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Brother None
February 17, 2012

The Origins of Fallout, Part Three

No Mutants Allowed has published the third and final part of the Origins of Fallout. It’s also the densest in information, as R. Scott Campbell goes over key design and setting points like FEV, China being the enemy, bottle caps, and…

Brother None
February 16, 2012

The Origins of Fallout, Part Two

The second part of R. Scott Campbell’s writeup on the creation of Fallout covers the original setting ideas, the core design principles based on their pen and paper fandom, and the eventual conflict with the GURPS license. Another core decision…

Brother None
February 15, 2012

The Origins of Fallout, Part One

No Mutants Allowed is offering the first of what promises to be a very expansive article in which Fallout 1’s first lead designer R. Scott Campbell shares his memories of joining Interplay, the start of the GURPS project, and the genesis…

WorstUsernameEver
February 11, 2012

Dark Side ‘Cause It Looks Cool: The Failings of Moral Choice in Games

For their latest WRPG-focused editorial, Joystiq has published a look on the handling of morality in various RPGs. There’s praise for some fairly recent title like Fallout: New Vegas and Mass Effect, and also for some older titles like Ultima…

WorstUsernameEver
January 21, 2012

Did Obsidian and Bethesda View Fallout Differently?

As part of their visit to Obsidian Entertainment’s offices for their South Park: The Game feature, the folks at Game Informer had a chance to chat with the CEO of the company Feargus Urquhart, and discuss with him on the…

BuckGB
January 9, 2012

Bethesda Softworks Officially Owns All Rights to Fallout, Fallout Online Likely Cancelled

Bethesda Softworks just fired over a press release that not only confirms that they’ve reached a settlement in their litigation against Interplay, but also reveals that Interplay has accepted a payment of $2 million to rescind all rights to the…

BuckGB
January 3, 2012

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…

WorstUsernameEver
October 26, 2011

Tim Cain Interview

For his latest industry interview, Will Ooi decided to talk with Tim Cain, veteran RPG designer and one of the founders of Troika Games, touching subjects such as his views on the industry today, how and why his job at…

WorstUsernameEver
October 21, 2011

Fallout Franchise Video Interview, Part Two

After a first part mostly focused on the Nuka Break web series, The Game Creators Vault offers the second part of their exclusive Obsidian interview with Chris Avellone and Tim Cain from Obsidian Entertainment and Zack Finrock and Vince Talenti…

WorstUsernameEver
October 20, 2011

Fallout Franchise Video Interview, Part One

In an interesting fans-meet-creators moment, The Game Creators Vault has put together Zack Finrock and Vince Talenti, the guys behind the Nuka Break fan video shorts based on the Fallout franchise and Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone and Tim Cain, the…