I would like this birthday party to be a loving response to this quote from Gabe.

"As I write this, I have the world’s worst case of stage fright. After six years and tens of millions of dollars, after break-ins, and lawsuits, after marriages and children and divorces and deaths, we’re about to ship Half-Life 2. You, the reader, know how the launch of Half-Life 2 went. You have read the reviews, seen the sales figures, heard about the awards (or the lack thereof), and best of all, you’ve played the finished game. We’ve done none of these. Did we create a worthy successor to Half-Life? Did we live up to gamer’s expectations? Did we pull it off? You know, and I don’t, and that seems terribly unfair to me right now."
Gabe Newell
8.11.04
Bellevue, Washington