.

Inverno99d ago

You got Nintendo to thank for Portal64 being taken down. As for TF2, most likely it's due to the probability of Valve working on a source 2 port themselves. It's sucks but Nintendo are the biggest pricks in the business and not letting this drag out into a huge court drama is the best decision.

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Valve Opens the Floodgates to Allow More AI Based Games on Steam

Valve has updated its stance on AI games on the Steam storefront, allowing creators to publish AI-created games.

Droppedez99d ago

AI is just another form of slavery for our computer brethren.

Barlos99d ago (Edited 99d ago )

Hell no. I want games that have been made by creative minds who have a passion for their craft, not a bot with a penchant for plagiarism.

BrainSyphoned98d ago (Edited 98d ago )

So instead of paying for an engine and assets to create a game they are paying for an engine and assets to create a game.

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Valve Tells Players To Stop Inhaling Steam Deck Vent Fumes

Valve has officially warned against inhaling the Steam Deck vent fumes in an official response due to potential health hazards.

gold_drake125d ago

my god, people are so dumb these days.

shinoff2183125d ago

I read the headline to my girl and she even reacted wtf is wrong with people. People wild

Notellin123d ago

I feel bad for her that she can't read and needs you to do it for her. Keep your head up!

shinoff2183123d ago

Notellin, I've been teaching her 😘

Jin_Sakai123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

This generation is about dumb as it gets.

frostypants123d ago

Huffing things isn't new to be fair.

SavageFlamingo123d ago

This has nothing to do with generations. It’s not a stupid challenge or anything. People just happened to smell it while they were playing. The steam deck exhaust is easy to smell without even trying. Just playing it you’ll smell it in the air around you.

Felix_Argyle_Catbro123d ago

"tHiS gEErAtIoN"
It's every generation, today you just see it more clearly thanks to internet.

k2d123d ago

To be fair, I loved the smell of glue, gas and certain plastics as a kid (new disc cartridges/new hardware, anyone?)

Si-Fly123d ago

Instruction manuals for me, best smell ever 😂

crazyCoconuts123d ago

I actually take a whiff of it once in a while, it's funny that it smells so good lol

DarXyde123d ago

Tide pod fiasco all over again

Felix_Argyle_Catbro123d ago

"tHeSe DaYs"
People have been just as dumb in the past, you just see it clearly now thanks to the internet.

gold_drake123d ago

thanks for that .. insight. ha.

rlow1123d ago

Well good thing about dumb people, they play an important part in human history. How else do we know which plants, animals and foods ar dangerous? Dumb people! They pay the price so the rest of us don’t have to. Lol

FinalFantasyFanatic123d ago

Honestly, I'm not even surprised considering some of the people I come across these days, inhaling fumes would explain a lot of things.

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Knightofelemia125d ago (Edited 125d ago )

Wow people will huff anything nowadays some people just have way too much time on their hands.

Abnor_Mal124d ago (Edited 124d ago )

Another reason to love the PlayStation Portal, no chance of breathing in noxious vapors.

Get a Steam Deck they said, to which I reply, what are you high?

KwietStorm_BLM123d ago

Were you high when you typed this?

Abnor_Mal123d ago

Sorry bud no Steam Deck here.

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FinalFantasyFanatic123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

Even the Steam Deck does streaming better than the Portal (they portal is capped for streaming for some reason, whereas the Steam Deck isn't).

Neonridr123d ago

imagine pretending a glorified streaming device is better than a stand alone unit that can also, stream.

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Eonjay124d ago

Stand by for the 'gaming kills' articles.
Que Halloween movie theme.

Nucleux123d ago

What does it smell/taste like?

Barlos123d ago

Better than the Switch cartridges is my guess.

Just to be clear, I've never licked a Switch cartridge, nor have I inhaled my deck's fumes.

Profchaos123d ago

Same never licked a switch cart I've always been worried more about where it's been than the taste but

Fluke_Skywalker123d ago

It smells good, that's the problem lol. When I first turned mine on I noticed it 😅
Better stop sniffing it then.

Barlos123d ago

I've had my deck for over a year, I've never been compelled to put my nose near the vent for a good lungful 😂

crazyCoconuts123d ago

I can't explain it... It smells...new

SavageFlamingo123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

Kind of like cheap bacon cooking. Even cheap bacon smells good.

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