Following a Patreon subscriber suggestion, I'll be doing a deep dive into the Valve Corporation, and how Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington pioneered the PC Gaming industry with their software company, and also Steam, a gaming storefront. I go over the humble beginnings of Valve, how we ALMOST lost Half Life 2 save for a lucy break from an intern, how many big software companies could have invested into Steam, and missed out big, and what kind of influence Valve and Steam have over the industry to this day.
Monica Harrington's blog post on Medium https://medium.com/@monicah428/the-early-days-of-valve-from-a-woman-inside-bf80c6b47961
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