Fallout 4 Podcast: “Special” With Dots Between the Letters

By Heath | January 14, 2016 at 9:51 am

If you want an MP3 download to take the podcast on the road, here you go.

We dive headfirst into one of the best RPGs of 2015, Fallout 4. Impressions here are based on about 35 hours of play at the time of recording, and we’ll be revisiting this one again in the near future. Contents:

00:00 – Intro and graphics
04:05 – Fallout 4’s art direction or “Why are the 50’s terrifying?”
10:23 – The mark of a good open-world game
13:16 – Thoughts on the story (so far), spoiler free
14:58 – Interface and settlements
16:40 – Tales of power armor, turrets, swords, and raiders
18:44 – Depth, Combat, cameras, and hitting the bottom
29:18 – Back to that interface…
33:57 – Quality vs. Quantity
35:50 – RPGs and “you are the story”
38:00 – Survival horror wishes it could do this
42:25 – Why I murdered Wolverine
47:11 – What up, Dog?
49:11 – The Music

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Bethesda Announces Elder Scrolls MMO, No One Surprised

By Michael | May 3, 2012 at 12:05 pm

Today, in a move that should surprise few, Bethesda Softworks and Zenimax announced The Elder Scrolls Online, is being developed for the PC and Mac. The Elder Scrolls Online, TESO as it will now be called, will be the first Elder Scrolls game in the long running franchise to allow gamers to explore the world of Nirn and Tamriel.
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Bethesda tussle over Fallout MMO over, guess who won?

By Michael | January 9, 2012 at 7:25 pm

In an announcement that should come as a surprise to few, Bethesda Softworks announced today that a settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Interplay Entertainment back in 2009 over the license granted to interplay to develop an MMO based on the Fallout brand. Bethesda maintained that Interplay had failed to meet conditions imposed in the agreement and therefore the license was void.
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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gameplay trailer

By Michael | February 25, 2011 at 11:05 am

Elder Scrolls V announced

By Michael | December 13, 2010 at 1:48 pm

Bethesda has finally announced the next installment of their most venerated franchise, The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimSkyrim will be coming to the big three, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and of course its original home on the PC.  The release date is currently set for November 11, 2011…OH! 11/11/11, that’s clever.  Below is the teaser trailer for the game:
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Zenimax Media gobbles up another studio

By Michael | August 13, 2010 at 12:09 pm

Zenimax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks and more recently id Software, recently acquired another feather in their hat, Arkane Studios.  Arkane studios is a smaller studio mostly known for developing Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. This represents two big acquisitions within a year along with their original powerhouse Bethesda.  Do these moves show the hand of a company looking to compete with the EAs and Activisions?  Only time will tell what will come.

Bethesda sues Interplay

By Michael | September 14, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Bethesda has decided to sue Interplay over “perceived misuses” of the Fallout franchise. They claim Interplay has caused “immediate, substantial, and irreparable harm.” Welcome to the last 10 years ago Bethesda…
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Brink: 14 screens

By Michael | September 13, 2009 at 12:11 pm

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Fallout 3, now with aliens!

By Michael | July 16, 2009 at 9:47 am

Apparently Bethesda doesn’t believe believe a post-apocalyptic world is dangerous or varied enough.  Recently released, Bethesda’s newest DLC for Fallout 3 is Mothership Zeta. An add-on in which Aliens have come to earth.  This DLC takes the game in an entirely new realm, outer space, as players will go fight some aliens aboard a mothership in orbit around Earth.  They will of course be armed with the requisite new armor, weapons, and quests.  Fallout 3’s hero, obviously discovered this alien vessel while attempting to join in RPG Land’s Jog at the Moon 2009.
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Western RPG classic Daggerfall becomes free download

By Heath | July 9, 2009 at 9:19 pm

After years of being pined after and re-re-rediscussed (in places including our own forums), Bethesda Softworks has made Daggerfall a free download. There are some disclaimers, however, including the fact that since the game is ass-old, there are no gaurantees it will work with a given machine and Besthesda can’t be providing tech support for a 13-year-old, now-free game. Download it and/or read up on how to (probably) make it work on your machine right here.


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