'If you are reading this achievement, Gabe Newell has successfully launched Gnome Chompski into space. Billionaire Valve co-founder Gabe Newell teased a combination charity drive/rocket launch experiment/Half-Life gag involving a certain gnome a little while ago, but now a reference to the event has made its way into people's Steam pages.Ī new achievement called 'Gnome Alone' was added to all three games in question last night, and the description sums up exactly what's going on. Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email recently revived Half-Life series is celebrating its 22nd birthday today, and it just so happens to line up with a strange stunt involving achievements in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life: Alyx, and even Left 4 Dead 2.