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In an interview with game consultant Indie Game Joe, Counter-Strike<\/a> co-creator Minh Le revealed a hilarious anecdote about Valve boss Gabe Newell that\u2019s going viral for just how absurd it is. <\/p>\n

Le claimed that, at one point during his tenure, Newell became so enamored with the concept of Mongolian throat singing that he couldn\u2019t stop practicing it in Valve\u2019s corporate offices \u2014 to the point where his employees started closing their office doors to avoid the noise.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not familiar with Mongolian throat singing, it\u2019s a vocal technique most popularly associated with the people of Tuvan, a region in Russia located northwest of Mongolia. The Tuvan people call it Kh\u00f6\u00f6mei<\/u><\/a>, and it\u2019s achieved by using circular breathing to produce two or more notes simultaneously. It\u2019s a seriously impressive talent that has become popularized over time, and has been utilized in a number of famous films and TV series (like the Sardaukar chant in the first Dune movie<\/a>, for example).<\/p>\n

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Apparently, Newell wanted to try it out for himself \u2014 but his choice to practice in the workplace wasn\u2019t necessarily conducive to a collaborative work environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one point, he got into Mongolian throat singing,\u201d Le explained<\/a>. \u201cIn Mongolia, they have these throat singers that sing really interestingly, just using their throats. Gabe watched this documentary on them. He got really fascinated with this concept, and he started to practice that. He was doing it throughout the office. He would just walk around the halls doing this throat-singing thing. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou would hear him try to sing with his throat as he\u2019s walking down the hall. I remember a lot of the people in the office were kind of annoyed with this, because, you know, it’s kind of loud, right? \u2026He would do it daily. People would just start closing their doors. It started to become quite a closed office. It was an interesting time. Thankfully, he didn\u2019t do it for more than \u2014 I think it lasted for about five months.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As pointed out by a commenter on Instagram<\/a>, Le isn\u2019t the only Valve veteran to have mentioned Gabe\u2019s Mongolian throat singing phase; in the Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary<\/a>, senior developer Charlie Brown mentioned that the office was \u201cnormally pretty vibrant and loud,\u201d with staff \u201criding scooters in the hallway and doing all sorts of stuff,\u201d while Gabe was \u201cTuvan throat singing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans can watch the man practicing for themselves in the Dota 2<\/a> Mega-Kills Announcement Pack video on YouTube<\/a>, which shows him warming up a sound booth as part of a skit.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, Le\u2019s most recent story has resulted in no end of jokes and memes about Gabe\u2019s Mongolian throat singing phase, with fans joking that he \u201cyearns for the steppe\u201d and affectionately dubbing him \u201cGabe-is Khan.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is the latest amusing news to come from Newell after he purchased a $70.8 million super mansion<\/a> in June, which came with its own underground tunnel. You know, in case the Headcrabs try to get him or something.<\/p>\n

Image Credits: YouTube – Valve<\/em><\/p>\n

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