The History of Valve: Outsiders and Innovators PART 1

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Today, DJ Peach Cobbler discusses the interesting history of Valve Software. The creators of Portal, Half-Life, the Valve Index, Left 4 Dead...and the steam controller? Where did the creators of Half-Life get their start? How did Half-Life influence the industry, and why is it still talked about today? Will DJ Peach Cobbler get to sleep this week? All that and more, on this week's episode of, "DJ Peach Cobbler Chooses Views Over a Good Night's Sleep" Sources used: The Final Hours of Half-Life by Geoff Keighley http://web.archive.org/web/19990116234907/http://www.gamespot.com/features/halflife_final/index.html The Final Hours of Half-Life 2 by Geoff Keighley https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889/ Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary by NoClip https://youtu.be/BQLEW1c-69c The Cabal: Valve's Design Process For Creating Half-Life by Ken Birdwell https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131815/the_cabal_valves_design_process_.php The Boy who Stole Half-Life 2 by Simon Parkin https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-stole-half-life-2-article All Your History are Belong to Us: Valve (parts 1-6) by Machinima https://roosterteeth.com/watch/all-your-history-are-belong-to-us-season-1-valve-ep-1-unlikely-heroes-w-gabe-newell-interview