The incredible workstations of the world's biggest game developers

[Jamie McKane]

The incredible workstations of the world's biggest game developers

The incredible desks of the world's best game developers.

[FarligOpptreden]

None of those workstations are "incredible" and those aren't the world's "biggest game developers". On the contrary, those are boring, standard desks with common hardware for some obscure indie devs.

This really is a sensationalist title for a disappointing article.

[Dark Bane]

wow, just... wow

[czc]

Could have done so much more with the article. Like valves desks.

Every desk at Valve is, in fact, a mobile workstation. The tower hangs under the desk in a metal sling, and all of the cords are plugged into your own power strip, which then plugs into a single outlet on the wall. The desk itself is on large, roller-blade style wheels, and there’s a large freight elevator in the middle of the building accessible to all. It’s an excellent representation of the Valve internal philosophy of hiring the best, then setting them free: “that’s why we put wheels on desks. People say they have to go work on this different problem now, because nobody else is and we need to get it done in order to get other things done. So they pack up their desks, and move to their relevant teams,” said Gabe Newell