As a college student, Minh "Gooseman" Le had a substantial hand in shaping PC gaming history: He co-created Counter-Strike. When Le and his development partner later sold the IP to Valve, the purchase agreement stipulated that the studio would also hire the pair as employees once they completed their degrees. Hired in 2000, Le ultimately spent six years with the company, witnessing impactful moments of Valve history—moments like Gabe Newell's Mongolian throat singing phase.
In a YouTube interview with games marketing consultant Joe Henson, Le called the mythologized Valve founder a "very eccentric" person with a tendency to "venture off into interesting hobbies." According to Le, one of those ventures involved a hyperfixation with Mongolian-Tuvan throat singing, a distinctive singing style in which a vocalist harmonizes multiple pitches simultaneously through precise muscle control.
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