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Another thing to consider when it comes to huge battles in games like this, in addition to the aforementioned engine limitations. I recently did some tests, using a computer that could run large scale battles smoothly, with Oblivion, Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim. I first spawned two opposing...

Nipton too and a lot of other locations. Here's an interesting article with some comparison pics. I like the attention given to the town signs and small references, it's all details that wouldn't really make a difference on the game but were still put there, very nice.

The Search For Spock rocked, man. It's totally bonkers, there's no other Star Trek movie like it. It's one of the few that embraces the fantastic and unknown, the crew explores a location that is actually interesting, surreal and occasionally spectacular. When you see all the strange elements as...

One would think reptiles don't mix with elegance, but that is something that ought to be on the top fashion magazines of the world. 10/10

That thrilling, strange "falling sensation" you sometimes get when trying to sleep is actually called a hypnic jerk. Experts generally agree that it's a normal part of the sleeping process, though they're not entirely sure why the body does it. The simplest and most logical explanation is that...

I can't get into how excessive it is. Just heavy tones and heavy tones and barely any variation in the song, and I was never a big fan of that really deep voice singing. But I do like all the guitar work a lot. 5/10 Now, I'm not a communist or anything, but here's to the best anthem humanity...

I have a cousin with celiac disease. It's pretty bad. Of course, if you don't have anything of the sort, there's no harm in gluten. Still, though, I'm glad there's such a big push for gluten-free stuff in the market (even if most don't have to worry about it), as it gives more options for people...

It seems a lot of people are only considering people who are "chubby" or "out of shape" or "overweight", which can already be problematic and increase risks of health disease, etc. However, the medical term "Obesity" is a much more serious level of food abuse where their dependency on food...

Fiction - The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Take your time, enjoy the read, you'll have a blast. Non-fiction - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini. Nothing more fascinating than really understanding how we think. Right now I'm also reading Supergods by Grant...

Ah, but then we have another point entirely, which is that the water plot in Fallout 3 is completely strange, unecessarily convoluted and inconsistent with the portrayal of radiation in the rest of the series. PossibleCabbage explained it throughly in the post I linked: "Okay, so basically...

I think that's the wrong perspective, though. Tribal societies aren't necessarily disorganized or underdeveloped. They aren't technologically advanced and their society isn't as structured as ours, but their lifestyles and culture are stable and viable. There are still tribal societies today and...

I decided to listen, again, to the Jonestown Death Tape, for something I'm working on - and just as it was when I first listened to it years ago, it remains the most terrifying piece of audio I know of. Most people won't really realize why. But I'd recommend to everyone here that, at least once...

7/10. Great track but the vocals really bring it down a notch.

If you're going to argue that the world is a dangerous place, don't use American cities as examples, bad as they might be. There are actual hellholes in the world, and you won't find any of them in a first-world country.

As far as New Vegas mods go, you can't go wrong with: * NMC's Texture Pack: Improves the textures of almost everything in the game, and has options from having the same resolution as vanilla textures to HD, so you don't have to experience a drop in quality; * New Vegas Anti Crash: I never had...

Giving freedom for players to make their character whatever they want isn't "bending over" to make people "feel welcome", it's just creating more possibilities in how the narrative is presented in a simple way. Personally attacking that person is just shortsighted and so is arguing that the...

Yeah I'm still not sure about how exactly that would work. It's really strange for all power armor types to be so standardized - why would the people developing newer models care about reverse compatibility with older skeletons? That would have to mean they're more or less the same internally...

The Glow was a really engaging part of the game for me because of how lonely it felt. Here you have one of the most dangerous locations in the game world, which you wouldn't date get near if you don't have tons of Rad-X, reached by climbing down a hole in the ground, and when you get there...

Convincing people of something has more to do with the psychology of how you present information than the strength of the argument itself. Read "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert Cialdini, it throughly explains how people think, it's also one of the best books I've ever read.

Also worth noting that the Divide was destroyed around the time of the First Battle of Hoover Dam, so even if the Marked Men are ghouls, that is more than enough time for the effects to become visible.