Bill Van Buren

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Bill Van Buren
Professional information
Occupation	Producer Designer Lead Animator and Content lead for Half-Life 2

Bill Van Buren is a producer and designer working at Valve.

Biography

On Valve's official website, his function is described as follows: "Like a guest at the dinner party in Bunuel's "The Exterminating Angel," Bill signed on for a short stint to help ship Half-Life and found himself unable to leave. Bills pre-Valve experience includes positions at Starwave and Microsoft where he was responsible for art and design direction, production management, and creating art, animation, and the odd bit of music."

Complete gameography

• Half-Life (1998)
• Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999)
• Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001)
• Counter-Strike: Source (2004)
• Half-Life 2 (2004)
• Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006)
• Portal (2007)
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)
• Left 4 Dead (2008)
• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
• Alien Swarm (2010)
• Portal 2 (2011)

Trivia

• His name appears in Half-Life as an Easter egg on a Sector D sign office.
• He provided the voice of the Nihilanth, as confirmed in the Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary.

External links

• Bill Van Buren on MobyGames
• Bill Van Buren on MySpace
• Bill Van Buren on Facebook