On the 3rd of November, 1962, a child was born. Wearing a red polo shirt and a pair of glasses, his first words were “Hi, I’m Gabe Newell, and I work at Valve”, spoken only a few moments after his actual birth. Another few moments passed, and then he, presumably, immediately announced the release of Half-Life, which would, unfortunately, only take place 36 years later. Okay, okay – Valve Time jokes aside, it’s Gabe Newell’s 49th birthday today!

GravityGunVille is PlanetPhillip’s sixth mapping competition and mappack. He’s been doing these since December 2009, and they’ve mostly been terrific, with the exception of the lackluster StriderVille, which featured only 2 levels. GGVille was just released, but that’s not the only Ville Phillip’s got lined up!