GAME DESIGNER

Minh Le

1977 - Today

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Minh Le (Vietnamese: Lê Minh; born June 27, 1977), also known by his online nickname Gooseman, is a Vietnamese-Canadian video game programmer who co-created the Half-Life mod Counter-Strike with Jess Cliffe in 1999 and started the Counter-Strike series. He was later employed by Valve, the developers of Half-Life, and worked for 8 years in Korea on the multiplayer first-person shooter Tactical Intervention. He is a contractor on the multiplayer survival first-person shooter Rust. In the small-team games that he has worked on, Le has been a programmer, modeler, and designer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Minh Le is the 85th most popular game designer (down from 75th in 2024), the 128th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 131st in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Minh Le ranks 85 out of 77. Before him are Kensuke Tanabe, Adrian Carmack, Jonathan Blow, Cory Barlog, Rob Pardo, and Jane Jensen. After him are Jeff Minter, Bruce Straley, Matt Harding, Robyn Miller, and Josh Sawyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Minh Le ranks 1,027. Before him are Sarah Jane Morris, Toni Lydman, Meike Evers, Shinji Jojo, Derrick Brew, and Sofia Bekatorou. After him are Marta Rovira, Ilan Eshkeri, Jochen Hecht, Bibiana Aído, Kaouther Ben Hania, and Janne Holmén.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Minh Le ranks 128 out of 136. Before him are Trần Hiếu Ngân (1974), Scotty Nguyen (1962), Johnny Trí Nguyễn (1974), Lana Condor (1997), Hoang Thanh Trang (1980), and Nguyễn Quang Hải (1997). After him are Hoàng Anh Tuấn (1985), Hoàng Thùy Linh (1988), Mỹ Tâm (1981), Nguyễn Công Phượng (1995), Ocean Vuong (1988), and Lê Quang Liêm (1991).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Vietnam

Among game designers born in Vietnam, Minh Le ranks 1. 

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    Minh Le

    1977 - Present

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