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Valve boss Gabe Newell reveals daily routine in bizarre new interview: "I get up, I work, I go scuba-diving, then work some more" (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 100 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

This man never does interviews. Then the one interview he does in the last 30 years is trash-tier editing of a vertical video of a laptop screen in a Zoom meeting from 20 feet away, that's only uploaded as Shorts, by some guy who only has 4 total videos uploaded ever. WTF is up with that?

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 68 points 5 days ago (2 children)

From what little I know about Gabe, it’s seems he doesn’t want to be the center of attention at valve. He wants Steam to the center of attention. It’s a smart play as we are seeing more and more people turning on techbros and their cult leader status’.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 26 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Ironic because Gabe appreciation is still kind of cult like.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 days ago

Honestly I think the reason for the pseudo cult think is three parts he doesn't want it, he keeps his head down, and valve generally produces decent services and products. If any of those disappeared folks would probably stop it to a large degree.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days ago

I'm sure that's why he doesn't seek attention, he already has too much.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think that in itself is meant to be ironic too.

Also, people appreciate his lack of attention seeking and flashiness.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I think that in itself is meant to be ironic

Trump praise was initially ironic as well. There's a old hilarious episode of John Oliver begging him to run for President because he thought it was just so ridiculous. These things have a way of getting out of hand.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nah, I have had nothing but fantastic experiences with steam. Their support is knowledgeable, responsive, and has the power to actually help you. The index controllers are notorious for developing drift on the sticks and they RMAd mine several times no problem. The last one was a year out of warranty and they said that's all I get lol, but that's way more than they technically had to do.

Compare that to meta support where I had to talk to 4 different help desk lackeys who told me my quest was definitely on the way in another package (even after I showed them incontrovertible proof there weren't multiple packages under the same number and I received all the packages) before they finally escalated me to the "specialist" team, who took a FULL DAY PER RESPONSE. Fuck meta, fuck zucc, hail gaben.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mean facebook is run by nazis, you got what you paid for on that end.

[–] gurnu@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You call them Nazis yet defend Israel...

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You wanna quote where I defended Israel, in context?

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm busy with developing a game. I don't want to be popular or the centre of attention should my game be succesful. I just a lot of people to play and enjoy my game. I can totally get that.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Honestly, I don’t game much but there a few upcoming games I’m really excited about and only one of them will actually cost money. I’m waiting for Megaman X Corrupted and Billie Bust Up. Both indie, both better. There isn’t really anything worth getting from big companies anymore.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 43 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I can understand preferring scuba diving to doing interviews.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I can't imagine how you read my comment and determined that the thing that confused me was why he doesn't do many interviews.

[–] TRAHR@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

I know right and why Zoom? Surely they could have used something better.

[–] Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Dude OK, you read my mind! They also seemingly recorded audio on a mic in the room instead of recording the call directly?? 😵‍💫 wtf is happening