THE ORIGINAL STEAMPUNK The story of Gabe Newell

Throughout the age of PC games, there have been numerous pioneers that have changed the PG gaming landscape, turning it into the massive gaming scene we have today. But very few have had the impact than Gabe Logan Newell. This gaming fanatic and varsity dropout went on to create arguably the biggest platform for PC gamers and helped create some of the most influential games ever. So how did this mild-mannered programmer from California become the savior of PC gaming?

Varsity Blues to Freeman

Born in 1962, Gabe Newell showed an early interest in technology and the promise of what computers can do. Throughout his time at Davis Senior High School in Davis, California, Newell had dreams of doing something unique in the world of computers and the best place for him to reach his dreams, at least that’s what he thought, was the highly acclaimed, Newell said