wasteland tension 2025-09-20T21:49:31Z

The cracked screen of my old tablet glowed like irradiated moss as twilight bled across the digital wasteland. I’d been scavenging near the Rust Gulch for hours, fingertips numb from swiping through debris piles when the notification hit: *Radiation Storm Inbound - 02:17*. My stomach dropped like a stone in contaminated water. Last time I’d ignored that alert, my character vomited blood for three in-game days straight. That’s when the survival mechanics stopped feeling like game design and start