Gamers That Became Pioneers · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Zonk on Friday September 1, 2006 @05:34AM from the not-always-a-good-thing dept.

1up has a feature up looking at videogamers that have become pioneers. They profile several folks who have made an impact on gaming as a hobby, and the view of gaming in the world at large. The piece includes people like Patrick Wildenborg (the Hot Coffee whistleblower), Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess Cliffe (makers of Counter-Strike), Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade, and (most infamously) Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. From a more upbeat part of the piece, on Counter-Strike: "[CS] is one of the most ubiquitous and popular games ever made, period -- Valve's Steam distribution service calculates that nearly 120 million man hours are lost to various versions of Counter-Strike monthly. Such a statistic is even more mind-boggling considering the humble roots of the game -- both Cliffe and Gooseman were college students at the time of the project's inception. They had some amateur experience in the disciplines they brought to the mod; Cliffe had previously mastered several gaming websites, and Gooseman had done programming and modeling work on other fairly popular mods like Navy SEALs and Action Quake 2."

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CS Payoff? by BTWR · 2006-09-01 14:11 · Score: 2, Interesting

What kind of financial state are Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess Cliffe in today, after making the most popular internet game of all time? I'm all for Vavle making millions from CS, but I hope these guys got a %, instead of an up-front $10,000 purchase and that was it.
Anyone know?