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John Brownlee

AT 11:56 AM
Monday November 24, 2008

Mods • PC

counterstrike • expressionism • half-life • levels • mods • source • vincent van gogh

de_vangogh: Counterstrike goes "The Starry Night"

There's the mere existence of a Counterstrike level based upon Vincent van Gogh's psychotically hallucinogenic masterpiece, "The Starry Night." Each surface and skybox is taken from the texture of oils the mutilated maniac slathered upon canvas, and that itself is something to be cherished, whether pompously or out of glee.

But then you wonder what van Gogh would have thought, glimpsing the future of his painting in a fever dream as he lay sweating in his asylum cell overlooking the Rhone. A bunny-hopped battle between masked pre-pubescent terrorists, firing uzis and shrieking smack talk at each other in the swirling sanitarium of his delirium. And that's what is awesome: a vision of "Starry Night" more insane than van Gogh himself could ever hope to be.

Download Starry Night CS Here [Nipper Maps via Fidgit]

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4 Comments

failix

#1 – 12:33 PM November 24, 2008

Amazing! I never thought I'd see a van gogh themed video game map...

macisaguy

#2 – 12:59 PM November 24, 2008

That is effing rad and gives me hope in the video game masses to create compelling mods for some time to come.

franko

#3 – 9:09 PM November 24, 2008

"mutilated maniac"? -- that's overly dramatic, isn't it? i think it's great that someone took the time to do this, but poor vincent is so misunderstood. the recreations of his painting are very well done here but i feel i must point out that they are from several locations in different towns where he lived the end of his life... in arles, st. remy, and auvers, france.

Ogus Monk

#4 – 12:33 AM November 25, 2008

Yes, maybe we are his nightmare and his painting are but a psychopomp tunnel... Vincent, pull the trigger!

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