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Jess A. Cliffe (born June 27, 1981) is a video game designer who co-created the Half-Life mod Counter-Strike with Minh Le and started the Counter-Strike series. In the first entry of the series, he is the voice of the radio commands, the voiceline “Counter-Terrorists Win!”[1] and various sound effects. He has worked on maps for Half-Life: Deathmatch.

Education

He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1999 to 2003.[2]

Career

Before getting involved with the original Counter-Strike, Jess Cliffe was a very active gaming website designer. The earliest known gaming website he founded was Jedi Knight Multiplayer Addon Group (JKMAG) which he founded in December 1997. After around a year of maintaining the website, he moved on to start the website Action Quake2 Map Depot. It was during the time he was involved with this site that he got to know Marcelo Dilay and Minh Le, as Dilay and Le were part of the team developing Action Quake 2. Around January 1999, Cliffe also founded the website Silo X devoted to Half-Life maps.

After graduating, Cliffe took a job with Valve, where he was employed as a game designer, 3D artist and level designer.[3] However, he was suspended from Valve in early 2018 due to being arrested.[2]

In February 2018, Cliffe was arrested in Seattle on allegations of sexually exploiting a minor after meeting a 16-year-old girl through an adult website.[4] He claimed he believed she was an adult and denied videotaping their encounter, which the girl alleged occurred against her will.[4][5][6][7][8] Cliffe later wrote on Reddit that he ultimately entered an Alford plea to a reduced charge of second-degree assault and served 57 days in a minimum-security facility; he also stated he was innocent, and that he was a victim of catfishing.[9]

Works

Year Title Role
2000 Counter-Strike Game designer
2004 Counter-Strike: Source Game designer [10]
2004 Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Level designer [11]
2005 Day of Defeat: Source Level designer [12]
2007 Half-Life 2: Episode Two Level designer [13]
2007 Team Fortress 2 Level designer
2008 Left 4 Dead Level designer [14]
2009 Left 4 Dead 2 Level designer [15]
2010 Alien Swarm Level designer
2011 Portal 2 Level designer [16]
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Level designer [17]

References

  1. ^ “Counter-Strike Co-Creator Arrested Over Sexual Exploitation Of A Child”. GameSpot. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b McWhertor, Michael (February 2, 2018). “Counter-Strike co-creator Jess Cliffe arrested, suspended by Valve”. Polygon. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Roland Li (September 5, 2017). Good Luck Have Fun: The Rise of eSports. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-63450-658-8.
  4. ^ a b “Counter-Strike video game co-creator Jess Cliffe arrested for sexual exploitation of a child”. February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  5. ^ ““A risk to the community”—Counter-Strike co-creator faces $150K bail post-arrest”. February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  6. ^ “Prosecutors: Counter-Strike co-creator Jess Cliffe paid teen for sex”. KIRO 7 News. February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  7. ^ “Jail Inmate Lookup Service”. BA #218003190. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  8. ^ Montgomery, Blake (February 6, 2018). “The Co-Creator Of “Counter-Strike” Allegedly Hired A 16-Year-Old Prostitute”. BuzzFeed News. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Jess Cliffe (March 6, 2019). “TIL Jess Cliffe, co-creator of CS and voice of the radio commands, is now in prison”. reddit.com (Reply post). Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  10. ^ Hodgson, David (2004). Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar. Prima Games. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7615-4364-0.
  11. ^ “Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Steam forums”. MofoWithAFofo. February 12, 2005. Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
  12. ^ “On Militia, Player Models, and a Mystery Map”. CS-Nation. December 11, 2005. Archived from the original on April 19, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
  13. ^ Valve (2007). Half-Life 2: Episode Two (PC). Level/area: Chapter 4: Riding Shotgun (developer commentary).
  14. ^ Valve (2008). Left 4 Dead (PC). Level/area: No Mercy: Rooftop Finale (developer commentary).
  15. ^ Valve (2009). Left 4 Dead 2 (PC). Level/area: The Parish: The Quarter (developer commentary).
  16. ^ Valve (2011). Portal 2 (PC). Level/area: Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You (developer commentary).
  17. ^ “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Interview Chet Faliszek (timestamp 6:05)”. YouTube. GameSpot. September 24, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Bibliography

  • Vargas, Jose Antonio (2005). “Big Games Hunter.” The Washington Post. October 25.
  • Wallis, Alistair (2007). “Is Modding Useful?” Game Developer. July 1.