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Today, DJ Peach Cobbler discusses the interesting history of Valve Software. The creators of Portal, Half-Life, the Valve Index, Left 4 Dead...and the steam controller? Where did the creators of Half-Life get their start? How did Half-Life influence the industry, and why is it still talked about today? Will DJ Peach Cobbler get to sleep this week? All that and more, on this week's episode of, "DJ Peach Cobbler Chooses Views Over a Good Night's Sleep"
Sources used:
The Final Hours of Half-Life by Geoff Keighley
web.archive.org/web/19990116234907/http://www.gamespot.com/features/halflife_final/index.html
The Final Hours of Half-Life 2 by Geoff Keighley
gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889
Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary by NoClip
youtu.be/BQLEW1c-69c
The Cabal: Valve's Design Process For Creating Half-Life by Ken Birdwell
gamasutra.com/view/feature/131815/the_cabal_valves_design_process_.php
The Boy who Stole Half-Life 2 by Simon Parkin
eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-stole-half-life-2-article
All Your History are Belong to Us: Valve (parts 1-6) by Machinima
roosterteeth.com/watch/all-your-history-are-belong-to-us-season-1-valve-ep-1-unlikely-heroes-w-gabe-newell-interview
Today, DJ Peach Cobbler discusses the interesting history of Valve Software. The creators of Portal, Half-Life, the Valve Index, Left 4 Dead...and the steam controller? Where did the creators of Half-Life get their start? How did Half-Life influence the industry, and why is it still talked about today? Will DJ Peach Cobbler get to sleep this week? All that and more, on this week's episode of, "DJ Peach Cobbler Chooses Views Over a Good Night's Sleep"
Sources used:
The Final Hours of Half-Life by Geoff Keighley
web.archive.org/web/19990116234907/http://www.gamespot.com/features/halflife_final/index.html
The Final Hours of Half-Life 2 by Geoff Keighley
gamespot.com/articles/the-final-hours-of-half-life-2/1100-6112889
Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary by NoClip
youtu.be/BQLEW1c-69c
The Cabal: Valve's Design Process For Creating Half-Life by Ken Birdwell
gamasutra.com/view/feature/131815/the_cabal_valves_design_process_.php
The Boy who Stole Half-Life 2 by Simon Parkin
eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-stole-half-life-2-article
All Your History are Belong to Us: Valve (parts 1-6) by Machinima
roosterteeth.com/watch/all-your-history-are-belong-to-us-season-1-valve-ep-1-unlikely-heroes-w-gabe-newell-interview
