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* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Global Offensive'', ''VideoGame/Dota2'', and [[{{UsefulNotes/Steam}} Steam software]] get repeated announcements of big updates and new content, to the exclusion of almost all of their other properties.
* ApprovalOfGod: Valve has showcased various fan works for their games, such as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series.
* BreakthroughHit: ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' for FPS and ''VideoGame/Portal1'' for Puzzle genres respectively.
* FanNickname:
** "Volvo", whenever they're perceived to be not doing their job well, as in "volvo pl0x" or "ded gaem, volvo disband". This nickname rose in prominence [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/diretide when DOTA 2's Diretide 2012 event was canceled]], to the point where Volvo Cars even rolled with the discussion and made a couple of shout-outs to Valve on its social media pages.
** "American {{Creator/Konami}}" by some disillusioned Valve fans after they basically stopped making single-player games, key developers leaving, today's Valve more affixed to LootBox, and as a cherry on top, the ''VideoGame/{{Artifact}}'' announcement.
* HeAlsoDid: John Patrick Lowrie ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sniper]]) is also a novelist, Creator/EllenMcLain ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Administrator]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combine Overwatch]], and [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} GLaDOS]]) sings opera [[spoiler:(although those who have completed ''Portal 2'''s single player story mode already know this quite well)]], Hugh Dillon ([[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Nick]]) is a rock singer, and Jim French ([[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Father Grigori]], [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Bill]], [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Elder Titan]]) is a radio personality. Composer Mike Morasky did special effects on the second two ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' movies and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy.
* KillerApp: Half-Life 2 was this for Steam, back in the day. By all accounts, Half-Life Alyx is meant to be this for the Valve Index (any owner of an Index gets a copy of Alyx for ''free''), as well as VR in general.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: But without reading the credits or being told, you probably won't guess they're the same people. Creator/EllenMcLain is particularly ubiquitous; her voice is in every game in the Orange Box, the other ''Half-Life 2'' games, ''Portal 2'', ''Left 4 Dead 2'', and ''Dota 2''.
* PromotedFanboy: Several employees at Valve were people who made mods for the Source games. ''VideoGame/MINERVAMetastasis'', for example, was a one-man project whose creator was later hired by Valve.
* TheRedStapler: [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Ellis']] trucker cap (and subsequently, the RED Team version of it, once it was released as a ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' item) and "Bull Shifters" t-shirt, [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Chell's]] tank top, an [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science]] shower curtain (doubles as a MythologyGag, because they started off manufacturing shower curtains to the military), [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Mann Co. Cap]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Soldier's]] Grenadier's Softcap.
* ScheduleSlip: Their release date delays are so infamous that their fandom has coined the term [[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time 'Valve Time']] to refer to their ability to single-handedly dilate time around themselves. This is probably mostly thanks to Valve's loose internal corporate structure, where no-one has a single, set-in-stone role to play in the company. They claim it is due to their attempts to produce high-quality games that are fun, and the developer commentary often mentions features that were not fun that had to be discarded, which certainly consumes time.
* TeasingCreator: Valve hasn't yet given a definite answer concerning Pyro's gender or the release of the next installment of ''Half Life''.
* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: They're pretty tight-lipped about the work that goes on behind the scenes, even if it's been aborted, but Gabe revealed that [[http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/08/26/valve-were-making-a-fairy-rpg-before-left-4-dead/ they had been working on an RPG about fairies]] at one point before they decided that it was going nowhere.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Valve has showcased various fan works for their games, such as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series.
* BreakthroughHit: ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' for FPS and ''VideoGame/Portal1'' for Puzzle genres respectively.
* FanNickname:
** "Volvo", whenever they're perceived to be not doing their job well, as in "volvo pl0x" or "ded gaem, volvo disband". This nickname rose in prominence [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/diretide when DOTA 2's Diretide 2012 event was canceled]], to the point where Volvo Cars even rolled with the discussion and made a couple of shout-outs to Valve on its social media pages.
** "American {{Creator/Konami}}" by some disillusioned Valve fans after they basically stopped making single-player games, key developers leaving, today's Valve more affixed to LootBox, and as a cherry on top, the ''VideoGame/{{Artifact}}'' announcement.
* HeAlsoDid: John Patrick Lowrie ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sniper]]) is also a novelist, Creator/EllenMcLain ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Administrator]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combine Overwatch]], and [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} GLaDOS]]) sings opera [[spoiler:(although those who have completed ''Portal 2'''s single player story mode already know this quite well)]], Hugh Dillon ([[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Nick]]) is a rock singer, and Jim French ([[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Father Grigori]], [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Bill]], [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Elder Titan]]) is a radio personality. Composer Mike Morasky did special effects on the second two ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' movies and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy.
* KillerApp: Half-Life 2 was this for Steam, back in the day. By all accounts, Half-Life Alyx is meant to be this for the Valve Index (any owner of an Index gets a copy of Alyx for ''free''), as well as VR in general.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: But without reading the credits or being told, you probably won't guess they're the same people. Creator/EllenMcLain is particularly ubiquitous; her voice is in every game in the Orange Box, the other ''Half-Life 2'' games, ''Portal 2'', ''Left 4 Dead 2'', and ''Dota 2''.
* PromotedFanboy: Several employees at Valve were people who made mods for the Source games. ''VideoGame/MINERVAMetastasis'', for example, was a one-man project whose creator was later hired by Valve.
* TheRedStapler: [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Ellis']] trucker cap (and subsequently, the RED Team version of it, once it was released as a ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' item) and "Bull Shifters" t-shirt, [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Chell's]] tank top, an [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science]] shower curtain (doubles as a MythologyGag, because they started off manufacturing shower curtains to the military), [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Mann Co. Cap]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Soldier's]] Grenadier's Softcap.
* ScheduleSlip: Their release date delays are so infamous that their fandom has coined the term [[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time 'Valve Time']] to refer to their ability to single-handedly dilate time around themselves. This is probably mostly thanks to Valve's loose internal corporate structure, where no-one has a single, set-in-stone role to play in the company. They claim it is due to their attempts to produce high-quality games that are fun, and the developer commentary often mentions features that were not fun that had to be discarded, which certainly consumes time.
* TeasingCreator: Valve hasn't yet given a definite answer concerning Pyro's gender or the release of the next installment of ''Half Life''.
* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: They're pretty tight-lipped about the work that goes on behind the scenes, even if it's been aborted, but Gabe revealed that [[http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/08/26/valve-were-making-a-fairy-rpg-before-left-4-dead/ they had been working on an RPG about fairies]] at one point before they decided that it was going nowhere.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Valve has showcased various fan works for their games, such as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series.
* BreakthroughHit: ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' for FPS and ''VideoGame/Portal1'' for Puzzle genres respectively.
* FanNickname:
** "Volvo", whenever they're perceived to be not doing their job well, as in "volvo pl0x" or "ded gaem, volvo disband". This nickname rose in prominence [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/diretide when DOTA 2's Diretide 2012 event was canceled]], to the point where Volvo Cars even rolled with the discussion and made a couple of shout-outs to Valve on its social media pages.
** "American {{Creator/Konami}}" by some disillusioned Valve fans after they basically stopped making single-player games, key developers leaving, today's Valve more affixed to LootBox, and as a cherry on top, the ''VideoGame/{{Artifact}}'' announcement.
* HeAlsoDid: John Patrick Lowrie ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sniper]]) is also a novelist, Creator/EllenMcLain ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Administrator]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combine Overwatch]], and [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} GLaDOS]]) sings opera [[spoiler:(although those who have completed ''Portal 2'''s single player story mode already know this quite well)]], Hugh Dillon ([[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Nick]]) is a rock singer, and Jim French ([[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Father Grigori]], [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Bill]], [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Elder Titan]]) is a radio personality. Composer Mike Morasky did special effects on the second two ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' movies and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy.
* KillerApp: Half-Life 2 was this for Steam, back in the day. By all accounts, Half-Life Alyx is meant to be this for the Valve Index (any owner of an Index gets a copy of Alyx for ''free''), as well as VR in general.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: But without reading the credits or being told, you probably won't guess they're the same people. Creator/EllenMcLain is particularly ubiquitous; her voice is in every game in the Orange Box, the other ''Half-Life 2'' games, ''Portal 2'', ''Left 4 Dead 2'', and ''Dota 2''.
* PromotedFanboy: Several employees at Valve were people who made mods for the Source games. ''VideoGame/MINERVAMetastasis'', for example, was a one-man project whose creator was later hired by Valve.
* TheRedStapler: [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 Ellis']] trucker cap (and subsequently, the RED Team version of it, once it was released as a ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' item) and "Bull Shifters" t-shirt, [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Chell's]] tank top, an [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science]] shower curtain (doubles as a MythologyGag, because they started off manufacturing shower curtains to the military), [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Mann Co. Cap]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Soldier's]] Grenadier's Softcap.
* ScheduleSlip: Their release date delays are so infamous that their fandom has coined the term [[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time 'Valve Time']] to refer to their ability to single-handedly dilate time around themselves. This is probably mostly thanks to Valve's loose internal corporate structure, where no-one has a single, set-in-stone role to play in the company. They claim it is due to their attempts to produce high-quality games that are fun, and the developer commentary often mentions features that were not fun that had to be discarded, which certainly consumes time.
* TeasingCreator: Valve hasn't yet given a definite answer concerning Pyro's gender or the release of the next installment of ''Half Life''.
* {{Vaporware}}: ''Half-Life 2: Episode 3'' is legendary in the industry for becoming this. Episode 2 is considered the high point of the second game, and it ends on an infamous {{Cliffhanger}}. Fans eagerly awaited news for the next game. After the departure of Marc Laidlaw, the series' lead writer, it's safe to say that the game has been unofficially canceled.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: They're pretty tight-lipped about the work that goes on behind the scenes, even if it's been aborted, but Gabe revealed that [[http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/08/26/valve-were-making-a-fairy-rpg-before-left-4-dead/ they had been working on an RPG about fairies]] at one point before they decided that it was going nowhere.
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* OneOfUs: According to his [[http://geekaweek.net/2012/02/legends-of-videogames-gabe-newell/ "Geek A Week"]] interview, Gabe Newell loves ''Film/PulpFiction'' (he loves how Quentin Tarantino's movie fanboyism shows through his work), Phillip K. Dick, Creator/StephenKing, fanboys over Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto (he especially loves ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''), is a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]], and wants people to draw [[Memes/TeamFortress2 hats]] all over his trading card.
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* TeasingCreator: Valve hasn't yet given a definite answer concerning Pyro's gender or the release of the next installment of ''Half Life''.
