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The tortured, hateful parentage of South Park: The Stick of Truth
I learned something today: I hate South Park.
I learned something today: I hate South Park.
First off, the New York Review of Books blog considers the connection between Tarkovsky’s Stalker, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series, and Chernobyl. And for extra credit, read our interview with an artist who raided the Zone! “So there I sat in my parents’ living room, playing the game with my mom, showing the game to my dad and brothers and sister. I think I’ve never heard my dad laugh so long and so hard.” — Adriaan de Jongh, creator of Fingle, the iPad game about evocative hand rubbing, on play-testing without a girlfriend. DayZ creator Dean Hall is seriously one of the busiest game makers I’ve ever…