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From the land down under

Posted by gstaff on June 30th, 2008

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Today on Gameplayer, Chris Stead has an 8-page preview with new impressions of Fallout 3 based on a recent meet up with Pete. Here’s a snippet of the preview:

The theme of Fallout 3 is Sacrifice and Survival. Or more to the point, what will you sacrifice to survive? The whole diverging paths and user-defined narratives that we have been experiencing in RPGs over recent years has become less of a gimmick and more of something truly emotional this generation. Who did you kill in Mass Effect, for example? Fallout 3 takes this feature and powers it with atomic energy. There is a full moral see-saw to ride in the game, referred to as karma. Various decisions you make in regards to completed and uncompleted quests, in combat and in conversation act to split your experience into multiple parallel universes.

Meanwhile, over at Gamespot’s Australian site, you can check out new impressions of the game, as well as an interview with Pete on their show Crosshairs. If you want to skip ahead to the Fallout 3 stuff, fast-forward to around the 11-minute mark of the video.

Update: Here’s two more Australian preview to check out — one from PALGN and another over at The Age.

Around the web: The travels of Pete continue…

Posted by gstaff on June 25th, 2008

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Fallout 3 coverage continues to make its way online as Pete’s travels around the globe continue.

We begin with a video interview Gamereactor TV did with Pete at the Ubidays event in Paris a few weeks back. To watch the video, head here.

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Around the Web and on newsstands: New lists edition

Posted by gstaff on June 23rd, 2008

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Today at the office, we received the 1,000th issue of Entertainment Weekly (since it’s a double issue, it’s actually issue #999-1,000). To celebrate the occasion, EW has a lengthy feature about the “New Classics” — where they list off the top 1,000 films, books, and albums of the last 25 years. While not as robust as some of the other lists, there’s also a list of the top 50 videogames from the past 25 years, with Oblivion making the list at #47.

For more news, hit the jump below…

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Australia’s finest - Tim Tam

Posted by gstaff on May 15th, 2008

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While I had a busy week of flights and meetings for Fallout 3 while Australia, I discovered a fantastic cookie (or biscuit, as they say) called Tim Tam. Available in a variety of flavors (Original, Latte, Double Chocolate to name a few), these things need to start being made in the States.

Over the next few days, I’ll be bringing in a few varieties for folks at the office to try, and so far everyone seems to like them…maybe too much. Attrebus, we might need a shipment of these soon! I’ll take these over Pocky any day.