Happy Birthday Gabe Newell!

Bad-ass for 49 years in a row. That's one hell of a kill streak.

Co-founder and managing director of the video game development and online distribution powerhouse Valve just turned 49 today. As most of you guys probably know, Gabe Newell is the genius behind the popular Half-life series and a huge face in the gaming industry. He is known as one of the nicest men in video gaming, constantly answering emails and trying to evolve the gaming industry as we know it with services like Steam.

I hope you have a very Half-Life 3 themed birthday! Seriously, we've been waiting long enough.