Fallout 3: Not just a Game:

Published by: Meta Tam When Hi Non on 4th Nov 2009 | View all blogs by Meta Tam When Hi Non
"War.....war never changes," are the immortal words of Fallout and I consider to be something much deeper then anything people give video games credit. That's the irony about any war that occurs in the world, no matter what the cause--it's always a war being fought where death seems to be the only definite outcome and Fallout 3 makes that idea of war clear.

The game makes you think about the ideas behind the overall intention of anything happening throughout--blowing up a town is an option, but there's always an intention between anything you do within the game; my intention for not blowing up a town comes from wanting to use it for my ends instead of anything to do with the characters to inhabit a settlement of wastelanders.

Consider the game to be a reflection of reality--a reflection that you have to think about--with the little oddities presenting themselves in the forms of different factions roaming about the land of Fallout 3 (including the deadly Vault 77 "Puppet Man").

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  • Kaz
    by Kaz 2 years ago
    I have read a few of your blogs and you are obviously an avid gamer. Nothing wrong in that, but I do worry about your statement. Granted, I haven't seen Fallout 3, but my eldest son does play XBox, Call of duty, Assassins Creed, etc. And surely, there is no way that I want him to consider 'the game to be a reflection of reality, a reflection that you have to think about.'
    Surely, that's the point. Play the game, switch off for awhile and then switch the game off, get back to reality without confusing video games for real life.
  • Weens
    by Weens 2 years ago
    I'm a gamer too and I think that your perspective is definitely in the minority. As far as I am concerned, and I have played and own fallout 3, it's just a bit of fun. It's meant to be taken at face value as an escape not as reality. You are looking for things that are not there. Relax man, and enjoy it, instead of making a mountain out of a molehill.
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