Possible Vault-Boy sighting

Urizen · Post by **Urizen** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:24 pm

[ Game -> Update ] - News related to <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/archives.php ... ry=12">Top Story: Fallout 3 news</a> | More info on <a href="#Bethesda Softworks">Company: Bethesda Softworks</a> | More info on <a href="#Fallout 3">Game: Fallout 3</a>

Socrates200X, a programmer working on Fallout 3, has <a href="http://www.geocities.com/socrates200x/I ... ampire.PNG" target="_blank">this</a> image hidden away on his <a href="http://www.geocities.com/socrates200x/" target="_blank">website</a>. It looks like a book-cover, and features the text "So you've become a vampire", "Introducing you to your new un-life" and "Tenpenny Press". Moreover, it also features an image of a vampire with a striking resemblance to Vault-Boy.

A close look at the vampire:
<img src="http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2500/vaultcw4.jpg" width="333" height="249" border="0" />

The original Vault-boy:
<img src="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/albu ... 95/dac.JPG" width="358" height="425" border="0" />

While the resemblance is striking, I doubt that we can make any conclusions based on this picture.

EDIT: The site became unavailable only minutes after I posted this story, and now only features a Geocities error message which proclaims that it has "temporarily exceeded its data transfer limit".The message appears to be genuine, and Geocities does have a very low bandwidth limit. The original image can now be found <a href="http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3867/vampireim6.png" target="_blank">here</a>.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:35 pm

Hahaha, they're sooo fucked!

Wait... WE are fucked...

Haris · Post by **Haris** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:52 pm

So Oblivion with guns it is.

Brother None · Post by **Brother None** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:28 pm

socrates200x wrote:Oh, yeeeah; I remember that! That was one of my unique MS Paint masterpieces that I'm wont to spread about the office. I've misplaced the joke to which this particular image went, but suffice to say, it was pretty funny. You know, vampire funny. One of those "you had to be there" moments. You should see some of the other Photoshopped Vault Boys we have floating around here...

Anywho, that explains why my in-laws can't access our wedding webpage. My fault for throwing open my tiny Geocities site to the concentrated effort of the Glittering Gems.

http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... &start=160

Urizen · Post by **Urizen** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:36 pm

damn, you're quick

Zetura Dracos · Post by **Zetura Dracos** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:44 pm

Brother None wrote:
socrates200x wrote:Oh, yeeeah; I remember that! That was one of my unique MS Paint masterpieces that I'm wont to spread about the office. I've misplaced the joke to which this particular image went, but suffice to say, it was pretty funny. You know, vampire funny. One of those "you had to be there" moments. You should see some of the other Photoshopped Vault Boys we have floating around here...

Anywho, that explains why my in-laws can't access our wedding webpage. My fault for throwing open my tiny Geocities site to the concentrated effort of the Glittering Gems.
http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... &start=160

Sounds like a real fuckin'... Socrates.

TelemachusSneezed · Post by **TelemachusSneezed** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:56 pm

Vampire super-mutants? As if they weren't strong enough already!

Fallout 3: Bloodrayne

frissy · Post by **frissy** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:15 pm

Well they get tired, and they get bored. That's the golden ingreadients for pricless productions. Been there done that, almost got fired among with the others

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:30 pm

Slow news day, huh?

Brother None · Post by **Brother None** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:55 pm

VasikkA wrote:

Slow news day, huh?

Slightly bigger news;

Mr. Soule has not done and has no current plans to write music for Fallout 3.

TelemachusSneezed · Post by **TelemachusSneezed** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:30 pm

Brother None wrote:
Mr. Soule has not done and has no current plans to write music for Fallout 3.

Why was this big news? Was there some sort of supposition on the NMA forums that this Soule fella was the creator of the music?

s_hole · Post by **s_hole** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:51 pm

wait.. i'm sure i saw that design in a game somewhere
a night person perk or something
could be in tactics
looks so familiar and authentic

Mechanurgist · Post by **Mechanurgist** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:31 pm

TelemachusSneezed wrote:
Brother None wrote:
Mr. Soule has not done and has no current plans to write music for Fallout 3.
Why was this big news? Was there some sort of supposition on the NMA forums that this Soule fella was the creator of the music?

Yeah, at least on the Beth forums. It had that epicy epicalaneous shmaltziness.

TelemachusSneezed · Post by **TelemachusSneezed** » Fri May 25, 2007 12:03 am

Mechanurgist wrote:Yeah, at least on the Beth forums.

Ah, well that explains it then.

Zetura Dracos · Post by **Zetura Dracos** » Fri May 25, 2007 1:01 am

Brother None wrote:
Mr. Soule has not done and has no current plans to write music for Fallout 3.
Good fucking deal. That man hasn't put out a score yet that didn't sound like Oblivion.

Mechanurgist · Post by **Mechanurgist** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:44 am

Zetura Dracos wrote:Good fucking deal. That man hasn't put out a score yet that didn't sound like Oblivion.

All his scores sound like someone is about to blow up or save the entire world any second now. I did like some of his more subdued Icewind Dale stuff though; that had atmosphere.

DaC-Sniper · Post by **DaC-Sniper** » Fri May 25, 2007 11:50 am

I dont care, who did the music, its still too epic.

And for that, there is no amend.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Fri May 25, 2007 3:05 pm

Maybe the music has got nothing to do with Fallout 3, just like the concept art; hell, maybe not even the website!

:wishful thinking:

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:34 pm

This thread is about Vampire Pipboy, okay?

Bloodlust · Post by **Bloodlust** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:28 pm

Is that Mustaine???