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it's always sunny in new vegas
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[image ID: 4 images, fallout new vegas redraws of episode stills from the tv series "it's always sunny in philadelphia". all dialogue is in the form of captions typical of tv shows, with a white font on a black subtitle box.
eli, lelelego's courier, and rose of sharon cassidy (cass) are standing in a dirty public bathroom. cass is lighting a very short cigarette. eli is standing a few paces away, looking weirded out. cass says "so, uh, you're gay, huh?
cass, standing in front of a cubicle. she's still lighting the cigarette. she asks, "for pay or for free?"
eli, looking to the side like he's confused by the question, says "uh, for free, I guess."
cass, now putting the cigarette to her mouth, smiles and says, "chump." /end ID]
also, the pics were from alwaysshoutyinphiladelphia :>
Wasn't on Tumblr at the time I did it, but went through the entirety of Fallout New Vegas, all DLCs, and all side quests without using any stimpaks, radaways, or chems! Took a lot of time to do and edit so any interaction would be greatly appreciated :)
A devastating and confusing thing about the Fallout setting, when you explore the pre-war aspects, is what the creators think about pre-war America. In the first games we only get hints of the pre-war world, but they seem to be some sort of wild fascist nation invading Canada. In Fallout 1, the first thing we're introduced to of the pre-war society is seeing a soldier shoot civilians and laughing.
Now, for the first 2 games and New Vegas we don't really know much. What we know is that there's a fascist military group known as the enclave who were a sort of US deep state even before the war, and that the government teamed up with corporate interests to preform vaguely MKULTRA-ish experiments with the Vaults. Basically, the government was an extreme version of the 50s American jingoism and McCarthyism.
This is well and dandy, I guess issues come up more when we get to the later games, especially 4, where it seems like none of this extreme plotting and societal civil unrest which would exist is seen. The society as presented in 4 also seems quite progressive, gay people are featured in the opening, and none of the baggage of say, civil rights not existing are included. Now on a baseline, I don't want settings to be more conservative, homophobic and sexist etc., but it becomes a very confusing setting when it's displayed both as this jingoist extreme thing with fascist tendencies aswell as a progressive place where everyone is seemingly equal. If you're focusing on the 50s as your setting, and American nationalism in the 50s, then you can't have McCarthyism spoofs and anti-communism as a societal paranoia norm while also general equality is the norm without misunderstanding why McCarthyism and nationalist jingoism is bad. A massive harm done in anti-communist paranoia is how it degrades and vilifies any progressive movements (women's rights, civil rights, homosexuality) as being morally un-American and therefore connected to communism. To ignore this just makes any critique of MacCarthyism and jingoism weird!
Basically, pre-war America in Fallout 4 becomes this both sides thing where America is both pure and equal and white fences in every instance that we see as the player (the intro), while also supposedly being this dystopic MacCarthyist hellscape that's broadcasting gladly about their war crimes in Canada, and wants to root out communism. I guess the only fix for this issue without getting into the fine print like they had to do is just not to focus too much on the pre-war world.
Interesting thing with the Bethesda fallouts (I've been playing a bit of Fallout 4 recently) is that they, at least in my opinion, misunderstand the fun parts of the first 2 games. I don't think think the setting is a very important part in those games, it's a part of it but it's just set-dressing for the gameplay and fun quest stories and how the players interact with them. I think there's some potential in say Fallout 4 for interesting quests or stories (I've done a couple of quests but a lot of my knowledge is from the Joseph Andersson video), but the solutions to any story just leads back into the shooting gameplay loop. This is, I think, antithetical to the format of the originals, which were based a lot more in having the format of a TTRPG. If your TTRPG sessions all boiled down to shooting people with basically no alternative solutions to quests I think your players would get bored. Since it's got shooter mechanics this kind of salvages it, it becomes it's very different own thing. But the wonderful gameplay loop of those first two games is lost, and I kind of miss it. Man, I need to replay Fallout 2.
even though they are the same, benny tumblr has a gun, benny discord does not.
Baldness is for nerds this is a battle to the death. If you have the same character/pfp on both platforms you have to decide which is the superior.
You have to explain your reasoning in the reblogs too
This Arcade obsession of mine is getting out of hand.
3/6 - Arcade Gannon from Fallout New Vegas.
Forgot to show this but clay gannon moment fr
Here is my clay arcade gannon figure, the glaze came out a bit wonky but that’s okay, and rip his hand.
Hey, i’m writing a saiki k x fallout new vegas crossover and I want to know if the characterization of Saiki is accurate and if it is well written in general.
Here it is: https://www.wattpad.com/story/365687663?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=Iambungeegum
Please give me any ideas on how Saiki could solve Ghost Town Gunfight or the Primm Sheriff quest.
Our queen with a pneumatic gauntlet, Veronica I of the Wasteland.
Fallouctober Day 4 - Veronica Santangelo
This is a beautiful piece of art with a wonderful, contemplative caption. It can really make you think about the fleeting gift of life.
My brain: Me want to lay in Daddy Arcades bed too!!! 😅
“Some of these temporary buildings, built to only last for the duration of the pre-war conflict, still stand today. I stayed in many of them and trust me, many are as spartan today as they were when originally built, other than maybe a real bed, new roof, lighting or siding.
As Arcade used to say, all rooms look the same with your eyes shut.”
I painted the eye from the old world blues dlc on a clay ornament
More Post Apocalyptic Fallout show wasn't for me :(
I don't think this is that niche
Playing new Vegas for the first time is so funny cuz wdym I can just shag the man who tried to kill me LMAO
