S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat - An inspirational immersive sim

I played the first STALKER game for several hours, but I never got deep into it.

Years later, I kept tabs on the series, and noticed that "Call of Pripyat" has consistently been the most highly considered game in the series.

So seeing it on sale on Steam just before Christmas, I decided to jump in and play it!  

I thought I'd record my experiences here in a blog post, thinking about immersive sims in 
general, and what the game inspires in me.

Here's a bunch of my sightings from the first play session in the game.