THE BUZZ: Valve Boss Gabe Newell will happily joke about Half Life 2 : Episode 3, despite Valve remaining tight lipped about the game.

The boss is known to reply directly to fan’s emails on occasion and one Reddit user apparently sent this clever little email to him and got a reply:

Do you like haikus?
I like to write them sometimes…
Episode 3 soon?

The reply read:

Haikus are neato
They have a rigid structure
Episode 3 ships in

EGM’s TAKE: Oh Newell that’s just cruel!

Hands up who can’t wait for Episode 3?

Source: Reddit