Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

Fallout Setting Editorial

California Literary Review’s videogame blog has an editorial about Fallout’s setting, its Western/Frontier fee,l and why Boston (the rumored setting for Fallout 4) is the wrong place to set a Fallout game.  Read on, post-nuclear fans: All the hallmarks of…

Black Isle Studios Revival Incoming?

Word has quickly spread of an upcoming rebirth of the famous RPG developer, Black Isle Studios, after the appearance of a brand new web site featuring the classic logo, updated Facebook and Twitter pages, and the portentous words “Black Isle…

The Elder Scrolls and Fallout Toys Becoming a Reality

Those of you who have been waiting for a chance to get your hands on some Khajiit, Argonian, or Brotherhood of Steel action figures are in luck, as Bethesda Softworks and Symbiote Studios have announced plans to debut a line…

J.E. Sawyer on Fallout Weapons and Weapon Skills

Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer has taken to his personal blog to spell out the reasons why he continues to dislike the way weapons and weapon skills are set up in the Fallout series (starting with the original up through…

Interplay vs. Bethesda, Finalized?

If this report over at Duck and Cover is to be believed, Interplay and Bethesda have actually reached a settlement to their long-running legal dispute over the rights to the Fallout franchise. Apparently a formal announcement will be incoming later…

The Forgotten Revolution of Fallout

It appears that Sol Invictus has left his post at Hellmode for Gameranx, where he’s posted an editorial entitled “The Forgotten Revolution of Fallout”. In it, he gives us a brief history lesson for Interplay’s original title before proceeding to…

Stumping in the Wasteland: On the Politics of Fallout

The political and faction-divided landscape of the post-apocalyptic wasteland, as well as the way the player can influence it, is the subject of this new editorial on Bitmob. A sampling: The narrative threads of every Fallout title can be traced…

On Fallout’s Harold and Bob

The editors at Dealspwn felt that our favorite Fallout ghoul Harold (and Bob, the tree growing out of his head) has been overlooked by those gamers who only experienced Fallout 3, so they’ve conjured up a brief editorial about the…