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Cheer Up Poland, Fallout 3 Is Just Make-Believe

8:30PM September 8, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Poland Comes First, a political party in [GUESS]has made an advertisement that you may recognise. Especially if you like Fallout 3. More »

In Real Life

Fallout: The Board Game Lets You Play Monopoly After The Apocalypse

7:30PM August 30, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

This custom version of Monopoly, crafted by PinkAxolotl, really has to be seen to be believed. It’s not like it’s just a regular board with a few Fallout references made here and there. It’s as Fallout-themed as it could possibly hope for. More »

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Are Foreign Games Losing Their Stigma In Japan?

10:00PM May 12, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

For decades, the term “youge” (洋ゲー) or “Western game” was pejorative. In Japanese, “you” (洋) is used to denote Western things, whether that be “Western music” (洋楽) or “Western clothes” (洋服). These words are not pejorative—not like youge has been. More »

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Fallout-Themed Geiger Counter Monitors Japan’s Radiation

9:30AM May 12, 2011 | Owen Good

A Seattle-area man who lived in Europe during the Chernobyl disaster, now wary of radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accidents traversing the Pacific, built a Fallout-themed case for a Geiger counter that reports its findings automatically via Twitter. More »

In Real Life

First Or Third Person – What’s Your Perspective?

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4:30PM April 18, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Adam Ruch is a PhD candidate, currently writing about Video Games Criticism. He is, by most measure, a pretty smart guy! So when he emailed me asking if he could write a post about the first and third person video games, and the different ways in which they can immerse the player, I thought ‘have at it old bean’. This piece is meant to inspire debate: which do you find more immersive – first or third person games? More »

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Fukushima Nuclear Plant Recreated In Fallout 3

7:00PM April 1, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Over on a Fallout 3 mod and community site are images of the Fukushima nuclear plant, recreated by a 25-year-old via a Fallout 3 mod for PCs. More »

In Real Life

Are You There God? It’s-a Me, Mario

6:30AM March 10, 2011 | Joshua Wise

Few video games deal with the touchy subject of religion seriously. When they do, they often deal with the more fantastical outlying bits of different faith systems, like last year’s Dante’s Inferno, or the upcoming El Shaddai: Rise of the Metatron. Rarely do we see games that hunker down and deal with real questions of faith and the questions that surround faith. More »

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It’s Better Than A Mirelurk Cake Bake Sale

7:00AM February 20, 2011 | Owen Good

Good point, but if you just go ahead and donate the scrap metal, you get +10 good karma. Trolled office flyer for a Seattle-area school’s fundraiser, seen via Reddit. More »

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Vault Bikinis Offer Little Protection Against Fallout Mini-nukes

11:30AM February 2, 2011 | Justin Page

Charlotte‘s custom Fallout 3 character Jinx Jones wiped Megaton straight off the Wasteland map! Also, check out her Fallout: New Vegas art piece here. More »

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Hey, This Fallout Movie Isn’t Too Bad!

10:00PM January 25, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

When the trailer for a fan movie about Fallout was released a few weeks back, I was… sceptical. Which was stupid, because the movie is now out, and it’s actually pretty damn good. More »