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Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American businessman who is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation. Newell was born in Colorado and grew up in Davis, California. He attended Harvard University in the early 1980s but dropped out to join Microsoft, where he ...
Nowell is a masculine English given name derived from Noël, meaning Christmas in French. Notable people with the name include: Nowell Myres (1902–1989), British archaeologist. Nowell Parr (1864–1933), British architect. Nowell Salmon (1835–1912), Royal Navy officer. Nowell Sotherton (died c. 1610), English politician.
Nowell is the surname of: Alexander Nowell (c.1507–1602), Anglican Puritan theologian and clergyman; dean of St Paul's; Andrew Nowell, English politician, MP for Rutland; Ben Nowell (born 1985), New Zealand rugby player; Bradley Nowell (1968–1996), American musician, lead singer and guitarist of the ska punk band Sublime
Markus Persson founded Mojang Studios in 2009.. Mojang Studios was founded by Markus Persson, a Swedish independent video game designer and programmer, in 2009. [4] [5] He had gained interest in video games at an early age, playing The Bard's Tale and several pirated games on his father's Commodore 128 home computer, and learned to programme at age eight with help from his sister.
Minecraft is a media franchise developed from and centered around the video game of the same name. Primarily developed by Mojang Studios , the franchise consists of five video games, along with various books, merchandise, events, and an upcoming theatrical film.
The First Noel. "The First Nowell" in Carols, New and Old (1879) [1] " The First Nowell ", [1] modernised as " The First Noel " [2] (or Noël)", is a traditional English Christmas carol with Cornish origins most likely from the early modern period, although possibly earlier. [3] It is listed as number 682 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
Nowell may refer to: Nowell (given name) Nowell (surname) Nowell, Wisconsin, a U.S. ghost town; See also. All pages with titles beginning with Nowell ;
End Poem (full text) The End Poem is a poem by Julian Gough that appears in the end credits of the video game Minecraft. It is the only narrative text in the mostly unstructured sandbox game. Markus "Notch" Persson, Minecraft 's creator, invited Gough to create the poem in 2011; it initially appeared in Beta version 1.9.