Valve Talks About Importance of a Good Snack Bar
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If the snickers is your motivation I'd recommend merchandising rather that software development, in my 15+ years in the software industry I've never experienced anything thing like what they are describing at valve (granted I've worked for companies like IBM who are hardly trendy game companies..).. Most people I know in merchandising however are sick of chocolate they have had so much of it...Amarok said:
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[sub]Gabe Newell is quite overweight and thus it makes sense that the company would see so much importance in having a good snack bar...[/sub]
[sub]Gabe Newell is quite overweight and thus it makes sense that the company would see so much importance in having a good snack bar...[/sub]
I'm not even meaning to make fun of the man, but this snack bar might help explain a few things.
Ya know. I was also laughing at his trail mix story. It might just be that this man Wolpaw is unintentionally hilarious. He didn't have to say anything other than "Uh... so" at 3:59 while looking up at the ceiling and I started cracking up. Then he goes on to say everyone has a good relationship with the snack lady but him.
Same. I'm not sure why. Is it that this happens among adults, is it that he goes through such extraordinary measures to protect his butter and it seems normal to him or is it the seriousness with which he tells us this? I can't say but it was pretty funny.Woodsey said:
Ya know. I was also laughing at his trail mix story. It might just be that this man Wolpaw is unintentionally hilarious. He didn't have to say anything other than "Uh... so" at 3:59 while looking up at the ceiling and I started cracking up. Then he goes on to say everyone has a good relationship with the snack lady but him.
Man I'd love to work at Valve.
I mean the video may be mostly about the snack bar but I can really sense the atmosphere of the studio from this video and it certainly seems like a friendly and very very awesome one.
I mean the video may be mostly about the snack bar but I can really sense the atmosphere of the studio from this video and it certainly seems like a friendly and very very awesome one.
Happy Employees make Good Games, but Good Games take time.
Which is basically why I'm always satisfied with Valve's work- they always deliver on a great product that has a lot of polish in it- even something "small" like Alien Swarm. Even Gabe said they wouldn't do an Episode 3/Half-Life 3 if they couldnt do it well and if any part of it was half-assed. Some might call that perfectionism, I call it being thorough as we all know Valve games are anything but perfect on launch especially, patched and updated constantly.
Which is basically why I'm always satisfied with Valve's work- they always deliver on a great product that has a lot of polish in it- even something "small" like Alien Swarm. Even Gabe said they wouldn't do an Episode 3/Half-Life 3 if they couldnt do it well and if any part of it was half-assed. Some might call that perfectionism, I call it being thorough as we all know Valve games are anything but perfect on launch especially, patched and updated constantly.
There are so many potential Gabe Newell fat jokes here that my brain exploded.
Their snack bar looks more like a snack garbage pile. What a mess! And why are there so many mustard bottles and bottles of spray-on butter in their fridge? Why do I feel like it's because Gabe does this every day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFCQGuq13IY
I'm pretty sure Wolpaw was being facetious when he said 7000 calories. I think that's physically impossible to have in a cookie that size. Consider that a fully-loaded Chipotle burrito has about 1200 calories.
Anyway, they still can't compare to the obscene gluttony of Google's cafeteria:
http://www.slashfood.com/2008/08/28/krispy-kreme-cheddar-bacon-cheeseburgers-at-the-google-cafeteria/
Their snack bar looks more like a snack garbage pile. What a mess! And why are there so many mustard bottles and bottles of spray-on butter in their fridge? Why do I feel like it's because Gabe does this every day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFCQGuq13IY
I'm pretty sure Wolpaw was being facetious when he said 7000 calories. I think that's physically impossible to have in a cookie that size. Consider that a fully-loaded Chipotle burrito has about 1200 calories.
Anyway, they still can't compare to the obscene gluttony of Google's cafeteria:
http://www.slashfood.com/2008/08/28/krispy-kreme-cheddar-bacon-cheeseburgers-at-the-google-cafeteria/
Yeah, that was pointed out, and if you read on I do the right thing by that info.SirBryghtside said:
But thank you for responding with reason.
"Happy thanksgiving..." *cries*The Zango said:
'Wolpaw was ready to exit the videogame industry for good before he visited Valve and saw its display of snacks. Gabe Newell says it "reflects the personal preferences and desires" of everyone that works at Valve. However, the room is not without its flaws.'
I think someone's just in it for the Cookies mr Wolpaw... :S as for the flaws, damn straight, i saw no coffee or, for that matter: Hot Tomales! my creative juice cannot flow without those cinnamon bad boys!
Actually it's interesting that Gabe is not seen in the snack room or at the company catered lunch. I guess he was hooked up the feeding trough No, bad, don't push back half life another week.
It's cool to see what Valve does for its employees. They have some pretty fresh and cool ideas that work well int he game industry. Actually they remind me of Google a little.
It's cool to see what Valve does for its employees. They have some pretty fresh and cool ideas that work well int he game industry. Actually they remind me of Google a little.
this is not microsoft!Jelly ^.^ said:
-microsoft was the company that found conclusively that a little buzz makes one a better programmer.
http://xkcd.com/323/