Valve lets fan tour studio, play Portal

"Fanjob" lol

The least they coulda done was got that guy a shirt that fit, and a smaller head for that hat.

Good for him to bad the Make A Wish Foundation couldnt get him a new liver though

That's good public relations right there. A video game company that actively gives members of the gaming community personalized tours deserves kudos.

Valve is, in my opinion, the best developer out there. They do more for there fanbase than any almost any other company out there.

Fulnelson - I almost spit my coffee into my keyboard. Too funny.

Meh. I've been there as well, but I don't see anyone posting news about it :p I think it was around February of last year. Screenshots and some text (in Dutch) can be found here:

http://www.fragland.be/specials.php?id=503

I did the same thing before HL2 was released. This guy got more gifts though, and I never got a chance to play much HL2.

Still, Valve is great in the way that they treat their fanbase.

This is awsome and all for that guy but if he was able to finish portal in one sitting I hope it wont be to short, some multiplayer would be awsome...

There won't be multiplayer, it's a puzzle game. I do think there will be a ton of third party maps though, so it shouldn't be too bad if the game is short.

Wait, so you are telling me it's just that easy to get a tour? Exchange a few emails and off you go?

Valve RULES!

Heh, thats pretty sweet, I live in Vancouver, and there are a lot of good dev's around here. I should email Relic and see if they will give me a tour of their offices! :D

About 6 months before HL2 was released I emailed valve to see if they gave tours. Jesse Cliffe responded (one of the counterstrike creators) and a friend and I got to playtest HL2 and counterstrike source on two occasions. Afterwards Jesse and the Day of Defeat team took us out to dinner! Valve kicks ass!

Now if only someone from Valve would agree to an interview. :) Super-cool of them though.

It was a great day! Can't believe its on joystiq! GOD MY LIVER HURTS!

That is such a crock. Valve sells half baked CD's of games and then expects you download several hundred megs of files in order to play the game? I understand a developers need to protect their Intellectual property but starting off with the assumption that the consumer is a thief is just wrong. Steam took a whole dept of IT guys playing CS at lunch everyday and made everyone decide that playing CS just wasn't worth the hassle. We thought about playing CS:source but no one is willing to give Steam a second chance. Valve will get my respect when they begin to sell merchandise that isn't defective right out the box. Hey Valve just stick a floppy with steam in HL2 boxes instead of a disc b/c that would be a much more accurate product description than what you currently sell.