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Episode 27:

Strike Hard and Strike Fast

Runtime: 63 Minutes

Today, we'll tell you a story about the development of Half-Life: Counterstrike. Our story includes the career of its creators, Minh Le and Jess Cliff. We'll also briefly look at Counter-Strike as a competitive sport. Join us for today's modified trip down Memory Card Lane.

Counter-Strike

References:

Game-Specific Wiki:

  Counter-Strike Fandom Wiki

Additional Sources:

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Minh Le

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Jess Cliffe

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Action Quake 2

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Punkbuster

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Valve Anti-Cheat

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Half-Life: Opposing Force

Half-Life: Counter-Strike Review:

  GameSpot

Counter-Strike Review:

  GameRevolution

Valve banned a record number of players in December:

  PcGamer

Sardonyx Counter-Strike Review:

  Steam Community

Morbidly a beast Counter-Strike Review:

  Steam Community

Gooseman Counter-Strike Interview:

  Firing Squad

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Bleeping Demo by Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Link: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Schoolbell Sound:

School bell.wav by 13FPanska_Stranska_Michaela

Link: https://freesound.org/s/378394/

License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/