Mike Harrington

Mike Harrington is 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 became 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.

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. Picnik was acquired by Google in March 2010.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Geoff Keighley. "The Final Hours of Half-Life 2". Gamespot UK. http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6112889/p-4.html. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 
2. ^ "Mike Harrington Interview". PlanetHalfLife.com. November 20, 1999. http://planethalflife.Hack.com/View.php?view=Interviews.Detail&id=58. Retrieved 2008-01-06. 
3. ^ CVG Staff (28 September, 1900). "Creative Minds: Gabe Newell". computerandvideogames.com. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=172835. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 

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