August 1st News Roundup

Post by **King of Creation** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:17 am

[ Game -> Preview ] - More info on <a href="#Fallout 3">Game: Fallout 3</a>

It's the first of August (well where I am, it already is), and here's a bunch of news from the past week or so courtesy of the <a href="http://bethblog.com/" target="_self">Bethblog</a>:
<blockquote>Here’s some of the newest Fallout 3 coverage to check out.We’ll start with interviews, since there are plenty of new ones to
check out. As we speak, Pete is touring Europe (five countries in five
days), so you can expect new coverage from there in the coming
days/weeks. GenNext (Netherlands) already cranked out <a href="http://www.gennext.nl/indextest.php?sub ... 857">their preview</a>, which includes an interview with Pete (above).</blockquote>

<blockquote>Want more? Check out these interviews:<ul><li>The Escapist <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... t">catches up with Todd</a> during the show.</li><li><a href="http://www.ripten.com/2008/07/29/making ... >Ripten</a> caught up with Pete at E3 to discuss Fallout 3 and more importantly, to pose with Vault Boy.</li><li>Polish site <a href="http://www.gry-online.pl/s014.asp?ID=174">Gry-Online</a> interviewed Todd at our E3 booth.</li><li><a href="http://blip.tv/file/1120772">GameZombie</a> manages to frighten me with scary music in their interview with Todd.</li><li><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/21/joyst ... Joystiq</a> has an audio interview with Todd (as well as some pre-interview chatting with Pete).</li></ul>In other news, a few more sites have included Fallout 3 in their E3 lists. At Joystiq, Fallout 3 captured the “<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-joyst ... 782/">Most Satisfyingly Explosive Heads and/or Limbs</a>”
award. We’d like to thank the Academy for this one — sounds like
something Javier Bardem would win. In more conventional wrap-up
coverage, <a href="http://www.straight.com/article-155713/ ... traight</a> (Vancouver) and <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-294-Video-Gam ... usy">Video Game Examiner</a> put Fallout 3 at the top of their E3 listsLast but not least, in print, there’s a new Fallout 3 cover story at <a href="http://www.atomix.com.mx/">Atomix</a> (Mexico).</blockquote>Spotted @ <a href="http://bethblog.com/">Bethesda Blog</a>

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:12 am

Hey, are you mad you no longer have powers in #fallout?

I really only watched one or two videos of Fo3 because each preview or something sounded like they played the exact same thing or had to watch todd play it again.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:17 am

I noticed it too, coincidence? I think not!

Post by **King of Creation** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:12 am

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:Hey, are you mad you no longer have powers in #fallout?

Yeah, what happened with that?

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:53 pm

I think there was a restructuring during E3 and cleaning out any inactive people.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:56 pm

They made me 499.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:48 pm

I cry myself to sleep every night over my long gone #fallout powers.

mixmastermind · Post by **mixmastermind** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:38 am

Did anyone notice they seemed to forget all about the Zero Punctuation preview of Fallout 3?

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:26 am

mixmastermind wrote:Did anyone notice they seemed to forget all about the Zero Punctuation preview of Fallout 3?

Thanks for reminding me i did not have interwebnet for a week.

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:39 am

Fuck. He did not really say anything bad about it except for the obvious.

mixmastermind · Post by **mixmastermind** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 4:47 pm

rabidpeanut wrote:Fuck. He did not really say anything bad about it except for the obvious.

If it's obvious then why hasn't any other journalist mentioned it?

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:01 am

mixmastermind wrote:
rabidpeanut wrote:Fuck. He did not really say anything bad about it except for the obvious.
If it's obvious then why hasn't any other journalist mentioned it?

Because the average journalist is no smarter than a slobbering pig.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:35 am

That, and your average journalist will often find honesty and objectivity less alluring than financial enrichment.

And then, we have 'Gaming Journalists' . . .

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:50 am

Hey, there's nothing wrong in highlighting the good parts a bit more than the rest, for a generous payment, while being subtle and intelligent about it.

But the way those assholes are doing it, makes the games look like a secured GOTY winner.

It doesn't help that developers actually think they have a winner, instead of admitting that their game is a total failure. Or at least it would be, if the standard wasn't so damn low...

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:13 pm

It funny how game journalists now ask selective questions(i.e. approved by Todd Howard) about some of the weaknesses in Oblivion(level scaling, voice acting, Radiant AI etc.), but at the time of release the game was just too EPIC for these problems to exist.

Superhaze · Post by **Superhaze** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:47 pm

Immersive makes perfect.

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:42 pm

Blargh wrote:That, and your average journalist will often find honesty and objectivity less alluring than financial enrichment.

And then, we have 'Gaming Journalists' . . .

QF(FUCKING)E