Kotaku: Chet Faliszek

Valve on Half-Life 3 Rumors: 'This is the Community Trolling the Community'

Owen Good — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:30:00 EST

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Every popular video game has its following of wishful thinkers, wannabe designers, and straight-up trolls. None has more hard at work on the next title than Half Life 3. And they've been very busy lately. More »

Where Does Portal 2's Co-Op Campaign Fit Into the Half-Life Universe?

Joel Johnson — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:40:00 EDT

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From an interview with Valve Software's Chet Faliszek from Beefjack.com: More »

Remembering Old Man Murray, the Website That Rebooted Games Journalism

Joel Johnson — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:50:00 EST

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Our friends at Rock, Paper, Shotgun, the PC gaming partisans, uncovered a bit of a snarl in the Wikipedia page for now-primordeal gaming protoblog, Old Man Murray. An overzealous—or perhaps simply vindictive—Wikipedia editor had deemed the entry about OMM "unnotable" and fit for deletion. But within 24 hours, RPS had mustered such overwhelming support from the gaming industry (Valve's Gabe Newell, Linden Lab's Rob Humble, former Gamespot honcho Greg Kasavin, et al.) that the Wikipedia entry for Old Man Murray was rightfully restored. More »

Valve: No "Tiresome" Zombie Decapitating Mini-Games For Natal, Promise

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:00:00 EST

Half-Life and Portal developer Valve won't be getting into the shitty mini-game business with the advent of Microsoft's Project Natal for the Xbox 360, at least not if Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek has anything to do with it. More »

Why Valve Took a Leak(er) Out of Left 4 Dead 2

Owen Good — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:20:00 EST

Speaking to Official Xbox Magazine, Valve's Chet Faliszek said the Left 4 Dead 2 team came up with a since-discarded special infected called "The Leaker." He was axed not for doing something disgusting, but predictable. More »

Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-orders 4 Times The 1st

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:11 EST

Despite the boycotts, despite the un-Valve-like speedy turn around time, despite complaints that Left 4 Dead 2's cast of Survivors can't possibly live up to the first, pre-orders are four times that of the original, says Valve. More »

Justify Your Game: Left 4 Dead 2

Adam Barenblat — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:00:00 EDT

Deep within the scarcely lit depths of Valve's booth at PAX, Chet Faliszek attempts to justify Left 4 Dead 2. More »

Left 4 Dead 2 Extended Impressions

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:40:00 EDT

Yes, Left 4 Dead 2's release is shockingly close to the release of the original Left 4 Dead. And yes, Left 4 Dead 2 plays very similarly to the original Left 4 Dead. But there's a reason for both of those things. More »

Chet Faliszek Talks Left 4 Dead's Future

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST

Valve's Chet Faliszek is one of the guys responsible for the dialog and writing in some of Valve's greatest games, like Left 4 Dead and Portal. More »