Counter-Strike co-creator has a sobering explanation for the iconic shooter's continued Steam dominance 25 years in: "People play it just to collect skins and s**t"

Original Counter-Strike co-creator Minh "Gooseman" Le left Valve all the way back in 2006, and in the years since, his views on the legendary FPS series and its historic endurance in the PC market have changed significantly.The original Half-Life: Counter-Strike launched alllllllll the way back in 2000 - that's 26 years ago for my fellow English majors - and yet, the current version, Counter-Strike 2, is consistently the most played game on Steam, and by a pretty massive margin according to the