Mike Harrington

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Mike Harrington was the co-founder of the computer game development company, Valve Software and a lead programmer of the game Half-Life.[1]

Previously a games developer at Dynamix and a developer on the Windows NT operating system at Microsoft,[2] Harrington founded Valve in 1996 with Gabe Newell, another former Microsoft employee: he and Newell privately funded Valve through the development of Half-Life.[1][3] Half-Life become a game industry phenomenon, winning more than 50 Game of the Year Awards; it was also named the "Best PC Game of All Time" by PC Gamer Magazine, the leading PC Games magazine.

On January 15, 2000, after the success of Half-Life, Harrington dissolved his partnership with Newell and left Valve to take an extended vacation with his wife, Monica.[1]

Harrington returned to the software industry in 2006, when he co-founded Picnik with long-time friend and former colleague Darrin Massena. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal reviewed Picnik in July of 2007.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Geoff Keighley. The Final Hours of Half-Life 2. Gamespot UK. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  2. ^ Mike Harrington Interview. PlanetHalfLife.com (November 20, 1999). Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
  3. ^ CVG Staff (28 September, 2007). Creative Minds: Gabe Newell. computerandvideogames.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
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