Valve bans Bioshock from the office!

[markyb]

You probably hammered Bioshock on either PC of Xbox 360 all weekend, but the FPS masters at Valve had no such luck; a ban has been imposed on them going anywhere near 2K's shooter until Half-Life: Episode Two and The Orange Box are finished and out the door.

"We had to ban Bioshock from our offices," Valve boss Gabe Newell told us. "Nobody gets to play it until Orange Box is done - that's our reward to ourselves as a company; everyone gets a copy of Bioshock."

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[Ace Modder]

lol

 

[Klo]

Lol, Valve would be an awesome place to work I think!

 

[.:MBK:.]

bloody slackers eh


lol

 

[Ozzie Dave]

That won't fix it Gabe.....all your programmers/artists will buy their copies elsewhere and be walking into the office in the morning red-eyed and dazed from playing it all night now

 

[Gerard]

Its actually nice to see a company talking about another companies game with it being something theyre looking forward to playing. Usually these days you get snide comments or certain games devs act like they never heard of the game in question even though the net is buzzing about it.

 

[Hamoodii]

Another one of gabe's ideas?

 

[Deleted member 651465]

That won't fix it Gabe.....all your programmers/artists will buy their copies elsewhere and be walking into the office in the morning red-eyed and dazed from playing it all night now

You think they actually leave work ?

 

[Marky]

Hah thats pretty funny
Sounds like working at Valve isnt such a bad idea

 

[Sone]

gabe sounds such a pratt to me

Why announce this crap, perhaps they may even pickup a few good ideas from playing the game.

 

[Sinque]

gabe sounds such a pratt to me

Why announce this crap, perhaps they may even pickup a few good ideas from playing the game.

Yes, stopping people playing games at the office, such a pratt!

 

[TriedandTested]

gabe sounds such a pratt to me

Why announce this crap, perhaps they may even pickup a few good ideas from playing the game.

Why do you think he would announce it?...they sell it on Steam and no doubt get a tasty bit of comission for each sale.

Still, the game is amazing...and it's still probably quite true what he says.

 

[Sone]

just think he overestimates his influance on gaming culture, one or two good games does make you a god

 

[Sone]

Yes, stopping people playing games at the office, such a pratt!

In that line of work you must have to play games, i assume it must even become a drag.

Like any job you have to stay on top of your game, and you need a benchmark. Bioshock is THAT benchmark for the imediate future

 

[ergonomics]

In that line of work you must have to play games, i assume it must even become a drag.

Like any job you have to stay on top of your game, and you need a benchmark. Bioshock is THAT benchmark for the imediate future

theyre not pro gamers, theyre coders. the valve offices arent full of lan parties everywhere

 

[iBot]

gabe sounds such a pratt to me

Why announce this crap, perhaps they may even pickup a few good ideas from playing the game.

This.

Bioshock is very good, when was the last good game shipped from Valves dockyard? 1998?

 

[markyb]

The valve offices arent full of lan parties everywhere

Please don't spoil what would be an ideal dream job

 

[Mobius 1]

at least they got an incentive to work for, and a sense of humour! i wish my workplace was like that..god im dreading it tomorrow.

 

[mrk]

Another one of gabe's ideas?

Damn right, yo.

 

[shimy182]

I wonder what kind of office computers they are given..