

One of them, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is the only person who experienced the full effects of both cataclysms within Ground Zero. Pellegrino gives equal weight to the bombing of Nagasaki, symbolized by the thirty people who are known to have fled Hiroshima for Nagasaki-where they arrived just in time to survive the second bomb. As the first city targeted, Hiroshima is the focus of most histories. Charles Pellegrino’s scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written.Īt the narrative’s core are eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand-the Japanese civilians on the ground. To Hell and Back offers readers a stunning, “you are there” time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. ITunes/Apple, Sticher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Linktree for additional streaming services.Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, detonated over Japan, changed life on Earth forever.

Safe Room is a weekly horror video game discussion podcast with new episodes every Monday on So join us this week as we further unpack more of LIDAR.EXE, do a deep dive on Scanner Sombre, and even make some time to chat about Gamescom 2022 announcements! Building upon the lidar environmental mapping mechanic of the latter, while placing a more significant emphasis on horror, allows LIDAR.EXE to stand on its merit. KenForest avoids this common pitfall with LIDAR.EXE in his horrifying homage to 2017’s Scanner Sombre from developer Introversion Software. And time and time again, we’ve seen homages that use that inspiration as a crutch rather than implementing their unique creativity. Drawing direct inspiration from a predecessor while forging one’s identity from that inspiration is a tricky balance.
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The team are not abandoning the previous generation and are “doing everything possible” to get the game optimized for as many players as possible.Ītomic Heart is currently in development for PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and the Xbox Series.īefore diving into this week’s discussion, be sure to check out last week’s discussion on The Evil Within 2 ! The target is to have the game playable on the PlayStation 4, which at this point has “good stable performance”. Lastly, there’s the topic of system requirements, which the team is working to reduce “until the very last day”. “We want you to draw your own conclusions and make your own decision, not being influenced by forces from above.”

That being said, similar to BioShock‘s endings, there is a moral choice “in the hands of the player closer to the finale” that will determine the ending.

Mundfish elaborate, saying that Atomic Heart is “not an RPG”, and that it has a “strict linear plot”. “In general, we cannot tell you the release date right now due to a million little nuances, starting with factors beyond our control (localization of the game into other languages), and ending with the mood and atmosphere within the team, which will obviously be worse if we eventually have to move this date.”Īs for those multiple endings, the devs state that the game will have two endings. However, Mundfish is also quick to shoot down a definitive release date. The devs recently took to the game’s Discord channel to drop a few nuggets, including the news that the game will have multiple endings.Īccording to Mundfish, Atomic Heart is “at the stage of polishing and final assembly”, which translates to the game almost being complete. Mundfish has popped up again to give a few more details regarding their upcoming dystopian shooter Atomic Heart.
