A very silly self-guided tour through the history of videogames, from Advance Wars to Zork. Except chronologically. So it would be the other way around.Read more »
A very silly self-guided tour through the history of videogames, from Advance Wars to Zork. Except chronologically. So it would be the other way around.Read Less
Nate, Sebastian, and Ryan are once more joined by guest Brock Wilbur, this time to discuss FALLOUT, Interplay's 1997 "post-nuclear role-playing game" that birthed a major franchise and heralded a resurgence of the traditional computer RPG. We talk about conveyance, open-ended gameplay, tactical possibility spaces, and tone. Nate calls GURPS "the Esperanto of role-playing systems." Brock explains how a very comfortable hoodie has led to some very uncomfortable conversations. Sebastian compares Fallout's plot unfavorably with The Great Gatsby. Ryan ponders naming his firstborn "Cavalier Oblique Projection."
SHOW NOTES:
Fallout's voice cast is tremendous!
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Voice_actors
GDC Classic Game Postmortem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2OxO-4YLRk