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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.

• 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.