Gabe Newell

"This isn't working".

Gabe Newell (born November 3, 1962) is the co-founder and managing director of game development company Valve Corporation.

Quotes

2000s

• George Lucas should have distributed the "source code" to Star Wars. Millions of fans would create their own movies and stories. Most of them would be terrible, but a few would be genius.
  • Victoria Murphy Barret (2005-12-12). It's A Mod, Mod Underworld. Forbes. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

• The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted.
  • Tim Ingham (2008-01-15). Valve boss blows a gasket over PS3. MCV. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

2010s

• C'mon, people, you can't show the player a really big bomb and not let them blow it up.
  • Valve Software (2010-06-09). Valve. Valve Software. Retrieved on 2010-06-09.

• I'd like to thank Sony for their gracious hospitality, and for not repeatedly punching me in the face. If I seem a little nervous, it's because Kevin Butler was introduced to me backstage as the VP of sharpening things.
  • Gabe Newell (2010-06-15). YouTube - Portal 2 comes to PS3 Sony Press Confrence e3 2010. Sony. Retrieved on 2010-07-04.

• Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem.
  • Gabe Newell. Interview: Gabe Newell. The Cambridge Student. Retrieved on 2011-11-24.

• The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future.
  • code.org (2013-02-26). YouTube - What Most Schools Don't Teach. Retrieved on 2014-11-22.

• This isn't working.
  • . YouTube - Gabe Newell at GDC 2010 (2010-03-13).

• James is an ass, and we won't be working with him again.
  • On a Reddit post about the firing of former Dota 2 Shanghai Major host James "2GD" Harding. (February 28, 2016) [1]