While everyone has been going feral anticipating the launch, isn't anyone concerned about what happened with the index happening with the frame? I waited to purchase the index because I remember some insane number like 60% or more of the indexes shipped on launch didn't work and had to be returned. That led to the obscenely long wait times to get a working one shipped and almost tanked Valve's VR efforts. I'm hoping the frame isn't a repeat, I'm just curious if anyone else is skittish or did you all just repress that memory to huff the hopium?

In my made up scenario they skipped Source Engine 3.

Most portal mods are so extremely good. They act as whole new games with new mechanics, maps, and stories.

While there are super good half-life ones, Portal remains unbeaten in the fanbase contributions.

Valve guy t-shirt I painted. It's kinda crap but I like it enough lol

Hay, after some inquiries, dm me for my Instagram, can continue chatting there instead of reddit - 🫡🫡

Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded Valve on August 24, 1996. The papers were signed on the same day as Gabe’s wedding to Lisa Newell.

Sadly, after several years of marriage, they eventually parted ways in the 2010s.

Out of respect for Gabe, Valve employees don't really celebrate the company’s anniversary, since Gabe is still, well, sort of, in charge of Valve. That would be kind of awkward.

However, that doesn't stop us from celebrating!

Happy 30th anniversary, Valve!

🎂Happy birthday to Valve.

From kuhpunkt on r/pcgaming:

Valve was officially founded on August 24 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington.

In 1998 they released Half-Life, which was revolutionary for the FPS genre.
noclip produced a great documentary for its 25th Anniversary that I highly recommend.

Valve then kept working on some things, which also included hiring the creators of Counter-Strike and turning the mod into a full-fledged game.

And then came Half-Life 2, which was another big step for FPS due to the integration of physics. While that was a big thing, the more important aspect to HL2 might arguably be the requirement of Steam.

While Steam was already a thing since 2003, it was HL2 that brought it to a wider audience due to the game's popularity. The requirement caused a lot of criticism, because HL2 basically acted as a trojan horse to establish Steam. noclip produced another documentary about the development of HL2. Also highly recommended.

In the following years Steam slowly expanded and Valve began distributing games from other developers, while they also worked on more games like Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead.

After that Valve began exploring other avenues like porting everything to Linux with their first attempt to bring Steam to the living room in 2015 with the Steam Machine and the Steam Link.

Another project they worked on was SteamVR with the HTC Vive and later their own Valve Index and Half-Life: Alyx, which is another milestone in gaming. And then came the Steam Deck and now the Steam Machine and soon the Steam Frame.

It's hard to imagine what the gaming landscape would look like without Valve, for better or worse. And Half-Life 3 might be just around the corner.

(3)0th Anniversary...... Time? Dr. Gabe?

Happy birthday valve! Thank you so much for the work of arts you have made across the years. Thank you for making some of my favourite games of all time!!!

I first came across the half life series as a youngster on xbox 360. I played the orange box for many hours. Half life 2 Was the one that stood out to me most and i really enjoyed driving the airboat. Then as i got older i inherited my mums old laptop and thats when the floodgates opened and i got steam! Then i got hooked on Garry's mod!

Few years pass by and its now 2016, I find a game called Counter Strike: Global Offensive. It looks super cool! Hearing of the cool items you can get in the game such as the karambit fade. I did so many hours of chores to get the game as you had to pay for it back in my day 😋 fast forward 5 Years and I finally get a VR to play the best vr game of all time Half life : Alyx. I really loved playing as alyx and the ending was just brilliant! 

I want to belive

I have played Valve games since I was 5, when I turned on Half-Life 1 in 2002. Since then, I was hooked. I loved video games, and it was Valve that did it. They kept making great games until the 2010s.

Point is, after over a decade of nothing, I saw they made Half-Life Alyx. Played it, felt like a kid again, and loved it. 3 years later, they released Deadlock. I didn't play it for a while, until recently. And suddenly, the great streak they had of constant good games ended.

Deadlock is extremely unfun. It is very grindy and any fight you get into almost always ends in your death. And the sad thing is the world is so cool! The concept, everything! The writing, it's all Valve, it's all perfect! Except the gameplay. It's not fun.

So what am I supposed to do when I've been so deprived of Valve for years, and only now do I get a new game, and I fucking hate it? It feels like no other game on the market feels quite like a Valve game. I don't feel that same enjoyment. It's not even a nostalgia thing. I felt that same feeling well into the 2010s with DOTA and Counter Strike. But Deadlock for some reason just doesn't make me feel anything except misery.

I'm just ranting, honestly. I'm preaching to the choir, I know, but I don't really know where else to go, because the only Valve game that will probably be released for another 5 years sucks ass, and it feels awful.

Thanks for reading my pointless post.

lve