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Contents 1 Programmer? 2 Added a Picture 3 Trivia Section 4 Games in Windows? 5 PS3 Bias

[edit] Programmer?

I was under the impression that Newell was the lead programmer at Valve, the page mentions nothing about it and don't know if I'm mistaken. LikuX 08:40, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added a Picture

Not sure how to format pages correctly yet, and it looks kind of dumb on the page, so if someone could fix that for me, it would be great. --Renablistic 20:09, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia Section

I will concede the fireplace incident, although my brother was an eye-witness. However, I think GN's status as a Harvard dropout is significant both in itself and as an example of the phenomenon in which many Harvard dropouts, including Bill Gates and a few of my TA's, went on to become Microsoft millionaires. Also, GN was never called "Feet" or "Birds" in school, and that line certainly qualified as silly, so I removed it. Fbagatelleblack 17:25, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Games in Windows?

From what I hear he was the one who included the games in Windows 1.0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.192.90.51 (talk) 16:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone have a reliable source on this factoid? AlistairMcMillan (talk) 00:13, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PS3 Bias

What's with the section that is nothing but bias against the PS3? It doesn't even specify which "port" they are talking about. I know Newell has said that in the past, but he's said the same thing about the 360. It's his rant on next-gen in general. http://www.joystiq.com/2005/07/25/gabe-newell-not-happy-with-next-gen-consoles/ Hadiz (talk) 20:36, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Edited to clarify which port we are talking about. AlistairMcMillan (talk) 14:50, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I must say that I do find that section to be less than objective - it's effectively laying the blame for a perceived inadequate game on an person from a completely different development house. Gabe Newell really had nothing to with the quality of the ps3 release, nor should he be held accountable for it. Also of note is that the PS3 release of the Orange Box had an average reviewer score of 89% of metacritic, while this score is not quite as high as the pc and xbox releases it is enough to make it the 4th highest ranked game on the ps3. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/halflife2theorangebox - Funkeystu (talk) 08:42, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

It should clearly be edited to show his overall distaste in current-gen console technology, or if anything, moved to another article (like Valve itself or The Orange Box). Right now this has a clear fanboy slant. -TonicBH (talk) 04:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)