"People were kind of annoyed."

As an update to the story, this was confirmed by Gabe himself: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/gabe-newell-responds-to-fan-asking-about-bizarre-valve-throat-singing-story-3412684/

A fan then went straight to the source, emailing Newell to ask whether the story was real. In a reply shared online, sent from Newell’s Valve address, he provided more detail.

“Yeah, I had chatted with Paul Pena about it after I tried learning on my own,” he wrote. “I am entirely self taught and it shows.”

He added that he worked on the sygyt and kargyraa styles “and got to the point where I was really… annoying.”

Newell says he still hasn’t given it up entirely. “Every once in a while, I’ll pick it back up,” he wrote, adding that it takes a couple of weeks to condition his throat.

Pena was an American blues musician who taught himself Tuvan throat singing, later becoming the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary Genghis Blues.

  • UninvestedCuriosity@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1192·
    3 days ago

    Other billionaires setting up cults and trying to bring a new age to techno fascism.

    Gabe’s colleagues: " sometimes he sings in his office and it’s a little annoying and distracting."

    Other billionaires response: buy media companies and government lobby, manipulate the narratives. Make a mockery of the legal system while hiding behind corporate entity.

    Gabe: “yeah I asked a trusted colleague for honest feedback and feel a little bad about that.”.

    It’s really not hard to not piss everyone in the world off or high effort.

    • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
      28·
      2 days ago

      I hope there is a good succession plan for Valve, because losing them would be tragic for PC gaming.

      • adjectivenoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        I hope it ends up like one of those nature reserves with a 1,000 year lease and a charter that specifies how content creators and gamers can be treated.

    • cub Gucci@lemmy.todayEnglish
      92·
      2 days ago

      Can we please transfer wealth from Elon Musk and Peter Thiel to Linus Torwalds and Richard Stallman. Unless, of course, you all want to distribute it all back

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
      16·
      2 days ago

      Other billionaires setting up cults and trying to bring a new age to techno fascism.

      Musk’s colleagues: " sometimes he makes us eat mustard and it’s a little annoying and distracting."

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Musk’s colleagues: " sometimes he makes us watch him practice his roman salute and it’s a little annoying and distracting."

        Ftfy