Valve recently had to deal with the unique problem of having protests over the release of Half-Life 3. Valve founder Gabe Newell indicates that the Seattle-based developer took it all in stride.
“We thought it was awesome. We wanted them to stay,” he explained. “We took them pizza – they’d only brought two sodas and they were planning on being out there for two days. They were very nice and very passionate about our games. At one point, somebody else in our building called the police and we were worried, but it turned out the police officer was a huge Team Fortress fan. He’s like: ‘Oh yeah, I totally understand, let me go get my sign!'”
Valve then graciously gave the protesters a tour of their office, afterward they continued their vigil. When asked how many protesters it would take for word on a new Half-Life, Newell responded, “I don’t know, but if they’d like to come out, we could find out.”
Source: CVG
