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Re:Blackholing My Email by 3form on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:36AM (#47675189)
To me, the fact that the author of the article is the author of de_dust2 is the real highlight! For those who don't know, it's the most popular map ever in Counter Strike, and I expect so it remains to this day.

This is funny, as I always imagined these things to be made by some nameless author of good old Internet, and never bothered to check and look it up. Further less I expected to stumble upon it by said author's random blogpost where it's not even the primary topic.

Re:Blackholing My Email by pete5x5 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:09AM (#47675645)
Dust2 (and Cobble, another map mentioned) is, IMO, both art and genius; most of us will never make anything that brings joy to so many.

It inspires me to work on things that I'm passionate about just for fun. You never know what might come out of it!

Re:Blackholing My Email by timrogers on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:57AM (#47677305)
It’s an incredible map - so many fun memories!
Re:Blackholing My Email by rockbruno on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:42AM (#47676202)
I had seen noclip's documentary about de_dust2 featuring him before but didn't piece the name together. Very happy to find that he has a blog!
Re:Blackholing My Email by elmean on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @12:48PM (#47678114)
G O A T Youtube doc about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWWhxfGq_yk
Re:Blackholing My Email by pityJuke on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @12:55PM (#47678211)
He also had blogs about those maps: https://www.johnsto.co.uk/design/
Re:Blackholing My Email by jnettome on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @01:08PM (#47678366)
I love your work! Thanks for the huuuuge work on de_dust2!
Re:Blackholing My Email by Levitating on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @07:54PM (#47682857)
Likely the most well known map in all of video gaming, considering to how many other games it was ported