He lost 60 pounds. Half Life 2 was released 20 years ago.
60/20 = 3
You know what this means!!!
So one alot = 60 lbs. ?
I thought this was one alot?
Yes, that was the beast to which I was referring, which according to the original post and the comment I replied to, apparently weighs 60 lbs.
Hmm, they seem bigger? Maybe they are mostly fluff.
Based on that scale, even if that’s a small child, I’d guess that “alot of weight” would be closer to at least 90 lbs.
I can also do it in hamburgers per square beer holder
Speaking from experience here, Gaben has lost a LOT more than 60 pounds.
He lost 60kg, more likely
I always knew that games had units of lbs/yrs. Why don’t game devs ever put it on their box art tho?
The rumor is Ozempic.
As long as homeboy is healthy and happy, doesn’t matter how. Good on you, Gaben.
Is there anybody rich who isn’t on it?
I doubt Hemsworth needs it
Respect, the man has the means to eat himself to death on the finest and took control of his body.
WOW, he looks so good, big props to the Lord himself
One in a million chance to ask such a niche nonsense rando and expect an answer, but… does anyone have a clue what the green machine in the blurred background on the shelf is?
The (likely) wheels on top look like a press, kinda like I’d expect from a rubber vulcanizing press. The side covers look like it’s either geared or belted. The side opposite the beefy lever arm looked like a motor to me at first, but that doesn’t make sense for the lever arm IMO.
I don’t know the guy or reference, but that looks like an electronics lab with prototyping capabilities; something I do as a hobby too. The machine might be related to screen printing, toner transfer, photo lithography, a film based solder mask or even multi-layer composite stacks for printed circuit boards, based on my limited knowledge. It would be fun to know what that is exactly.
Wow, I didn’t expect it to work, but I used the built in image search thing on my phone, circled the blurry object in question, and it found a match:
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So that’s how they made the Deck so flat!
It looks like a pasta maker
He’s Gabe Newell, the founder (and I think still CEO) of Valve Software.
Former Microsoft employee that started up a small game studio in the 90s. They took the Quake engine, modified the balls off of it, and used it to make Half Life, an FPS game that revolutionized the landscape forever with things like real time in-engine cutscenes that wove the story in through the gameplay, and through how advanced the enemy AI seemed. It also featured a ton of miniscule details requiring some clever coding to pull off, which really added to the atmosphere.
They also made the Steam gaming client, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, Counter Strike, Dota 2.
He’s not involved with the day to day much anymore. Pretty much retired in (I think) New Zealand now.
Very nice guy by most accounts. Was still responding to fan emails semi-regularly around 2010, and was one of the main voices in the dev commentary features in their games up through the Orange Box (Half Life 2 Ep 2, L4D, Portal, TF2).
He just doesn’t have time to make food anymore. Gaben only makes money
“Gabe is starving to death great job” Ever heard of punctuation?
Go Gabe! Losing weight is hard! Makes me feel like I need to go running
This is what happens when you only eat two meals a day…
He’s showing us where PC gaming is going: faster, lighter, easier to carry
