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[Chernobyl Exclusion Zone] Pripyat

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Though Roadside Picnic became the starting point for the rise of stalker culture (boosted by the collapse of Soviet Union and sudden growth in numbers of abandoned places - unprofitable factories, mines, military bases etc. - that people now felt confident enough to trespass), it really took off in 2007, with the release of an Ukrainian video game, "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. The developers moved the action from the zone of alien visitation to the Zone of Alienation, surrounding the power plant. The plot is centered around the aftermath of the second disaster, that occured in 2006, with far greater consequences than the one from 1986.

As a result of mysterious emission from the vicinity of the power plant, normal laws of physics no longer apply in the Zone, radiation in some places skyrocketed, and the area is now inhabited by dangerous mutants of both animals (dogs, boars, pigs) and humans. Yet, tempted by the prospect of artifacts generated by the anomalies, a promise of adventure or simply to find their place in the world, stalkers still venture to the Zone, ready to face its dangers. One of them, the Marked One, survives a road accident but has no memories of his previous life. His PDA contains only one task: Kill Strelok. In an attempt to find out who is Strelok and what happened to his mind, the Marked One sets out for a long journey across the Zone, that'll eventually set him on a collision course with bandits, opposing stalker factions, the military and the mysterious Monolith group.

The game became an enormous success, and spawned two more sequels: Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat (a prequel and sequel to Shadow of Chernobyl, respectively). It also helped establishing various motives which appear in stalker fiction: a journey to abandoned areas, debates on the condition of the world and man's place in it. It is worth noticing that one of the game's developers, Andrei Levitsky - director of Call of Pripyat - was a stalker himself: born in Chernobyl in 1971, after the evacuation he'd sometimes return to the Zone at night, to secretely visit his lost home.
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1280x960px 443.18 KB
Make
OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Model
C8080WZ
Shutter Speed
10/2500 second
Aperture
F/4.0
Focal Length
7 mm
ISO Speed
50
Date Taken
Nov 30, 1999, 12:00:00 AM
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