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Original Fallout art? 10/10.

I would say it is a game in which the player assumes the role of a character or group of characters (either custom made characters, pre-made, or some combination thereof) and interacts with the game world by managing and distributing a system of statistics (i.e. leveling up, skill and/or perk...

I think it's both of these things together: yes, it's about the ethics and the dynamics of societies, but in the context of a post-nuclear world. I've always seen the title of the series as a play on words: "fallout" both in the sense of radioactive particles from a nuclear blast, and in the...

Let me add my voice to those who've said they find online dating to be at best awkward, at worst creepy. I would much rather draw from my pool of acquaintances, or hell, just go up to that cute bartender and ask her out, than leave myself at the mercy of some network's algorithms. I have...

Not if you're doing it right.

I hope not. To me this is kind of a genre boundary. I would argue that there are sub-genres of the post-apocalyptic genre, and that Fallout occupies the "wasteland" genre, along with, err, Wasteland, Mad Max, etc. Once we add "mega structures" we're in a very different sub-genre, or possibly...

I think it would be interesting to have the NCR collapse, with only remnants left here and there - aging Rangers who still harbor the old world values of democracy. But rather than a megacorporation, I'd be more interested in some kind of Neo-Feudal system developing out of some of the larger...

American military uniforms are fairly drab, and they were during the 1950s, too. But really, I don't think there's a disconnect at all. Given that it's been centuries since the fall of the US, the Enclave would not have any direct knowledge of the cultural tropes of Pre-War America. In spite of...

This is also a pet peeve of mine; my favorite weapons are usually the ones I end up actually using for the majority of the game, not the ultra-rare stuff that gets used for the final battle, if even. Powerful weapons and items like PA should be rare and difficult to acquire (so it feels like a...

I agree, at this point I have all of the spawn points for monsters and ambush spots for raiders virtually memorized, which takes some of the fun out of playing.

This is usually how I wind up dealing with the BoS in New Vegas. It's great fun if you're a light-armored, high crit energy weapons specialist (my favorite type of build), since you can pretty much one shot Paladins; using the Paladin Toaster is even more satisfying if you are playing an Unarmed...

I think Yamu's point is that cosmetic surgery is cultural: it's based on the values and standards of beauty of our own particular modern culture and its associated subcultures. This includes fake breasts, subdermal implants, and everything else you mentioned. It's no different from neck...

Not even decent commercial doss anymore, either. I admit that I really enjoy Tarantino's early films: I think Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown are all highly entertaining movies. But it's been downhill ever since Kill Bill.

I agree, Fable III was excrement. It's like a children's game, but with prostitutes and venereal disease thrown in.

Playing Skyrim, of all games. I was really disappointed in it as an RPG when it first came out, but now that I'm just treating it as a hack and slash, I'm having a lot of fun. It's been quite a while since I played Witcher 2, but I do remember that combat took a little while to master. Combat...

I agree with this. In general I think they should overhaul the way the SPECIAL stats work so that they function the way they did in FO1 and FO2, which means no more putting Charisma at 1 unless you really do want to play a misanthropic loner who puts off everyone they meet. Having recently been...

If you occupy a privileged position in one of the emerging nation-states, then certainly, that is how the Brotherhood probably appear to you. On the other hand, if you are just a wasteland wanderer or a poor scavenger, the opportunity to join a powerful gang with an Old World arsenal might be...

Nicely done. My "evil" couriers always have Boone kill Manny.

I've never had this problem. Usually I find she sits uselessly in Sneak mode with an outraged expression while ED-E and I are caught in a firefight; but every once in a while she manages to punch a Legionary Assassin's head clean off, so I guess she earns her keep. If you want to see an...

All gameworlds are finite; the map has to end somewhere. Show me a game without invisible walls. Are the edges of the map in New Vegas arbitrary? Certainly, but all edges are arbitrary; they exist because the action of the game's story is confined to a specific location. You might as well...