Is Fallout supposed to make you think about society? I’d argue that, at its best, it is, with capitalism being an obvious candidate to explore, given the mainline series’ unflinchingly corporate American atomic age-inspired setting and the whole resource war that led up to the bombs being dropped. Though, according to co-creator Tim Cain, that isn’t the central crux of Fallout theme-wise.The veteran developer has said as much in a comment (thanks, PC Gamer) on the latest video posted to his YouTube channel – which I’d definitely reccomend checking to pretty much anyone who’s interested in games and how they get made – as part of a response to a fan asking for his thoughts on reading Fallout “as a critique on capitalist/corporative greed (Vault-Tec and others) and on excessive militarizatio…
Read moreLike A Dragon/Yakuza series developer RGG Studio has locked in an RGG Summit for September 20, the same date we got its fall RGG Summit last year, and seems set to reveal . Naturally, fans have been quick to start speculating/wishing into existence stuff they’d like to see the studio whip out.The date of the Summit looks to be a bit of an interesting one, with RGG personnel, including studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama previously having said during a July live stream that its next game would be unveiled during this year’s Tokyo Game Show, which is set to run from September 26 to 29. Yes, that’s the week after this summit.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Naturally, this has prompted a bit of fan confusion as to how RGG might handle that new game announc…
Read moreSTOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING. I know, I say that a lot – certainly more than I should to readers who could literally be anywhere in the world and doing anything at the times I end up addressing them. It’s justified this time though, I swear.You see, Xbox has just announced the latest batch of Game Pass arrivals – the titles which’ll be hitting the service during September – and they’re almost all aimed at the particular genre of boring wanker I am, and that you may well be too.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings September’s list of Game Pass arrivals includes no less than three games all aimed at us wetwipes, in the form of Star Trucker, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, and Train Sim World 5. Can you hear that? It’s the sound of a thousand lads called Keith w…
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