fallout
In Real Life

This Real Fallout 3 Shotgun Will Make You Yearn For An Apocalyptic Washington

Harrison Krix, aka Volpin Props, is continuing on his never-ending quest to bring video game equipment to life. And he’s doing one hell of a job.

20 November 2012

In Real Life

Return To New Vegas: Social Experiments Bring Out The Worst In People

One of the most fascinating things about the Fallout franchise is the history of the vaults. Before United States was destroyed via atomic bombs, the government ordered the Vault-Tec corporation to build a number of underground safehouses. To the public, these vaults were supposed to help ensure the survival of the American populace after nuclear annihilation.

13 November 2012

Retro

Return To New Vegas: Kleptomaniacal Ethics On The Wasteland

When I play Bethesda’s open-world role-playing games, I steal. A lot. I know I’m not alone in this — in fact, I’d wager that almost every single human who has played Fallout 3 or Morrowind or Skyrim has stolen something or other.

11 November 2012

PC

Return To New Vegas: The Most Refreshing Video Game Sex I’ve Ever Had

My first brush with homosexuality was at age 10 — and it happened thanks to Fallout 2. Imagine my surprise — being a girl with ultra religious parents — when I saw that given high enough charisma, my female character could flirt and then sleep with a woman named Miria in an early town. Before that I hadn’t even considered the possibility of a woman loving another woman. My family never talked about such things.

10 November 2012

In Real Life

Virtual Tourism Has Never Felt More Real

There’s this small problem I’m having with Assassin’s Creed III. It’s nothing to do with the game itself, actually, and everything to do with me. The problem is this.

6 November 2012

PC

Return To New Vegas: The Absolute Weirdest Way To Play Fallout: New Vegas

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been returning to Fallout: New Vegas, using the game to patch up downtime between the big releases of the fall. I’ve got a bunch of mods installed, but nothing particularly crazy.

28 October 2012

PC

Return To New Vegas: God Bless V.A.T.S.

“Necessity is the mother of invention,” the old saying goes. If you’ve got a problem that must be solved but no proven way to solve it, you’re going to have to get creative.

27 October 2012

In Real Life

You Can’t Have This Wonderful, Working Replica Of Fallout’s Pipboy

Zachariah Perry Cruise, you are the best brother in the world. Well, at least a very talented creator of neat things who carries much love for your sibling. Cruise, of Zim Props, constructed the above replica (and working) Pipboy as a present for his brother and I must say, it is one of the finest unofficial recreations of in-game hardware I’ve seen in a while.

24 October 2012

Retro

Return To New Vegas: The One Place You Just Had To Rob

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting my open-world RPG fix with Fallout: New Vegas. Yesterday I talked about how to mod the game to look nice and pretty, and from here on in I’m going to share some things I’ve noticed while playing the game.

23 October 2012

PC

Return To New Vegas: How To Mod The Wasteland Pretty Again

There are so many good games out this fall. So, so many. There’s a type of video game for just about every type of video game player. But there is one thing missing: There’s no vast, open-world role-playing game.

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