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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Minh Le has received more than 404,809 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Minh Le is the 75th most popular game designer (down from 63rd in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 118th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Minh Le ranks 75 out of 77. Before him are Johan Andersson, Jonathan Blow, Toby Gard, Adrian Carmack, Rob Pardo, and Matt Harding. After him are Bruce Straley, and Mike Harrington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Minh Le ranks 950. Before him are Svein Tuft, Tonya Verbeek, Naoko Kawakami, Ditmir Bushati, Misty May-Treanor, and Jochen Hecht. After him are Federico Elduayen, Georgi Bachev, Zoltán Szécsi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Enílton, and Gábor Boczkó.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Minh Le ranks 131 out of 136. Before him are Lana Condor (1997), Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (1995), Sơn Tùng M-TP (1994), Nguyễn Tiến Minh (1983), Lê Quang Liêm (1991), and Hoang Thanh Trang (1980). After him are Hoàng Anh Tuấn (1985), Amee (2000), Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (1990), Stephanie Murphy (1978), Thạch Kim Tuấn (1994), and Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (1996).

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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

    HPI: 29.23

    Rank: 1

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