Congratulations are in order for Gabe Newell, who has won the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards ‘Pioneer’ award.

The pioneer award, which first showed at the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards, is for those who are ‘responsible for developing a vital technology or game design at a crucial juncture in video game history, paving the way for the many who followed them’.

Steam is this vital technology. Not only has it helped the Valve team bring award-winning games like Half-Life 2, Portal and Team-fortress 2 to our computers, but it has brought us a constantly growing list of non-Valve games, from AAA titles to Indie classics.

Gabe Newell will be getting up on stage in front of over 3,000 of the industry’s top developers at GDC 2010, held in San Francisco this March.

Excellent work, Gabe.

The cleavage caddy is what the ladies need this upcoming Valentines day.  Move over flowers and chocolate.

An insert for your bra with or without an added lace accent to to enhance your attire with a feminine influence. If you choose the lace version, the lace covers your cleavage, adding an extra element of modesty, while still allowing you to carry all of your personal items discretely tucked in your bra. These are worn anchored to the bra by the elastic strap with a snap. Tuck away your keys, credit cards, lipstick and more!

For more than a year, Ms. Kane said her son has played the game “every waking hour,” and has rarely attended school because of the addiction.

I understand we all need love.  If you need a hug register on our site and I will hug you after you make a comment to this thread.  Are we at the point were we need a MSNBC reporter to find child pedophiles on WoW and other video games?  Another online relationship with a 42 year old woman with a 16 year old boy.  The young lad honestly felt leaving his family was worth it and when the crazy lady was caught she had no remorse.   The rest of the story is here.

[via TheGlobeandMall]

This vintage SNES game, Super Mario World, has been custom crafted and re-purposed into this terrifically geeky external hard drive enclosure! This price is for a 500 GB drive.

I love video games and I love Steam.  If you’ve been planning to make any purchases during the Steam Holiday Sale time is running out.  Take a moment and play a video game on Steam.  You can join our group and play some games with Nelson.  Enjoy the last day of the specials.

• Torchlight – $19.99 $4.99
• Left 4 Dead 2 – $49.99 $33.49
• BioShock – $19.99 $4.99
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl – $19.99 $2.00
• Defense Grid: The Awakening – $9.99 $2.49
• Killing Floor – $19.99 $4.99
• Grand Theft Auto IV – $29.99 $7.49

Geeks must unite and never stab a girl in the back!  Anyone with me?

Queen fans may want to plug their ears but all the Battlestar fans will be happy!

Move over books.  Feel the power of National Geographic on a Hard Drive.  Honestly you probably don’t need this but think of the future of our children?

Windows:
-Intel Pentium III 1GHz or faster processor, 512MB of RAM
-Windows 7, Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise including 64 bit editions, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 and SP3, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows 2000 SP4, and Windows 2003 Server

Neat or Boring?  So when you get angry at your controller, do you break yourself?

This weekend I have been asked what do I want/need for this XMAS.  So I made a list and sent it out to my amazing family.  So what a good time to as you and all our registered GK’s to post anything you want in the Geek Unfiltered section of the site.  The best list could be showcased into our front page news section.