Jess Cliffe

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Jess Cliffe is a Valve Software computer game designer and co-creator of Counter-Strike with Minh Le (aka Gooseman). He is the "voice of Counter-Strike" via the radio commands and sound effects.

He grew up in New Jersey and went to North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey before attending Virginia Tech from 1999-2003. After graduating he took a job with Valve Software and is currently doing game design for them, and also working on maps for Half-Life: Deathmatch.

While still attending college Cliffe ran a site named "Silo X" for Half-Life. The website's main purpose was to enable map/level designers to upload their maps and get them to major audiences world wide. When working together with Minh Le on the first Counter-Strike version, Jess Cliffe quit working for the "Silo X" website and was followed up by Tom Konings known as HaLf-DeAd in the Half-Life gaming community. When Half-Life became outdated the "Silo X" website shut down. Cliffe was also one of the firsts to play Doom.