Stalker's remaster has taught me just how much of a terrible sicko I am for the pop of a Steam achievement

A close-up of Strelok's face in Stalker.

When PCG's editors asked me to write about a game people should play right now, they made it all very clear to me. 'Josh,' they said, 'please turn your prodigious wit, abundant taste, and inescapable sagacity to recommend the best possible game our readers could play here, now, in September of the year of our Lord 2025. Also, you are very handsome and have the slim, fine-boned hands of a pianist.'

Well, how could I refuse? So, after spending a lot of time thinking about it, I'm here to tell you that the game you need to play right now is Stalker: Shadow of Chornobyl.