Gabe Newell speaks on Valve's surprising development process

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Gargoyle

I just realized that I like this song. I seem to have strayed too close to the edge of the cliffs of irony.

Cliff_Forster

UPSLynx said:

No, it makes sense. No company in their right mind would dump the kind of time and dedication into delivering FREE content for one game like Valve has for TF2. It is absolute madness, but it has worked for them against all odds. The game still sells, nearly four years post-release. Valve isn't screwed because of this unique model - they're everything but.

This is what I mean. The TF2 model, and the HL2 episode model could not be any different. Its spin for, we know what works for our audience, and episodic content really doesn't.

UPSLynx

Cliff_Forster said:

This is what I mean. The TF2 model, and the HL2 episode model could not be any different. Its spin for, we know what works for our audience, and episodic content really doesn't.

Ah. Well in that case, I see your point and pretty much agree with it.

Frigging valve. You are the worst lover ever.

Kwitko

Snarkasm said:

This sounds more anarchical than it does socialist, no?

I'd say more like an anarcho-syndicalist commune. They take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more-- ah, well, it's not important.