Gabe Newell’s son impressed the creepy child on the finish of Half-Life

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The anecdote comes from Gray Newell himself, talking with Valve News Network:

“The final boss of Half-Life 1, the giant evil baby monster, is supposed to be me. When my mother was in childbirth they were thinking, ‘what’s really scary’? And at the time, having a child seemed to be the most scary thing to everyone.”

So it’s not a lot that Gray was at one level an enormous floating alien who assaulted mum and pop with ball lightning, however that the act of getting a baby generally is a momentous factor. 

There’s a lot else of curiosity within the interview. For one, Gray is following in his dad’s footsteps and making a sci-fi shooter along with his personal studio, Naetyr. Their sport known as Fury, and it’s impressed by Titanfall and Star Citizen. It’s early in improvement, however there may be some placing idea artwork, which hints at a component of planetary exploration:

Image credit: Naetyr on Facebook.

Gray additionally has some gently vital ideas on Valve’s route as an organization, saying he wished they took extra dangers, and even hinting that they might be about to: 

“They make incredibly smart decisions but sometimes you have to do something stupid, sometimes you have to have a stupid crazy idea and say, ‘Fuck it, go with it’… Valve has a mind-boggingly enormous amount of resources at their back. I really hope they find the courage to start throwing them at something new. And I know what they’re working on and how they’re going to begin pushing things… I want to see them push the envelope again. I want to see Valve be scary again, in a good way.”

As far as we all know, the following massive factor to return out of Valve will likely be Artifact – a brand new collectible card sport. We marvel if Gray is speaking about this, or one thing else? Leave your ideas within the feedback. 

Top image credit: the Half-Life wiki.