STACK #133 Nov 2016

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25 FALLOUT FACTS

The events of the Fallout series occur during the 22nd and 23rd centuries. Fallout follows a world that, post-World War II, never saw the invention of the transistor. This resulted in the Resource Wars, with countries competing for energy sources, and the “Great War” in 2077 saw a two-hour nuclear exchange that levelled most of North America. Bethesda have the rights for an MMORPG adaptation of Fallout, although whether or not it’s actually undergoing production is a mystery. Only 122 Vaults were ever built in the Fallout universe, in comparison with the 400,000 that were initially planned. Some of these Vaults had their usually self-sustaining conditions altered as a sort of social experiment on the dwellers; some were exposed to diseases, others the open wilderness, and others still housed heavily disproportionate amounts of men and women.

Fallout 3 won Best of Show at E3 2008.

Fallout: New Vegas ’ Robobrains are voiced by Wil Wheaton.

Hellboy ’s Ron Perlman voices the Narrator in all the Fallout titles.

There is a gnome figurine in New Vegas directly modelled after lead world builder Scott Everts.

The Regular Show ’s Courtenay Taylor voices the female protagonist of Fallout 4 , while Brian T. Delaney voices the male. The Gun Runner Gunsmiths of Fallout: New Vegas bear a remarkably close resemblance to the main characters of Mythbusters. During production on Fallout 3, there were plans for a surgery mini-game that would allow you to patch yourself up if you got too injured. This was abandoned, however, when the devs thought it would slow down the game too much. In Fallout 2 , Fallout Tactics , Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, you can go cow (Brahmin) tipping. Most of the wrecked cars seen scattered around the landscapes of Fallout are based on the Ford Nucleon; a concept car that would have had a steam engine powered by uranium fission.

Dogmeat in Fallout 4 cannot die.

You can come across a TARDIS from Doctor Who on your travels that will slowly dematerialise as you get closer. If Officer Kenny dies in the original Fallout , you will hear “They killed Kenny! Those bastards!” as a reference to Kenny’s many deaths in South Park. One of the thugs guarding the Brotherhood Initiate prisoner on a quest will occasionally say, “Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?”, just as the Joker did in Batman. Fallout 3 contains a quest called “A Nice Day for a Right Wedding”, a nod to the Billy Idol Song. There’s a perk called Escalator to Heaven.... we shouldn’t have to explain that one. Fallout 4 ’s huge open world will be more than twice the size of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s , and will contain more than 111,000 (yes, you read that right) lines of dialogue - more than Fallout 3 and Skyrim combined.

Bottlecaps are the common form of currency in Fallout’s Wasteland.

Liam Neeson voices the player’s father in Fallout 3.

Fallout Shelter is the first mobile app from Bethesda that allows you to be the Overseer of your own Vault and its inhabitants, and debuted at #1 in the App Store and on Google Play.

The Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (VATS) was prototyped by artist Grant Struthers by filming his Incredibles action-figures fighting.

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