

Read by Gabe Newell

“I am a big believer in one person one office... DeMarco's Peopleware, if anybody's read that, you know I sort of treat that as a bible.”
— Gabe Newell
Source: Video Interview (Evan Carmichael)
Essays on Software Engineering
“If any of your readers are interested in the philosophical underpinnings of some of our decisions, The Mythical Man Month is a book that is a pretty good start about what we're optimising for.”
— Gabe Newell
Source: MCV/DEVELOP Interview
“Prior to starting work on Half-Life, I had been reading a bunch of Stephen King. In particular, there was a novella he had written called The Mist... There were elements of science fiction crossed with horror, which I really liked.”
— Gabe Newell
Source: Game Design: Secrets of the Sages (Interview)
America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy
“I have been following your blog for some time... Here at my company we were discussing the issue of linking economies in two virtual environments... and I realized that it was an instance of the problem you were describing.”
— Gabe Newell
Source: Yanis Varoufakis Official Blog