Dark Humor and Bethesdas Take on It

Contents of the preacher's podium in the Rivet City church:

Med-X
Empty Whiskey Bottle
Small Ruined Book
 
Ahh, but FOO will never have anything of the caliber:

"-Will you join the Brotherhood?
-Sorry, you guys are too left-field for me".

Ahh, where did all the jokes with political and social commentary go? Instead we have giggles at stupid stuff.
 
Gooscar said:
Contents of the preacher's podium in the Rivet City church:

Med-X
Empty Whiskey Bottle
Small Ruined Book

HA! Thats pretty good.

I thought the READS bit in the library was a nice bit of social commentary on the status of corporations influence on public services and how much power those corporations carry.
 
Well, most of the freed slaves in the church were named after members of Lincolns cabinet and the slaver at the memorial, "Leroy Walker" was the confederate secretary of war.

Also if you finish the GOAT and talk to Freddy Gomez, he asks you what you got for number 10. Lol.
 
UncannyGarlic said:
Console tards and kiddies refers to a group of gamers who were originally dominant on consoles but now have spread to PC gaming. It's not bashing consoles, it's bashing a group of gamers. I personally see more of those folks with XBoxes, XBox LIVE and the type of games originally on the system (sports, shooters, and Tecmo) probably don't help it any, at least with me.

And these are the people who are more interested in standing in line all night to get Gears of War 2 for the golden gun than in buying Fallout 3, who said that Bethesda was pandering to them.

The general dumbing down of games is part of the whole mainstreaming of video games and technology- it's also why Web 2.0 is supposed to be so user-friendly and catering to mass audiences. More people are playing games and using the internet, things have to be easier to accommodate them.
 
Nodder said:
The general dumbing down of games is part of the whole mainstreaming of video games and technology- it's also why Web 2.0 is supposed to be so user-friendly and catering to mass audiences. More people are playing games and using the internet, things have to be easier to accommodate them.

I hate the general concept of Web 2.0 and think it's a load of bull. On the other hand, I like your argument, it reminded be of the WALLie movie =) I'm imagining a bunch of fat 'tards lying around having everything handed to them lol.
 
Ausdoerrt said:
Nodder said:
You can't fight the future.

If that's the future, then I'm not raising my future kids in the West. They'll have to grow up in Japan or Eastern Europe.

Lol its not that bad guys. There will always be a subculture.

I'm just glad games get press nowadays. There is always a negative side to that but it at least keeps things alive.
 
Nodder said:
Er, the internet and Web 2.0 is not restricted to the U.S.

Just like I said, I don't buy into that crap.

Also RU-NET and Japanese Net are quite different from US Net. I could also always take them to Africa, where there's not Internet lol.
 
Ausdoerrt said:
Nodder said:
Er, the internet and Web 2.0 is not restricted to the U.S.

Just like I said, I don't buy into that crap.

Also RU-NET and Japanese Net are quite different from US Net. I could also always take them to Africa, where there's not Internet lol.

epic racism for the win! <o> GO TEAM VENTURE!

:P

Anyone else think the idea of 'fighting the future' being discussed on the Fallout forums to be HIGHLY ironic?
 
Additionally:

- The Lincoln Collectibles: I want that little statue.

- Tin Can on the Can: In the RobCo building, in one of the restrooms you'll see a dead protectron sitting on a toilet.

- Just Another Reason Not To: I forget specifically where, but there's a skeleton face down in a toilet. Upon further inspection, it's a trap consisting of fission batteries in the resevouir and a pair of wires dipping into the water.
 
It's not really beth's intended dark humor, but I found it really very funny to see how 'great' secret service Tenpenny has :) I easily convinced (speech 100%) gate keeper to let me in with a business proposition (a 19 yrs old girl character). Entered without any security-check, with ready-to-shoot combat shotgun in hands, walked past all so-called security, got onto top floor where only one soldier guarded Tenpenny's door. Found Tenpenny sitting alone on the balcony. I blew his head off, walked out of the room, past that guard who not only didn't hear shotgun fired but also greeted me. Went to lobby, walked past the main door and then the main gate (again passing few soldiers by). WTF? According to this security captain, they get paid pretty well for their job. If only Tenpenny knew what losers he hired :)
 
RedPanther1 said:
Well, most of the freed slaves in the church were named after members of Lincolns cabinet and the slaver at the memorial, "Leroy Walker" was the confederate secretary of war.

Also if you finish the GOAT and talk to Freddy Gomez, he asks you what you got for number 10. Lol.
I laughed and yelled "What the fuck?!?" after Silas led me to Leroy and found out he was black..
 
Eyenixon said:
There is one bit of striking irony, though not quite fitting as "dark irony".

[spoiler:8edd9cdabc]The fact that Liberty Prime, a device geared for the destruction of Communist invaders, is battling the remnants of the US government at the end of the game, all the while spouting its anti-Communism and pro-Democracy one liners. [/spoiler:8edd9cdabc]

I know that is the whole "dramatic end game" moment - but I laughed through that whole bit, it was actually the one of the most humorous moments int he game for me.... as all that crap is going on, i'm sitting there going "oh my god - that is stupid funny"
 
Related LULZ

[spoiler:5fc882dbb3]Once when I was playing through that section, in the area right before you reach the Jefferson Memorial, something amazing happened.

Liberty Prime flew up into the air, I thought he was doing some sort of special attack (You know, like the end of The Iron Giant), but instead was stuck in some sort of unending loop of death.

I took a shot at him with the Fatman, but it didn't do anything, so I reloaded and had to do the whole section over again.[/spoiler:5fc882dbb3]
 
Nodder said:
UncannyGarlic said:
Console tards and kiddies refers to a group of gamers who were originally dominant on consoles but now have spread to PC gaming. It's not bashing consoles, it's bashing a group of gamers. I personally see more of those folks with XBoxes, XBox LIVE and the type of games originally on the system (sports, shooters, and Tecmo) probably don't help it any, at least with me.

And these are the people who are more interested in standing in line all night to get Gears of War 2 for the golden gun than in buying Fallout 3, who said that Bethesda was pandering to them.

I dont see why its such a big deal to like to blow things up... GoW is great action fare, nothing wrong with that. But it'd be wrong to compare that game to Fallout 3 simply because intense explosives are involved...
and I gaurantee you a great deal of people who purchase GoW2 wil not purchase Fallout 3. (I have both, but I've never been in the majority). So yeah I guess I agree with Nodder.

Anywho... Around the waste disposal facility up near... err... past Minefield, theres a shack right in the middle of a really radioactive field. The shack is full of Rad-Away, like in the sink and floor and in boxes. Yet there is a wanderer in the bed, dead, with a .32 on the nightstand. All the Rad-Away in the world isnt enough to deal with it all...I suppose.
 
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