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Valve's DRM Origins Include An Exec's 19-Year-Old Pirate Nephew
A fun myth to hear about relates to a friend's uncle working at Nintendo to get the scoop on secrets. But what if your ...
How a nephew’s CD burner inspired early Valve to embrace DRM
PC Gamer pulled that interesting tidbit from a talk Harrington gave at last week's Game Developers Conference. In her ...
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March 25, 2025: Gaming News Roundup - Noctua's Thermosiphon, Valve's Marketing Trick, Nvidia's VRAM Challenge
Your daily gaming news roundup for March 25, 2025. Top stories include Noctua's, Former, Nvidia. Get the latest updates on ...
How a Microsoft exec managed to pitch Microsoft Word through the genius tactic of being able to actually use it in a 'type-off' demanded by clients: 'I was the only one …
And like many of Valve's earliest employees, Harrington came there from Microsoft, where one of her major responsibilities ...
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The Dramatic Half-Life Deal That Altered The Fate Of Valve Forever
The terms of the deal, Harrington said, was that Valve would fund all but $1 million of the development costs of Half-Life's sequels, with Sierra retaining IP rights and giving Valve back 15% of ...
Valve literally gives Half-Life away now, but 27 years ago it was carefully crushing its angry pirates: "None of them had actually bought the game"
Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Issues delivered straight to your door or device Half-Life is $2 on ...
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OG Half-Life publisher Sierra planned to “abandon” the game before Valve threatened them
The original Half-Life was almost abandoned by publisher Sierra On-Line before Valve threatened to reveal their unsavoury ...
‘It’s kind of frightening’: Tesla owners on alert after Las Vegas fires
No arrests had been made in the blazes that torched several Teslas the day before, and some owners were worried about ...
Former Valve exec recounts the meeting where Half-Life's publisher almost killed the iconic FPS: "Half-Life would quietly die. I was stunned"
Ex-Valve CMO Monica Harrington, in a recent panel from the Game Developer's Conference, once again remembered an era where ...
BBC viewers blast new drama This City is Ours as they’re ‘fed up’ with cast ‘mumbling’ – but did you notice?
BBC viewers have blasted new drama This City is Ours, declaring they’re ‘fed up’ with the cast ‘mumbling’. The eight-part ...
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Legacy runner Wallace completes LA Marathon again
Malibu runner celebrates milestone with family, friends, and a personal best improvement Rick Wallace completed the Los ...