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I watched Tarkovski's movie for the first time the other night. It was a lot more "artsy" than I expected (in a good way).
I'm curious what you expected...all Tarkovski is like maximum artsy.
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I wonder still if much of the popularity of said stalking above is directly related to this game.
As a US resident, both the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games and the Metro 2033 game series have fascinated me in their different style of storytelling than most "traditional" FPS games. I have to put them in the same group as the Half Life series in terms of replay enjoy-ability for the story and engagement.
To a lesser or different degree, you see the same approach in videogames, software development, etc.
The article talks about Roadside Picnic, the Russian sci-fi novel where the Stalker term was coined. I learned about this book on HN and highly recommend it.
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I watched Tarkovski's movie for the first time the other night. It was a lot more "artsy" than I expected (in a good way).
If you liked it, watch the Russian Solaris. It's interesting to compare and contrast with 2001.
The article talks about Roadside Picnic, the Russian sci-fi novel where the Stalker term was coined. I learned about this book on HN and highly recommend it.
Never seen anything like it, and I doubt anything like it will ever happen again.
See, some people think our current culture/civilization/capitalism will not survive climate change, but clearly there is no wasteland too blasted and dangerous for it to eventually become a money-making tourist attraction. Our culture will live on in its perversity. I fully expect people to be huffing recreational Covid in 30 years’ time.
How much are you willing to bet on this? (Normally I'd try to argue, but…)
The piece about possibly coming across killers as they buried a body feels like quite the buried lede…