Interesting that there isn't anyone at Valve that feels enough ownership to the franchise to push it along. It seems like if you threw a compelling script into

Interesting that there isn't anyone at Valve that feels enough ownership to the franchise to push it along. It seems like if you threw a compelling script into a development studio it would be hard NOT to make it happen... there's such a desire for it (but maybe that's also scary now). On the other hand... I guess a huge part of Valve isn't a development studio these days and a lot of their development projects involve short-term profitability vs long-term investments (DOTA kind of is/isn't an exception to that). I also wonder if the flat "do something good for the company" structure cramps the creative process a bit — if someone tools around with an idea for a year without anything beyond concept work to show for it... is that welcome at Valve? or would it be perceived as a burden by others who are working on short-term projects? I do recall there being a previous falling-out there with an employee doing R&D hardware work (was it VR related? I can't remember)