Subhuman Gets an Interview

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:20 am

[ Community -> Interview ] - News related to <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/archives.php ... ry=47">Top Story: BLOCKBUSTER INTERVIEW</a>

Subhuman was willing to answer a few questions of mine and here is what he had to say;1. how did you first get started in the Fallout community?
 I bought Fallout on a whim in 2000 (or maybe
early 2001?) after reading about it in an old PC Gamer mag from 1997,
fell in love with it, and raved about it to all my friends. One of them
referred me to PlanetFallout, which I joined, and which eventually
folded and became DAC. I've been here ever since.


2. What was it about the Fallout games that you liked the most compared to other RPGs?

The gritty atmosphere, the clever writing and
character dialogue, the open-ended freedom to explore a finely- (and
realistically-) wrought world filled with violence and moral ambiguity.
Before Fallout my only real RPG experiences were of the airtight,
colorful, melodramatic Japanese console variety - discovering Fallout
was like having an entire wing of the gaming estate opened up to me.


3. Did you play FO3 and if you did, did you enjoy it? If you didn't play FO3, then why not?

 I haven't yet - I don't own a 360 (or a PC) and
haven't played any of my friends' copies on their consoles. I'll get
around to it eventually, but it's not keeping me up nights.

4. You are well known for being a homosexual and is somewhat odd to
have an openly gay person in such a rough community. Why did you reveal
that you were gay and why weren't you driven off from all the bashing
afterwards?

 It's been so long since I brought up my
sexuality here for the first time that I forget the context. But
regardless, I actually didn't get much "bashing" - the reaction from
most of the DACers then ranged from mild curiosity to disbelief (which
I still get). Regardless of the reaction, I didn't shy away from this
"rough" community because I was a big fan of it - I loved wasting time
on the forums, loved many members of the Fallout fanbase, and loved
expressing my opinions. Still do, albeit much less frequently these
days.

5. Your PALs comics were somewhat popular around here, why did you original start creating them and why did you stop?

Now here's where the bashing came in - Megatron
linked to my comic years ago and the feedback was vicious. But
apparently people kept reading it out of morbid curiosity, or something
- I have yet to be convinced that anyone here actually enjoys the comic
because they think it's good. I stopped the comic out of boredom,
mostly, and because of school, work, and general laziness. I'm writing
a new storyline for it, though, and have started getting back into
Flash (the program I use to draw it) so I can reboot the comic again.
Stay tuned.


6. What games are you currently playing, books you have been reading, and movies you have been watching?


I honestly rarely (if ever) play games anymore -
not because of a deliberate choice, but because I sort of lost
interest. I got into school and work and TV and other distractions -
games just fell by the wayside. Plus I don't own any of the next-gen
consoles, just a PS2, so I'm behind on the new games. But having games
suck 90% of my life away when I was really into them somewhat
discourages me from re-joining the fold even if I did get an up-to-date
system. Right now I'm reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, and
before that it was Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs and The
Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland. I also keep meaning to hunt down a copy
of 1984 so I can re-read it, it's one of my faves. I haven't seen any
movies in a while - the last one I watched was Chasing Amy, which I
liked. I rent movies sporadically and see only a few in the theatres,
most of which I'm dragged to, but every once in a while something comes
along that I don't want to wait for the DVD for, so I'll go to the
theatre.

7. What games are you looking forward to in the future?
If they ever make a System Shock 3 I'll be first
in line. But as for specific titles on the horizon, see the previous
question. No clue what's coming up.



8. Were you often compared to Screech from Save by the Bell as a teenager because of your similar looks?

Never. Nobody in real life thinks I look like
him, because I don't, frankly. We share a similar face shape, if
anything, but the comparison has never come up. It started because I
took a pic making a somewhat Screech-like expression about 5 years ago,
and like a lot of things in the DAC community, it stuck and now I can't
get rid of it.
<img border="0" src="http://www.duckandcover.cx../../forums/ ... bhuman.gif" alt=":subhuman:" /> That's the one.


9. What do you see for the future of Fallout and RPGs in general?

Unfortunately, I see RPGs going squarely in the
direction FO3 apparently has - first-person, action-oriented; a
whiz-bang front end with the hardcore RPG engine either cleverly hid or
completely downplayed. There seems to be an ever-dwindling market for
the kind of classic RPG that Fallout represented (even when it came
out, Fallout was considered an old-school throwback to the RPGs of
yesteryear), and with gaming systems getting ever more high-tech and
flashy, there doesn't seem to be much (if any) space for the more
deliberately-paced, thoughtfully-written, in-depth segment of the RPG
genre.
 
10. Why do you choose to post at DAC instead of places like NMA or RPGcodex? Habit, mostly, and because I find those other places take themselves too seriously, especially the Codex.

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:36 am

Running with Scissors was great

also -

also also - first post!

also also also - Sad but true re: RPGs going the way of FPS' - just this morning my girlfriend was watching me play a turn-based combat RPG and these were her exact words -

"I just don't get why this is exciting. There's no action. Look at that big machine - you just stand there and let him hit you. That's ridiculous."

Post by **Manoil** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:36 am

Lotta factors in that. But if anything, sex sells.

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:46 am

Holy shit, I made the front page of DAC. I feel famous.

My first answer makes it sound like I didn't hear about Fallout until 2001, but that's just when I finally took the plunge and bought the game. I'd known about it, and had been meaning to check it out, since it was released. At the time I was probably too distracted with Tomb Raider II, my first pimples, and saving up for a Discman to bother with computer RPGs.

Post by **Manoil** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:01 am

Don't worry about it. I didn't actually know about Fallout until 2001 .

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:26 am

[img]http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/images/smiles/subhuman.gif[/img] wrote:I'm writing a new storyline for it, though, and have started getting back into Flash (the program I use to draw it) so I can reboot the comic again. Stay tuned.

Best news '09.

St. Toxic · Post by **St. Toxic** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:53 pm

I'm still perplexed about what Subhuman is doing here.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:53 am

Subhuman was willing to answer a few questions of mine and here is what he had to say;

Run out of interesting ppl to interview already have we? I suppose thats because smiley bans everyone interesting....
Is nico still banned?Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?
Is nico still banned?

PM ME FOR GOLD PROSPECTING AND EXORCISM

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:06 pm

Mismatch wrote: Run out of interesting ppl to interview already have we? I suppose thats because smiley bans everyone interesting....

I've banned one person. Ever. And he's not banned any longer, AND had an alternate account to post on. Try to stay informed at least.

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:39 pm

St. Toxic wrote:I'm still perplexed about what Subhuman is doing here.

Looking for some good ol a/s/l like everyone else. The question is, what are *you* doing here?

St. Toxic · Post by **St. Toxic** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:17 am

cazsim83 wrote:The question is, what are *you* doing here?

I HAEV SEEN TDRAGON!

Post by **Manoil** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:58 pm

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:54 am

St. Toxic wrote:
cazsim83 wrote:The question is, what are *you* doing here?
I HAEV SEEN TDRAGON!

We should go to the Red Dragon Inn and have some chat room roll play -

/roll 12 side-dice

cazsim83 swings his giant broadsword at teh knave drinking from a pewter stein!

:oldschool:

Post by **Manoil** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:13 am

cazsim83 wrote:cazsim83 swings his giant broadsword at teh knave drinking from a pewter stein!

why don't you just say you stuck your peepee in her mouth and gave her a trial sample of your population paste?

SO INCONVENIENT, HRMPH

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:55 am

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