S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Glows With Chernobyl Radioactive Link

Thanks to Eurogamer for its coverage of a THQ-sponsored press trip to Russia to preview GSC's forthclming PC first-person shooter. Since the game is "based on the premise that you've gone to explore the 20km 'exclusion zone' of Chernobyl", this has led to some odd preview publicity, as the writer notes: "When they invited us on a cheery tour to go and see Chernobyl for fun, we knew something had gone awry in our lives. Stranger still, during the press conference to promote the much anticipated mutate 'em up S.T.A.L.K.E.R, they wheeled one of the men responsible for the tragedy. I didn't know whether to laugh or throw things." There's also an interview with one of the developers on Eurogamer regarding this September-bound title, but it's concluded that S.T.A.L.K.E.R, with its impressive visuals, is "...shaping up to be one of the scariest, most original takes on the increasingly tired FPS genre."

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Re:Bastards [offtopic, troll]

[richie2000]

We had Iodine in our salt in Sweden long before Chernobyl. A few seconds in Google confirms this: The Iodine is added to prevent a serious medical condition (iodine deficiency leading to endemic goiter), it's not due to radiation poisoning, even though Iodine (in higher doses) could be used to help prevent damage to the thyroid gland in case of a nuclear accident. Inhabitants living nearby Swedish reactors were issued Iodine pills to stockpile before the reactors were started.