Fan webseries Fallout: Nuka Break is, as Kotaku once observed, actually pretty good. The first season ran through 2011. Riding the wave of gamer zeitgeist in 2012, the series’ creators have turned to Kickstarter to find the second season.
Examining why I play the games I do sometimes yields surprising insight. It’s become clear to me that many of the games I like… are kind of dating simulators, despite what the presentation or marketing might suggest. I don’t think I’m supposed to admit that, though. To say something like that feels like losing legitimacy as a “real gamer”, as if that idea even means anything. Worse: to say that seems so stereotypical, because I’m a woman.
Late last year, artist Erling Løken Andersen thought it would be a nice idea to set up a website for his Fallout fan art. It was lovely art, coming in the form of posters, and in a nice touch, Andersen even uploaded incredibly high-resolution (and vector!) versions so people could print out their own copies.
For the next two days, the classic post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout will be a free download from Good Old Games. Looks like it’s time to explore the wastes again.
Since the early days of the RPG, role-playing video games have allowed players to sacrifice intelligence points to further some more important statistic. Fallout is one of the only ones that treats you like the moron you’ve made.