E-Zine/magazine The Gamer's Quarter has an article up about the original Fallout games. About half of it is the author enjoying the sound of his own voice and going off on random tangents about how much stuff he knows and how experienced he is at using a thesaurus, but surprisingly there's also some stuff about Fallout in there. After discussing realism and the frequency of death, the author wanders into analysing the storylines of the two games:<blockquote>To some extent all RPG player characters are saviors of some world orders and destroyers of others, otherwise people wouldn't bother putting up with cumbersome play mechanics and turn-based mania. And both villains are, despite their bloodlust, not entirely unreasonable. The Master lacks some important data, but is driven by compassion of a kind. The Enclave has plenty of information and utterly no remorse, but is compelled by something that can be construed as a greater good.
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In some ways it is disappointing that no apparent strands of any of the major world religions survive into the Fallout era (...) Perhaps the religion as we know it would die out simply from being trapped in a self-contained marvel of science with a small group of jump-suit attired busybodies, and some other means of providing meaning - and controlling population growth through rituals and rules concerning sexual relations - would be implemented.
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Despite the carnage, suffering and despotism (despite even the lively slave trade), some still have a yearning for messiahs to save and destroy the world.</blockquote>Link: Gamer's Quarter #8.
Thanks Travesty.
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In some ways it is disappointing that no apparent strands of any of the major world religions survive into the Fallout era (...) Perhaps the religion as we know it would die out simply from being trapped in a self-contained marvel of science with a small group of jump-suit attired busybodies, and some other means of providing meaning - and controlling population growth through rituals and rules concerning sexual relations - would be implemented.
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Despite the carnage, suffering and despotism (despite even the lively slave trade), some still have a yearning for messiahs to save and destroy the world.</blockquote>Link: Gamer's Quarter #8.
Thanks Travesty.
