“If you look at the requirements for just one piece, like art, from one generation of games to the next, it will change radically. You need people who are adaptable because the thing that makes you the best in the world in one generation of games is going to be totally useless in the next.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsLooksArtNextGamesPiecesGenerationsUselessJust OneRequirementsOne PieceAdaptable Author:Gabe Newell
“In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist today without the PC, or Epic, or Zynga, or Google. They all wouldn't have existed without the openness of the platform. There's a strong tempation to close the platform, because they look at what they can accomplish when they limit the competitors' access to the platform, and they say 'That's really exciting.'” NeedsLooksHappensTodayOrderStrongLimitsHappeningsExcitingInnovationAccomplishAccessBunchOpennessPlatformsGoogleEpicCompetitorsValve Author:Gabe Newell
“The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future. You're going to look like you have magic powers compared to everybody else.” LooksMagicLike YouTomorrowWizardsProgrammersMagic Powers Author:Gabe Newell
“If you look at a multi-player game, it's the people who are playing the game who are often more valuable than all of the animations and models and game logic that's associated with it.” PeopleIfsLooksGamesPlayerModelsLogicValuableAnimation Author:Gabe Newell
