Stephen Bahl

Stephen Bahl is a conceptual artist, game developer, composer and writer for Gearbox Software. He owns a degree from the Art Institute of Dallas. He focuses on model building and animation and is a power-house of 3d game content development.

For Half-Life: Opposing Force, he co-wrote the story and created all of the new HECU soldier classes as well as many of the game's new weapons, and the Race X creatures. He also creates Gearbox Software's teaser videos and trailers.

Bahl served in both the 101st Airborne Division and the 506th Infantry Regiment for the United States Army and contributes to the company's video games with his real-world military experience (e.g. for their Brothers in Arms series). During his service, he was stationed in locations throughout the world such as Panama and the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

He made additional music for Half-Life: Blue Shift.