Experienced developer and solution architect by trade, mathematician and computer engineer by education, gamer and dreamer. Ukrainian living in Sweden.
Games
You need to know your measure of a dose. Like sipping your evening glass of wine or whisky on the weekend instead of getting wasted every now and then. And it actually gets harder with age. Though people react differently to it, so it's highly individual. I was
Games
The first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game was released in 2007, and it was a cultural phenomenon in post-Soviet countries for multiple reasons, some of which I will discuss in the context of the sequel here as well. Everybody in Ukraine has heard about Stalker, even if
Game Review
I remember seeing some posts over social media with some graphics and teasers of Stray Gods – it looked pretty nice. When I read the full title, Stray Gods: The Roleplay Musical, I was surprised and excited. I never PLAYED a musical! It's not like I am a genre
In English
I remember my parents telling me about how they got candies on the holidays, birthdays, and how special it always was. How they actually used to melt sugar on the spoons to make caramel. And it got me thinking - we significantly increased consumption of sugar in the recent decades.
Games
I developed a mobile game Territorial Defense: The Game - a mix of tower defense and crafting game. It flopped with no significant interest. But it was a learning experience.
Game Review
I wrote about the Moonscars before on my socials, like here on Mastodon, yet I wanted it to be here in my collection as well. And I wanted to give it the H.E.A.R.T. rate. This game begs for your love! Today, I want to talk to
Game Review
Season: A Letter to the Future is an adventure game released in 2023 by the Canadian indie developer Scavenger Studio for PlayStation and Windows. And it's not quite like other games. I was hooked from the moment I saw the trailer for the first time—the visuals, yes,
Game Review
I wrote the first review of this game in Ukrainian on NaChasi, but this one here is not just a translated version but something totally different. Blasphemous 2 is a metroidvania souls-like 2D platformer with pixel graphics, which proved to be a proper sequel to the original game. Created by
In English
Oh, hello there! I have loved games since I was a small kid, playing them on my parents' ancient PC. I remember those CDs with 100 games like Pacman and Digger (I am not super ancient myself). I have been writing about games for some time because I wanted
News
You just found yourself in a very weird place. This is Not Public Opinion, a brand new site by Viktor Kurochkin that's just getting started. It is about games, technology and stuff and it is in English. Though it's also Не Суспільна Думка (Ne Suspilna Dumka,