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That scientist brave enough to be a so-called 'stalker' at least deserves name recognition, shouldn't they?

mothsonasloth 5y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they took it as part of their "day job". Vadim - "Oy Aleksei, we are getting Neutron spikes in Sub basement 4A" Aleksei - "Ah noi, eh cheeki breeki, iv damke"
mattowen_uk 5y ago
Reading the article I now suddenly understand why this game is called what it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Chernobyl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Cher...
- tantalor 5y ago
  Don't forget about the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film)
- nottorp 5y ago
  ... and the game combines Chernobyl and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic ... or both, depending on how you look at it.
  - Rendello 5y ago
    The Metro books and games also use "Stalker" in a similar sense
    - nottorp 5y ago
      Yeah except Roadside Picnic was published in 1972 and basically invented the term. From wikipedia: The term "stalker" became a part of the Russian language and according to the authors, became the most popular of their neologisms. In the book, a stalker is a person who breaks the prohibition, enters the Zone and takes out artifacts from it, which they sell as a living. In Russian, after Tarkovsky's film, the term acquired the meaning of a guide who navigates forbidden and uncharted territories; later on, fans of industrial tourism, especially those visiting abandoned sites and ghost towns, were also called stalkers.
yosito 5y ago
I couldn't find any more information about the person mentioned in the article, but I did find more information about "stalkers": https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/09/the-stalkers-inside-the-youth-subculture-that-explores-chernobyls-dead-zone.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/09/the-stalkers-ins...

I wouldn't be surprised if they took it as part of their "day job". Vadim - "Oy Aleksei, we are getting Neutron spikes in Sub basement 4A" Aleksei - "Ah noi, eh cheeki breeki, iv damke"

mattowen_uk 5y ago

Reading the article I now suddenly understand why this game is called what it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Chernobyl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Cher...

tantalor 5y ago
Don't forget about the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film)
nottorp 5y ago
... and the game combines Chernobyl and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic ... or both, depending on how you look at it.
- Rendello 5y ago
  The Metro books and games also use "Stalker" in a similar sense
  - nottorp 5y ago
    Yeah except Roadside Picnic was published in 1972 and basically invented the term. From wikipedia: The term "stalker" became a part of the Russian language and according to the authors, became the most popular of their neologisms. In the book, a stalker is a person who breaks the prohibition, enters the Zone and takes out artifacts from it, which they sell as a living. In Russian, after Tarkovsky's film, the term acquired the meaning of a guide who navigates forbidden and uncharted territories; later on, fans of industrial tourism, especially those visiting abandoned sites and ghost towns, were also called stalkers.

yosito 5y ago

I couldn't find any more information about the person mentioned in the article, but I did find more information about "stalkers": https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/09/the-stalkers-inside-the-youth-subculture-that-explores-chernobyls-dead-zone.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/09/the-stalkers-ins...