Gabe Newell ask me anything starts at 1:00PM PST

2014

2 - If you devide something by 2 it's a half
0 - the circle of Life
4-1 = 3

Half life 3 confirmed to release this year.
 
Anything on HL3 would be good though, even if it's not a release date, what are the main reasons for the delay? New gameplay style? Oculus Rift? Something, anything.
 
Rather than asking about HL3 it might just be better to ask a more general question, i.e

Are you planning on developing the Half Life universe in the near future?

I mean what if they're doing an EP3? If you ask about HL3 directly he can just say "nope, no news on HL3". :D
 
From what I saw Gabe posted saying he was due to post an AMA, then the moderators locked it pointing him in the direction of the rules, then nothing was heard of him since.

Source.
 
http://recode.net/2014/03/03/the-curious-incident-of-the-disappearing-gabe-newell-ama/

When it learned that Gabe Newell would be paying it a visit today, Reddit freaked out. When he never showed up, it freaked out again.

If you’re not a gamer, you’re probably wondering, “Who the hell is Gabe Newell?” But for those in the online gaming community, and especially on Reddit, the Valve co-founder and managing director is a full-blown celebrity.

Newell, or “Gaben” as he is often called, helms the company that both runs the popular PC gaming store Steam and has cranked out a string of hit game series on both console and PC, including Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, Portal and, most recently, Dota 2.

According to this post made from Newell’s previously used Reddit account, he was supposed to show up for an “Ask Me Anything” interview, or AMA, at 1 pm PT. This sent his admirers into a tizzy because today is March 3, or 3/3, and for the past seven years Valve fans have been clamoring for a third entry in the Half-Life franchise.

Reddit moderators seemed to be at fault for the botched AMA, at first; Newell’s initial post had no details other than his name, the 1 pm PT time and this picture, showing him in front of a computer monitor with Reddit on the screen. However, the post was made too far in advance, breaking the AMA community’s rules, and moderators locked the comment thread so that the only visible comment was Newell’s link to his picture. All the other comments showed up as “[deleted].”

Still, though: The date. The cryptic AMA announcement. It had to be intentional, right? Right?!

Maybe not. On top of the no-show AMA, which has left moderators perplexed and apologetic, I’m not yet convinced that Newell himself made the post in the first place.

Reddit asks AMA participants to prove their identities with pictures of themselves, as Newell supposedly did. These pictures often work in a reference to Reddit or the words “Hi Reddit” in some way to show that they’ve been taken just for the AMA.

But that picture of Newell sitting in front of Reddit posted today? It’s more than a month old, as evidenced by the timestamp on the Reddit post behind him: “22 hours ago,” even though the post was made on Jan. 14. It’s possible that Newell’s Reddit account was compromised and that some clever troll seized on the 3/3 date, knowing that everyone would overreact.

A Valve representative did not respond to an emailed request for comment. To be continued …

Update: A Redditor claims to have cold-emailed Newell and received the following one-line response: “Tomorrow, the 4th, 2:00 PST.”
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Is it coincidental that he is appearing at 2 on the 4 and the number inbetween is 3? Yes, it probably is.
 
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