There’re a number of locations that we humans will never ever visit. Space is out of reach for all but the richest of people, the Amazon rainforest still hides many a secret that may not be worth a parasitic urinary infection and I’m no longer allowed to set foot inside of the New York Fao Schwartz toy shop after an incident that newspapers referred to as the bleakest day in the history of mankind.
And then there’s Chernobyl. It’s a location that I’ve genuinely wanted to fly on over to. Think about it: An irradiated wasteland, that has been left largely abandoned for almost thirty years now, ever since the nuclear reactor there suffered a massive meltdown. It’ll still be hundreds of years before the area is safe to inhabit once again, and yes, you can visit the place while risking your health with all of that background radiation lying around.
Or, you could park your ass on the couch and use your airfare cash to get a VR setup going instead.
That’s the idea behind Polish game studio The Farm 51’s The Chernobyl Project. They’ve gone and scanned entire swathes of Chernobyl and the nearby town of Pripyat, for a game that “will put players in the role of a documentary crew sent to uncover secrets surrounding the tragic event”. The Farm 51 said in their press release that their Chernobyl VR project will hit “multiple VR headsets, including Oculus, PlayStation VR, Vive or Samsung Gear VR.”
It’ll also have an educational bend to it. And yes, this kind of stuff excites me far more than a first-person shooter in VR.
Last Updated: December 3, 2015
HairyEwok
December 3, 2015 at 09:06
Fallout 4 should have made a easter egg about chernobyl…. Imagine walking the wasteland and you come across an actual elephant’s foot that gives you +15 Rads a second.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:12
Well it’s in Boston, so I would settle for a Ted easter egg
HairyEwok
December 3, 2015 at 09:13
A Yao Guai named Ted.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:14
Smoking pot
HairyEwok
December 3, 2015 at 09:15
If struck down you have the choice of taming him, the downside of his taming is you’ll have lose 4 points in intel but gain 4 in endurance. You also get the perk street smart.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:16
and a boston accent
HairyEwok
December 3, 2015 at 09:18
I swore I just heard Peter Griffin in the background.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:19
hahaha
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:19
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:20
Fucking rednecks
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:23
Yeehawww
RinceThis
December 3, 2015 at 09:29
haha
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:45
MERICA
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:08
I’ll go STALK this trailer
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
December 3, 2015 at 09:10
I saw a series of high quality expeditions to Chernobyl, what is amazing is to see how nature(in it’s irradiated form) has started taking over, how the paint on the walls are starting to peel off, without being touched by anything, how everything was left, just left lying on the floor, from schools to nursery homes, how the dust has settled on the remnants of humanity in the area…As awe inspiring it is to see, it’s just as bloody scary…
HairyEwok
December 3, 2015 at 09:12
Well yeah, just think you’re walking around there and a ghoul pops up.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
December 3, 2015 at 09:17
The words “Shitting myself” would be applicable….
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:13
Yeah, bring on nuclear war. Earth will still be here after we are gone
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:16
I seriously doubt a noook will take you down.
HairyEwok
December 3, 2015 at 09:16
He is a baby so a nook should do the job. XD
HvR
December 3, 2015 at 09:17
So Trevor, Hammersteyn and couple dozen of roaches left.
Bow chicky wow wow
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2015 at 09:18
That’s not a very nice thing to call our love children.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:18
I’d probably end up like Harold. Haven’t seen him in Fallout 4 yet.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
December 3, 2015 at 09:18
Yep, in actual fact, there is no need for a nuclear war, this planet could shake us off like a bunch of fleas if it wanted to…
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2015 at 09:12
Been there, done that, literally have the t-shirt.
Original Heretic
December 3, 2015 at 09:13
But where are the mutants? Are you seriously telling me that not even one giant rad scorpion or super sized squirrel has come out of this? So, you mean *sniff* all those sci-fi movies lied to us?!
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:15
Well in Fallout it took 200 years or so. It’s only been 20 years
Original Heretic
December 3, 2015 at 09:19
Nyet! If puny Banner can Hulk out after one burst of gamma radiation, surely a squirrel can do it after 20 years.
Generic ZA
December 3, 2015 at 09:26
I can offer you some mute ants
James Anderton
December 3, 2015 at 09:14
They remastering Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare?!?
xD
HvR
December 3, 2015 at 09:15
Nah the dude said “tens of hours”
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:15
LOL
Marcus
December 3, 2015 at 09:27
HA!!!
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:37
UPVOTE!
Generic ZA
December 3, 2015 at 09:18
Are they going to respawn a mutated Imran Zakhaev, perhaps?
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:16
Oh, no! You’ve been exposed to radiation, and a mutated hand has grown out of your stomach! What’s the best course of treatment?
A bullet to the brain
Large doses of anti-mutagen agent
Prayer. Maybe God will spare you in exchange for a life of pious devotion
Removal of the mutated tissue with a precision laser
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2015 at 09:17
Keep it, living from hand to mouth is for suckers. Now you can skip the middleman! Middlemouth. Whatever.
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:18
and hold 3 beers at once… but still only 1 mouth 🙁
RinceThis
December 3, 2015 at 09:32
0_O
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:33
Ask him if he’s right or left handed?
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:44
SYNTH!!!
HairyEwok
December 3, 2015 at 09:21
Those friggen questions Swanson ask you from the Covenant…. I was just like uhhhhh ok.
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:44
I love how they pay homage to the G.O.A.T. test lol
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:22
FRIKKEN LAZOR
RinceThis
December 3, 2015 at 09:40
Take 1 dose of Ripley to the everything…
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:17
This reminds me, I need to finish the Lost Alpha
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:19
AND THIS IS WHY CALL OF DUTY MODERN WARFARE was so fucking epic.
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:21
Everybody remembers the game especially the ghillie suits.
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2015 at 09:25
I don’t – never played it.
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:30
It was 2007. You were still running Windows 95 😛
RinceThis
December 3, 2015 at 09:34
lol
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2015 at 09:41
Retro!
RinceThis
December 3, 2015 at 10:11
hipster
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2015 at 10:13
Go vape yourself, you wine-swilling poser!
Generic ZA
December 3, 2015 at 09:28
Those things were itchy, and the zip caught you in awkward places with all that creeping through the grass.
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:29
SOUP! stop fidgeting.
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:22
CoD – Moderate Warfare
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:26
back when they made real world shooters in 2007 it blew our minds. Then they had to go futuristic so they can sell jet packs and shit FOR ON-LINE NOOOOOOBS
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:24
COD did it first. They recreated the town squar to scale . Anybody remember the haunting laughter of school children when walking to the school swimming pool? Remember when COD made awesome games?
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 3, 2015 at 09:24
“remember when CoD made awesome games”
Back when it wasn’t an annual mess?
Ottokie
December 3, 2015 at 09:26
COD 4 is where it stopped… maybe Black Ops can get an Honorable mention
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:28
Black ops did a good 50s rehash. But MOH did the nest job with Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan based on real life events of the 3 day war.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2015 at 09:32
They realized there’s money to be made of casuals
oVg SOmaNY games
December 3, 2015 at 09:35
Ya, 2007 was when the iPhone hit the market and Nintendo threw a couple of i i s in the new logo. The money made from the casual market made everybody Lazy.
RinceThis
December 3, 2015 at 09:28
Or you could opo over to @tr@disqus_DoEH3TsffU:disqus house and experience it first hand?
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2015 at 09:43
WTF?! No! I don’t want people opo’ing at my house. I don’t know what that means, but it doesn’t sound cool yo. 🙁
RinceThis
December 3, 2015 at 09:50
Check ur front lawn!