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In fact, roughly half of Valve's own oeuvre -- ''Counter-Strike'', ''Day of Defeat'', ''Team Fortress'' and the free ''Alien Swarm'' -- were originally the product of mod teams, who were then recruited to work for Valve and whose games were re-released as commercial titles. Of its flagship titles, only the ''Half-Life'' series was actually created by Valve directly; ''Portal'' was adapted from a concept game made by a bunch of college students, and ''Left 4 Dead'' was started by another company that Valve later bought out. Make of that what you will.
In March 2010, they announced that they would be porting Steam, the Source Engine, and their entire back catalog to [[Mac OS]] X. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Mac users everywhere rejoiced,]] while [[Computer Wars|some PC gamers complained about Valve dumbing down their games]]. At the time of writing, all their games from 2004 have been ported, in [[Obvious Beta|some form]]. In June 2010, at E3, Gabe Newell made a surprise announcement that [[Heel Face Turn|Portal 2 and Steam would be coming to the Playstation 3]] to [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|thunderous applause]].
Their games are [http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&publisher=Valve popularly well regarded], at the expense of [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time punctuality]. They are also [[Valve
They also have fairly active blogs for their big games. Using a hilarious blend of [[Self-Deprecation]] and [[Blatant Lies]], they deliver news about their games [[Schedule Slip|and their inevitable delays]].
They now have a level one [[Team Fortress 2|Sentry Gun]] [[De Fictionalisation|in their lobby]]. They also have the ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR0WN55p_zI absolute best]'' snack bar in the whole gaming industry. <ref>Although [[Big Fun|who'd be surprised by that]]? [[Valve
In April 2012, their [http://www.gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Components-SiteFiles/imagefeed-featured-valve-employeehandbook/Valve_5F00_Handbook_5F00_LowRes.pdf employee handbook] was leaked to the Internet. A very informative piece, that somehow manages to make them even ''more'' awesome.<ref>For instance, here's an excerpt from the ending glossary: "Gabe Newell = Of all the people at this company who aren’t your boss, Gabe is the MOST not your boss, if you get what we’re saying."</ref>
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* [[Arc Number]]: For some bizarre reason, Valve is continually stuck on 2. None of their series ever seem to reach a 3rd game. (Thus spawning the [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] "Valve can't count to three!") ''Half-Life 2'', ''Left 4 Dead 2'', ''Team Fortress 2'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode 2'', ''Portal 2'', ''[[Zero Punctuation|Manchester United 0]]''. Now they're even making a second game for [[Defense of the Ancients|a series they didn't start]].
** Not to mention they're on their second engine; the increasingly dated Source engine.
** Finally broken by the release of the third and final segment of the ''[[Portal 2]]'' soundtrack, and there being a total of four videos before ''Portal 2'''s release showing the various new features. However, Valve has made two ''Portal 2'' comics, and one DLC so far, so it's unknown if they shall get beyond three again.
*** It should be noted that one of the four Portal 2 concepts was never implemented, making it only three in total that were worth anything.
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* [[Body Horror]]: No, ''not'' Gabe<ref>see! Not a comment on his weight, so Half Life 3 can't be delayed!</ref><ref>DOUBLE DAMMIT!</ref>, but the logos used, with valves coming out of the human body.
* [[Digital Distribution]]: The [[Steam]] service.
* [[Everything's Better with Plushies]]: [[Left 4 Dead|The Tank, Hunter, and Boomer!]]
** [[Team Fortress 2|Medics, Engineer Bears, Voodoo Spies, and Stickybombs!]]
** [[Portal (series)|Weighted Companion Cubes]], [[Portal 2|Turrets, and Wheatley!]]
** [[Half Life|Headcrabs and Santa Vortigaunts!]]
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* [[Gratuitous German]]: The Axis soldiers from ''Day of Defeat'' and [[The Medic]] from [[Team Fortress 2]].
* [[Homage]]: Many of their promotions for the port of Steam to Mac were homages of famous ads in Apple's past, like the "1984" commercial (replacing the woman with the baton with Alyx Vance and a crowbar, naturally), [[Team Fortress 2|Heavy Weapons Guy]] as one of the earbud-wearing silhouettes (If you bought or played ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' on a Mac in the days following the port, you received a pair), Francis proclaiming "I hate different.", and the "Hi, I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" ad with a ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' turret representing Macs and the ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' RED Level 1 Sentry representing PC's.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Valve loves these - just look at any game they've made!
** A fan once emailed Gabe asking what tea Gordon Freeman drinks with his "hipster glasses on", and he responded "MITea".
* [[Knife Nut]]: Gabe has an impressive (100+) knife collection [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq2X7KRt1hg#t=2m28s in his office]. It's slightly creepy.
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