I have been playing Call of Duty for the past one week, and mind it, its one of the best games with an amazing plot to start with in recent times. Apart from the master of games, the one and only Hideo Kojima's creation Metal Gear Solid series no other game has ever captivated me so much as Call of Duty 4. I was moved by the plight of the entire city which was evacuated post Chernobyl explosion.
We all know about Chernobyl and find it amazing to talk about it continuously, but the actual victim because of the mishap in the control room was another city called Pripyat, Ukraine. This city which is commonly referred these days as a ghost town full of radiation pockets was once the most peaceful city, some 20 years back when I was born it had almost everything that a ultra-modern city should have.
But all of a sudden, one dull night every person's dream has been shattered and the entire city was evacuated within 3 hours, and the people didn't even know that they cannot return to their homes ( at least for another 600 years)!!!
Such is the intensity of explosion that had occured as a result of Nuclear fuels. That could destroy even a highly advanced city(in those standards) which had top-notch architects designing its blue prints.
What could happen if the same disaster surfaces elsewhere.. in India.. in Tamil Nadu !!!
More to come on this topic of concern.
4 comments:
October 30, 2009 at 11:23 AM
CoD 4 is outstanding...interesting you're from Pripyat!
February 10, 2010 at 12:16 AM
You should check out the S.T.A.L.K.E.R game series. They are situated in Pripyat and area around.
February 23, 2010 at 9:29 PM
The photo is a screen shot of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., thats an intensely accurate game, environmentally at least. I didn't know that CoD 4 had anything to do with Pripyat. I thought that it was a typo and you were referring to stalker.
February 26, 2010 at 11:59 AM
yup, Pripyat is also featured in COD 4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prypiat,_Ukraine#Cultural_references
Just finished the second S.T.A.L.K.E.R game Clear Sky. It doesn't feature Pripyat but a made up ghost town which is also really athmospheric. The game in itself, although originally being very buggy, now has lots of mods which fix most issues and is imo definitely worth checking out!
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