“I never heard anything about it until I woke up this morning and checked my Blackberry, which John McCain invented,” cracked Lombardi. “There’s really nothing else to say." Doug Lombardi is Valve's Marketing V.P.

Already there is controversy regarding the post from “The Inquirer”. Many seem to frantic to disprove the theory as they cite the success of the “Steam” engine over the years. While it had a disastrous start when it didn't have the resources to authenticate everyone who got Half-Life 2, every company except for Vivendi and Microsoft have signed on to use the engine. If they sell to Google, who knows if anything would actually change.  The buyout is looking to do nothing more than to stir up some curiosity instead of actually happening.

Toms Hardware