Games for Lunch: Fallout 3
In a nutshell: Growing up in a post-nuclear family.
10/28/2008 5:26 PM | 2 Comments | Page 2 of 4
0:13 Instead of plodding through the incredible myriad of face-morphing options, I just click through some "random" faces until I get a nice round, evenly shaped one that I like. Of course, I add the "Mad Max" Mohawk, because this is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A beatnik beard completes the look.
0:14 "You're going to look a lot like your dad." So I was actually playing with my dad's looks there? This is so confusing!
0:15 My mom goes into cardiac arrest for no real reason, and I'm taken away as they start CPR. Fade to white as I hear a bunch of random voices calling out over the years.
0:16 The screen fades back as dad tells me not to look directly into the light. I'm viewing the world from knee-level height as my dad (who does look a lot like me) asks me to walk over to him. "Just a year old and already walking like a pro. Your mother would have been so proud." I guess she didn't make it...
0:17 Dad runs off to the office and leaves me in a metal playpen area. I kick a rubber ball around and burble "Dada." My character isn't mute? Huzzah!
0:18 OK, the ball gets boring quickly. I open the playpen gate to explore. I feel like I'm in a post-apocalyptic episode of "Rugrats."
0:19 In my room, a plaque reads: "I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely." Revelation 21:6. That seems inappropriate for a baby's room, eh?
0:20 On to the "You're Special!" book that's lying on the floor, featuring a baby with a thumbs-up on the cover. This is how the game lets me adjust my "SPECIAL" meter: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, Luck. Each one has a page written like a children's book. "C is for Charisma, it's why people think I'm great! I make my friends all laugh and smile and never want to hate!" While that sounds great, I actually pump my points into Strength, Perception, Endurance and Intelligence.
0:23 Dad comes back and calls me over to show me mom's favorite Bible passage, which I mentioned earlier. Then, just like that, we're off to "see if your little friend Amata wants to play." What's Amata? Nothing! What's Amata with you? HAHAHA!
0:24 As we walk, the scene fades to white again, and fades out during a surprise birthday party for me. "I can't believe you're already 10. I'm so proud of you," beams Dad. The overseer comes in and presents me my "very own PIP-Boy 3000." Tomorrow I get my first work assignment. "Enjoy your party. You're only 10 once, so have fun."
0:26 Amata asks me if I was surprised. I lie and respond, "You didn't fool me. I just pretended not to know." "You're such a liar," she ascertains correctly. Guess I need more Charisma...
0:27 I tell Amata that I hope she got me a date with Christine for my birthday. Nope ... she actually got me a Grognak the Barbarian comic. But she's not giving it to me now that she knows I like "Mean Christine." For the rest of the party she crosses her arms and seems standoffish. Do I detect ... jealousy?
