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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago

Fallout creator Tim Cain says he was "ordered to destroy" his personal archive of the RPG's development: "Individuals and organizations actively work against preservation"

www.gamesradar.com

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Fallout creator Tim Cain says he was "ordered to destroy" his personal archive of the RPG's development: "Individuals and organizations actively work against preservation"

www.gamesradar.com

Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago
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"There's a lot of organizations out there that demand to be the archive keeper, and then they do a terrible job at it"
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  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    It’s like the early years of film. Trashing complete legends that wouldn’t be regretted until 20 years later

  • buh [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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    coming soon: fallout 3 remaster with dogmeat armor

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      There were rumors of it being a work in progress last year…

  • grazing7264 [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Bethesda being incredibly vindictive about the original creators at Obsidian making Bethesda’s versions look like shit

    No question why they’re ripping up and retconning Fallout 1-2 and New Vegas through the TV show, after 15 years and 3 games later Bethesda still can’t live up to the originals

    todd stalin-gun-1 stalin-gun-2

    • 389aaa [it/its]@hexbear.net
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      Read the article challenge:

      This happened when he left Interplay, it has nothing to do with Bethesda. Not that I am a fan of their treatment of Fallout in the slightest, but this kind of thing is standard industry practice, not ‘vindictiveness’ on the part of Bethesda.

      In fairness, the headline is very misleading, makes it seem like he’s not talking about like 20 year old events.

      • keepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        this kind of thing is standard industry practice

        Bleh, I love reading about how ideas evolve over the course of development

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      • Nacarbac [any]@hexbear.net
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        It certainly doesn’t sound out of character for Interplay - from the various accounts of the GURPS Fallout affair I’ve read the most persuasive (from the rare time an SJGames person commented on it) was roughly that Interplay took a lot of interest in getting SJGames to help them adapt GURPS, got quite far with it, then started asking more about how rpg mechanics should work, and then abruptly cut off all contact before the whole “Interplay gives SJGames money” part of the deal would happen.

        The more well known claim is that it was SJGame’s squeamishness over violence, which rings hollow given they made GURPS, and comes off as Interplay saying that they were busy being totally kewl and SJGames were squares who shot themselves in the [roll hit location]. I am, however, biased towards SJGames, given that they’re actually hexagons (and GURPS is cool).

        Come to think of it, it might also be about covering their ass in case SJGames had made more of a legal fuss, blurring the exact details of the GURPS->SPECIAL development process and any relevant correspondence.

        It’s such an old drama though…

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      This has nothing to do with Bethesda. Tim Cain only worked on Fallout 1

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Fuck Bethesda all my homies hate them.

    • LisaTrevor [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      fuck interplay in this case. he says he had to destroy his files when he left fallout, and it’s pretty well known that he left fallout 2 some time early in its development

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        I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

        • yewtu.be
        • inv.nadeko.net
        • yt.artemislena.eu
        • piped.video
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    • BadTakesHaver [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      in order to get all the rewards, you need to lie to todd howard about downloading the data, or turn in the data before rescuing todd howard

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    This is a lie. M’lord is perfect. He only charged me two horses instead of four for his regurgitated pie. It was even prettier than when I first baked thee

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    Reminds me of Taito managing to lose the source code to Bubble Bobble in a basement flood.

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