Portal could’ve had “a bunch of gore and dead bodies” if one dev had his way, says Valve veteran, but Gabe Newell considered it “the stupidest question ever”

Portal writer and Valve veteran Chet Faliszek says that one of the developers behind the 2007 puzzle game gem wanted it to be a tad more gory – something that the rest of the team, and Gabe Newell himself, didn’t want to consider.

Faliszek reveals as much in a new video on YouTube (below), recalling how “someone had suggested we add gore to Portal – the original Portal.” They weren’t a small dev, either, although the former Valve writer doesn’t clarify who it was. He does, however, make it clear that neither he nor anyone else was a fan of the thought.

As Faliszek puts it, “Somebody with enough oomph wants to add a bunch of gore and dead bodies all through Portal, and it’s a horrible idea.”