Back in 2003, the source code for Half Life 2 was leaked by somebody in Germany.
The hacker eventually contacted Valve himself, and expressed interest in working for the company. Valve then staged a fake job interview, and tried to trick him in to coming to Seattle. There, they waited with FBI agents, and prepared to arrest him.
Fortunately, he was detained in Germany.
That story, combined with this story, raises my eyebrows, especially because Valve is trying to show off "The Valve Way".
[+] [-] pushingbits|14 years ago|reply
I rather enjoyed it, so I figured I'd give it another stab.
One-page is here: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6471/the_valve_way_gab...
Favorite part: "Premature monetization is the root of all evil."
[+] [-] dvdhsu|14 years ago|reply
The hacker eventually contacted Valve himself, and expressed interest in working for the company. Valve then staged a fake job interview, and tried to trick him in to coming to Seattle. There, they waited with FBI agents, and prepared to arrest him.
Fortunately, he was detained in Germany.
That story, combined with this story, raises my eyebrows, especially because Valve is trying to show off "The Valve Way".
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/11/valve-tricked-h/
[+] [-] DannoHung|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] bonch|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] mrschwabe|14 years ago|reply
"No -- we don't recruit for games. We recruit people..."
Replace 'games' with 'products'.