S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

I walked into Half Priced Books with my father in-law today and picked up S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Shadow of Chernobyl for a song. Even though the game was released back in May, Half Priced had it for $15. I wouldn't normally buy a game like this, but reviews for it were consistently good and the price was right.

I've barely started playing, but already the game's bad Eastern-European to English translation is cracking me up. Apparently, "the jump" can be performed by hitting the space bar.

I'm expecting The Witcher and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to be under the Christmas tree tomorrow morning, but I'm sure I'll come back to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. again, if only to witness more mangling of the English language.