I liked in principle his proof that Raskolnikov is not insane. Definition seemed to me exhaustive. This can be used to determine the madness of other characters.

Is that possible?

When I was young, I didn’t like it, so much that I couldn’t bring myself to read it. Maybe it wasn’t a good time. The school program is such a school program.

Today the planets don't favor us, ahah

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That’s what you were talking about! Terrible conditions. It is a pity, he couldn't go to Switzerland, from where prince Myshkin came, to fall also victim of Petersburg.

The sad truth.

So the color of the sensors is not critical red? What are you planning on doing tonight?

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I can imagine that feeling!
I’m writing a post on behalf of Killgrave on another forum. It’s a matter of honor. For now, everything is going according to plan.

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oh I'm so anxious to get into that questline in stalker
but I've got to
well, at least I've settled on the Rebel's faceclaim, so that's something useful while I'm procrastination on procrastination

so, there are three plotlines in the Anomaly: Living Legend, Mortal Sin, and Operation Afterglow

Living Legend is about kicking Monolith's ass, and raiding CNPP to get answers about the origin of the Zone

Mortal Sin is about dealing with, well, SIN - another evil megalomaniac cult group that attempts to conquer the Zone, but this time it's more like Monolith 2.0: Electric Bungaloo. Because SIN dudes tend to have forcefields that just eat up bullets. Why? I dunno, because reasons. But that makes them extra durable, and with numbers that they come in, it makes engaging with SIN a very unpleasant affair. And I'm about to storm about entire company worth of these suckers.

Operation Afterglow centers 'round kicking out high-tech PMC that wanted to slide in after Mortal SIN events, but that part is short and relatively painless.

I remember playing with my friends at the Half Life in the computer club. I yelled at the whole club when I was dying.

The Herald, they flow into one another: Living Legend takes off from the established canon of the games, where we follow Strelok, OG protagonist of the first game, into his quest to find answers about the origin of the Zone. In the process we weaken Monolith enough that nebulous "Creators" of the Zone kick in their plan B of conquering humanity - SIN. And disrupting SIN plans about expanding Zone on an entire planet gathers attention of international forces that send in their PMC to check out what these fucking slavs are up to.

So it's more like three-part story, but I don't feel super excited about SIN, except for the fact that it's kinda funny that their supposed heaven is called "Ирий". Like, falling between ire and iridescent, it has a nice rign to it, innit?

And Afterglow is considered weakest of the three, because it's more or less, like, three short skirmishes with PMC dudes, styled as a covert operation, and it's... it's okay, I guess?

So yeah, raid on the CNPP feels good, like, narratively good: you're a mere stalker in the Zone, driven here by adrenaline addiction, gold rush, old mistakes or whatever else you want yourself to be, to justify the state of the utmost dregs of this bottled up society that lives in between mind-frying dangers, radiation, violence, and prospect of unfathomable reaches. And in it, you take up on the job of finding what legendary Strelok is up to, only to find yourself raiding the most dangerous places in the entire Zone, challenging it's most dangerous group, raiding the heart of the Zone, and coming back to tell about it. Following a living legend makes you into one.

Did I bore you yet?

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I very much dig the vibe of the Zone, the chaos, the uncertainty, the shifting tug of war between different groups - but I guess I'm alert to that 'cause my primal form of travel is a coup d'etat. Like, the Zone is a safe way to experience living in a localized military conflict, really.

But I am aware that original games are archaeological in their quality of gameplay, and I actually know nothing about STALKER as a book series, though I would wager that it's at best trashy fun, and in the median is a dumpster fire, and that I'm reading into the Zone what I want. (Sorry, not sorry).

Though one thing about SIN plotline that is fun, I guess, is that doing it actively saps you of all your best guns, best meds, best ammo, best everything. So, like, usual hoarding of a true stalker actually has a point for once. And putting all these best toys into use feels good. Narratively SIN doesn't need to exist, and I get why they're cut out of canon games. But gameplay wise challenging player to use their "retirement armor-penetrating ammo" is a solid choice.

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The Herald, it’s definitely gonna be okay. have a nice dream!