534: Fallout: New Vegas

Published: May 22, 2023, 7 a.m.

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With 2008\'s Fallout 3 bringing the fabled RPG series to a new generation of players who couldn\'t\\u2014or didn\'t want to\\u2014play the first two games, Bethesda had an audience poised and ready for more post-apocalyptic RPG fun. With Skyrim currently in the works, the developer turned to Obsidian Entertainment to transform an abandoned Fallout project into a fitting sequel in just 18 months. And what could have felt like a cheap cash-in ended up being the series\' finest moment to date.\\xa0
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\\nOn this week\'s episode, join Bob Mackey, Gary Butterfield, and Kole Ross as the crew drinks plenty of refreshing Sunset Sarsaparilla and talks about the sprawling, somewhat messy masterpiece known as Fallout: New Vegas.
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