Joystiq passes along an anecdote told by Randy Pitchford on how Gearbox Software came to possess their name. According to the Gearbox boss, he won the name in a poker game with Valve's Gabe Newell. Apparently Gabe was trying to show Randy why AK is sometimes called Anna Kournikova (looks great but never wins), but instead learned why K9 is sometimes called a pair of dogs. Woof.