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Exploring Valve Archive, part 25.

valvearchive.com>archive>Other Files>Rhinoscar_Logo_Sketch.png

Before Valve settled on "Valve", Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington played with different name ideas. These included "Fruitfly Ensemble" and "Rhino Scar", with the mascot of the latter seen above (the mascot is a figure with a large hole in their body, a "rhino scar"). It's also speculated that the potential names included "Holobox", although this is unconfirmed.

Newell and Harrington finally settled on "Valve". In an interview, Greg Coomer details that they settled on this name as the function of a Valve reflected the type of relationship that the company wanted to have with it's future customers, in which they controlled the flow of the entertainment they produced:

"It was about controlling the flow of an entertaining experience by having control over that control to decide when to increase or decrease it. It was a compelling metaphor."

Exploring Valve Archive, part 25. valvearchive.com>archive>Other Files>Rhinoscar_Logo_Sketch.png Before Valve settled on "Valve", Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington played with different name ideas. These included "Fruitfly Ensemble" and "Rhino Scar", with the mascot of the latter seen above (the mascot is a figure with a large hole in their body, a "rhino scar"). It's also speculated that the potential names included "Holobox", although this is unconfirmed. Newell and Harrington finally settled…

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Steal his collection:
Shadow Warrior
Hexen II Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus
Hexen II
Tomb Raider
Microsoft Flight Simulator 1998

Namco Museum 64
1080 Snowboarding
Star Fox 64
Super Mario 64

Steal his collection: Shadow Warrior Hexen II Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus Hexen II Tomb Raider Microsoft Flight Simulator 1998 Namco Museum 64 1080 Snowboarding Star Fox 64 Super Mario 64