New video shows the most powerful man in gaming in all his tyrannical glory

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In a video teeming with insider gags, Valve (Steam) boss Gabe Newell can be seen going about his daily business. Everyone around him fears him and his whims. He decides everything and when in doubt he calls whom. And that’s just so a character from Portal contributes more to DOTA 2.

What is the video about? Valve is planning a crossover of two of their most famous games.

In Valve’s MOBA DOTA 2 there are “Announcer Packs”: these are cosmetic items that change the announcer’s voice in the game. There are now 30 different Announcer Packs (via dota2.fandom).

In Valve’s cult-revered Portal series of games, there is the character Cave Johnson, the founder and CEO of Aperture Science:

Cave Johnson was voiced by JK Simmon, a great actor known to many as “J. Jonah Jameson” from the Spiderman movies, from the old ones with Tobey Maguire and from the new ones with Tom Holland.

He’s the “Bring me photos, photos of Spiderman” guy:

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The trailer now revolves around Gabe Newell ordering two employees to voice a “Cave Johnson” announcer pack: an apparently completely hollow idea, as everyone except Gabe Newell immediately realizes.

DOTA 2 trailer turns Newell’s image into a lunatic tyrant

Why is the trailer so funny? The trailer plays with the image of Gabe Newell, who is considered personable and close to the player: he’s actually something like the archetypal PC gamer. Still responding to customer inquiries even as a billionaire.

But here he is portrayed as a tyrannical, aloof figure who does something, no matter how idiotic it is, and everyone else has to do according to the “Big Boss”.

He gives himself cocky and weird nicknames like “G Money”.

DOTA 2: Cave Johnson Announcer Pack Trailer

The two speakers and a “Gary”, something like a head footman, know that the idea of ​​having them repeat “Cave Johnson” now doesn’t work. But it’s Gabe Newell’s idea, so it’s going to be done. Even if it takes years and people get killed, that’s the way it is.

Anyway, everything is done the way Newell wants it and if a Gary dies, there’s a new one.

The video shows Newell in 2 situations:

  • In the recording studio, where he sits in the background like a mafia boss, says nothing, and plays with his steam deck and his mobile phone – his will is read in tiny gestures
  • On a yacht in casual clothes, where he’s already forgotten the whole idea, and then himself calls Cave Johnson on a potato phone to “request a favor”

    • Gabe Newell explains why Steam Deck should be better than the PS5 and Xbox

    How is this seen? People just think it’s hilarious. The trailer has almost 290,000 views and a lot of positive comments.

    One is also simply pleased that Valve is now “doing things” again after all these years of being so quiet about the legendary game developer, who is now making a fortune with the Steam PC platform.

    DOTA 2 is particularly close to Gab Newell’s heart, as you know:

    Dota 2: Gabe Newell fires commentator, calling him an ‘ass’

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