Valve Softwareâs Chet Faliszek recently gave me a tour of his companyâs Belleveue headquarters, a final act of kindness during a visit in which Chet also let me play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and eat catered tacos.
https://lastchance.cc/an-hour-with-counter-strike-go-5834542%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
We shot this tour in four videos (the last oneâs the best), averaging 0.5 Half-Life 2: Episode Three jokes per video, which I think is pretty good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2MVHYuJfdg
In this first video, weâre looking at Portal 2 concept art and considering how old someone must be in order for their Episode Three complaints to be valid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdeCVNhojk4
Weâre now looking at the prize hats of Hat Friday, a holiday frequently celebrated by the Team Fortress 2 team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P_rR3pBZYQ
Valve keeps expanding their office space, at a faster rate than they can hang their art on their walls. Chet says theyâre going to soon expand to two more floors. My goodness, room to finally work on Episode Three, perhaps? Needless to say, Chet wasnât letting me anywhere near wherever the fate of that series is being planned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYB0wvjS1bc
We wrapped up in the lobby. You canât see the thing I would break when we were done shooting. It was a small Portal 2 turret made of clay. I must have bumped it with my elbow. Chet said itâs ok. I think Iâm welcome back.
(NOTE: Chetâs verbal assault on our editorial director Joel Johnson requires some back-story. Joel was supposed to join me on this tour, but he had missed his flight to Seattle. Actually, thatâs pretty clear in the video, but now itâs really clear. Oh, and speaking of clear, apologies, readers/viewers, for messing up the focus on the golden Gordon Freeman crowbar.)
