I won’t catalog the game quests that I go through since everyone who plays STALKER will do them. I’ll detail my random encounters or adventures that were particularly fun.

Outside of Cordon there’s a military patrol that regularly walks past. Using the sniper rifle given to me by Wolf, I set myself up on a high vantage point, hidden behind some bushes. I followed the patrol until they reached optimal distance and sniped the lead in the head. Before his two partners had a chance to react, I picked the one to the right off with a headshot as well. The patrol on the left dove into the bushes.

I watched through my scope for him to pop up and it wasn’t long until I heard gunfire. It was aimed at me, however. Lefty had awoken a somethin’ awful mutant. He managed to kill it, but not before I had him in my sights. Another headshot and the patrol was done.

I should have cleared the first two bodies from the road. The military noticed their patrol was missing and sent out a squad of nine to search for them. These guys were much more experienced and had heavier armor and weapons. I ducked back into the STALKER base and hoped they’d decide not to search the town.

This might have worked if not for that dumbass Nimble I had just rescued during a previous excursion. He was hovering on the outskirts of town when the recovery squad neared. I heard Nimble’s first shot, followed by return fire from nine sub-machine guns. Nimble was wasted damn near instantly. I ducked behind a fence and raised my sniper rifle. The other STALKERS took cover throughout the town and opened fire on the squad. While they kept them distracted, I deftly picked them off one-by-one.

I was smart enough to hide the bodies this time. The squad and the patrol rest quietly in a pile in the back room of the blue house in town.

I’m going to attempt to log my play through of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on this blog since I’m not using it for anything else and I’m not a very good blogger.

The New Frontier has been recommended to me for awhile but I’ve been hesitant for some reason. That was until I really looked into Darwyn Cooke’s artwork and was immediately smitten.

Here’s a few of my favorite examples courtesy of the Comic Art Community:

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Ground zero

Cosi - soup, salads, sandwiches - tandoori flatbread sandwich & coffee - union square

i forget - chinese food - brocolli and tofu in garlic sauce & chicken and young ginger root & steamed vegetable dumplings & vegetable lo mein & yellowtail merlot - 16th & something near union square

angelo’s steakhouse - steak, salads - portabella mushooms stuffed with mushrooms and goat cheese & enormous house salad - 17th & 4th near union square

and various pizza places along the way

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Times square

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Oooooh

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Wtf is going on

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In New York.

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I live above this