Newell is a jackass to put it bluntly.
Firstly, Valve have not made a new game engine for almost a decade now thus it would come as no surprise if they were all in need of a few refresher courses/being brought up-to-date with modern programming.
Secondly, he has said such extreme comments which have only resulted in him kissing ass and admitting to being wrong a few years down the line - Portal 2 announcement at Sonys conference.
Firstly, Valve have not made a new game engine for almost a decade now thus it would come as no surprise if they were all in need of a few refresher courses/being brought up-to-date with modern programming.
Secondly, he has said such extreme comments which have only resulted in him kissing ass and admitting to being wrong a few years down the line - Portal 2 announcement at Sonys conference.