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BuckGB
April 22, 2010

Bethesda and Interplay Strike Deal, Fallout Online Appeal Dropped

Duck and Cover brings word that Bethesda Softworks and Interplay have settled out of court, and that future legal proceedings over the development of Fallout Online have been dropped. It’s unknown what the settlment terms were, but hopefully this means…

BuckGB
April 21, 2010

How CRPGs Warped My Brain, Part Four

Tales of the Rampant Coyote’s Jay Barnson once again summarizes what he’s learned from several CRPGs, though this time most of the games he profiles are somewhat recent. Fallout, Fallout 2, Baldur’s Gate II, Vampire: Redemption, Vampire: Bloodlines, Wizardry 8,…

BuckGB
April 20, 2010

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…

BuckGB
April 7, 2010

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…

BuckGB
April 5, 2010

Chris Avellone Blog Q&A, Part Four

Obsidian’s Chris Avellone has returned to his blog to answer another question about game design and provide some tips on how to pitch a new video game. Also, got a lot of questions concerning game pitches recently, and here’s my…

BuckGB
April 3, 2010

Good Old Games Spring Promotion

Good Old Games is running a Spring 2010 promotion that currently features ten of their games for anywhere from 30% to 50% off. Included among them is Fallout, Divine Divinity, Gothic II Gold Edition, Disciples II Gold Edition, and Heroes…

BuckGB
March 18, 2010

Feargus Urquhart Interview

Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart took some time out of his day to answer a variety of questions on Bethesda’s official blog about his history in the video game industry, the founding of Obsidian, his favorite game of all time,…

BuckGB
March 17, 2010

Chris Avellone Interview

Eurogamer had the opportunity to sit down with Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone for a hefty four-page interview about a range of topics related to the Fallout series, Alpha Protocol, Aliens: Crucible, the definition of an RPG, and more. Eurogamer: So…

BuckGB
March 5, 2010

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…

Brother None
February 26, 2010

Fallout 2 Cut Vault Boy Concept Revealed

The Vault Boy icons displaying different perks and traits in Fallout are well known. Of all the icons originally conceived, only one was cut, and artist Brian Menze reveals it and discusses why on his DeviantArt page. (note, the DeviantArt…