Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

Forgotten Ruins: The Roots of CRPGs – Interplay

Bitmob has moved on to part four of their “Forgotten Ruins: The Roots of CRPGs” editorial series, with this latest entry covering the rise and fall of Interplay. The Bard’s Tale series, Dragon Wars, Stonekeep, Descent to Undermountain, the Fallout…

GamesRadar’s History of Fallout

If you’re still waiting for your copy of Fallout: New Vegas to be delivered, you can spend some quality time reading through GamesRadar’s three-page history of the Fallout series. The text is pretty good, but it’s obvious that they scoured…

The History of Fallout

With Fallout: New Vegas on the horizon, IGN has republished their eight-page history of the Fallout series, though they’ve obviously included some updates since the last time we read it. An enjoyable read, in any event: In 1994, RPG guru…

Tim Cain Video Interview, Part Three

Episode #68 of Matt Barton’s Matt Chat series is now online, and it features the third and final part of his interview with Tim Cain. They discuss his opinion of Fallout 3 (he likes it), Arcanum, Temple of Elemental Evil,…

Tim Cain Video Interview, Part Two

The 67th episode of Matt Barton’s “Matt Chat” video series is now online, and as we expected, it contains the second portion of his interview with Carbine Studios design director Tim Cain. This time, Tim talks about the philosophy behind…

Tim Cain Video Interview, Part One

The 66th episode of Matt Barton’s “Matt Chat” video series features the first portion of an interview he did with Carbine Studios design director Tim Cain. Rather than discuss the MMORPG he’s working on, Tim talks about his love for…

Prepare For the Future by Buying Some Vault Space

I suppose it’s possible that this is some sort of marketing ploy for Fallout: New Vegas, but it appears that some company intends to start selling living space in underground vault-like bunkers (“Vivos complexes”) between Los Angeles and Las Vegas…

Wasteland Survival Guide Video Series Finished

If you’re a fan of the post-nuclear apocalypse depicted in the Fallout series, you’ll most likely also be interested in X-Strike Studios’ six-episode Wasteland Survival Guide video series. The videos feature two characters named Sam Survive and Peter Perish doing…

Interplay vs. Bethesda, Continued

Duck and Cover once again brings us up to speed on the legal drama between Interplay and Bethesda Softworks over the Fallout franchise. Interplay’s latest filing continues to claim that Bethesda seeks to deny them of the merchandising and MMO…