NP Secrets

Art Courtesy of Lukpazera           Roadside Picnic is about a lot of things. A setting so well developed that the jumble of unexplained jargon that pours out of it washes over you without question. Bug traps, grinders, empties, shriekers, spacells, lobster eyes, and rattling napkins. Zones or Hotspots left by extra-dimensional visitors speckle the earth and each develops in its own way. In Harmont, Canada a bustling town rings the Zone. Crowding the borders rife with brothels and smugglers - fat off the profits of super powered batteries, perpetual motion machines, and the promises of greater treasure still.            But there is a reason the Zone doesn't get a plushy name. It is a death trap.It features such delights as hellslime in the basement ready to rip out your bones, strange beasts risen from the grave, and phenomenon that move with minds of their own. For instance, Graviconcentrates (or Bug Traps for the ...

          Stress is packaged into an extraordinary amount of media. Horror, Thrillers, Drama. Even The Office or Spiderman has its share of controlled terror. Of gut wrenches and headaches. Science argues over inherently good or bad lev els of stress (eustress or distress) and others say it's quality not quantity that makes stress good. Improves your hypothalamus they say. Tougher reactions to the next stressor, adaptability, increased learning capacity are all on the table. Furthermore the only working theory behind nightmares is Threat Simulation Theory. The idea that dreams exist as preparation for the worst case while keeping you in a safe environment. Welco me to nightmares in video game form. When the Going Gets Tough Gods Will Be Watching throws you headfirst into a tail of espionage, cyberpunk morals, nihilism, and the fate of the universe. It s tarts with a hostage situation. You are the villain. Of course the story is more comple...