Gabe Newell — The Biggest Risk Taker In The Gaming Industry

Gabe Newell is the undeniable Emperor of the videogame industry, owning the biggest videogame distribution platform Steam, having produced multiple industry-changing videogames such as Half-Life and Portal, and being the fan favorite videogame personality.

This video will tell the story of Gaben's rise, although not from the usual perspective of going over the games he made for dozens of minutes, but focusing more on the business and personal sides of his journey, the risks he took with every big decision, the impact he had on the videogame industry and world, the thinking behind them and his abilities to see into the future.

0:00 - Introduction
0:28 - Gabe's Beginnings In Microsoft
2:18 - Changing The Industry With Half-Life
3:56 - Creating Steam
5:57 - Half-Life 2. Risking It All In Sake Of Steam
7:44 - Introducing Skins To Online Games
10:47 - Valve Index & Steam Deck
12:39 - Brain Computer Interfaces. The Insane Future Of Videogames
15:53 - Summary

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