Fallout 3 LARP Again

I've been thinking about Fallout 3 LARP again after a friend sent me a Google translated webpage with more images and some commentary:


As in all good things, God is in the details and I particularly like the use of computers and the other tech items. Hopefully the laptops actually have a version of the password hacking that features in the game. The most annoying thing in LARP for me is the time-wasting tasks that are in place to simulate things like armour repair and crafting.

If you're Science skill isn't high enough to work up your own Robco Industries Terminal, Chis @ Geek Weekly has some ideas for making couple of simple FO3 props¹:


Of course if you are felling more adventurous take a look at Greg Aronowitz's Barnyard FX webpage for some advice of how to make that Ghoul make-up PIP-Boy perfect².


¹ A Repair skill of 20+ is all that is required.
² WARNING: May cause Severe Radiation Poisoning.

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Needs and Wants

Tom Endo write about the need for game merchandise in The Escapist:

If you've been a gamer long enough chances are you've stumbled upon or been tempted to purchase some sort of gaming related merchandise. Maybe it was the Halo cat helmet or a Solid Snake statue.

We've all been there; I've spent the last six-couple of months stalking Fallout 3 Bobbleheads on eBay and who hasn't wanted one of those life-sized statues they have in the Game stores?¹

My OCD² has taken many forms over my 30+ years on Sol 3. I've collected stamps, CCGs, marbles, comics, Star Trek videos, RPGs, books and various kinds of multi-coloured figurines. Most of these things serve no practical purpose, even the things with uses like the books and RPGs spend most of their time gathering dust on a shelf or hibernating at the bottom of a box.

Still there is a need to have these objects of desire. Take this for example:



It's a preview of an amazingly detailed Batman figurine due out next year and it's wonderful. What would I do with it? No idea, it's not like I actually play with toys anymore. Do I want it? Oh yes!

You could argue that at least the figurine has aesthetic value and can be used for as a display object, but what about this?



I've been planning on buying the Batman: Arkham Asylum game for the Xbox 360 since I saw the first video play throughs but when I found out that the HMV collectors edition comes with a Batarang my want turned to need. Do I plan on waging a war on crime with this Bat-themed weapon? No. Do I have any use for it? No.

Do I want it? No, but I need it.

¹ - Not that anyone has anywhere practical/socially acceptable to display it.
² - Obsessive Collection Disorder. Write it down!

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Is there a Doctor in the Wasteland?

Slobberblood write in his blog:

Ok, it’s almost impossible, I’m trying to be the 15th Doctor, yes I know, don’t say it...
I’m trying to RPG The Doctor in the wasteland, using tons of mods I have access to upgrading my character to a high level, only picking skills that the Doctor would have.

A great idea, I've always characterised the choices my Fallout character have made, but I have to agree with that first sentence. I guess from his use of mods that he is playing the PC version and I don't have a problem with tweeking the costume or adding a follower, but a squad of Scape Marines? That brings me back to the impossible issue.

Slobberbllood says "The true challenge is NOT killing people", surely being followed around by a group of heavily armoured and armed solders defeats the point of being a pacifist? He could limit his offensive actions to using the Mesmetron but still the Wastelend is a very deadly place and probably not even the Doctor could save.

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Fallout 3 LARP

First came the Brotherhood of Steel Armour, now this:



Some 300 über-Geeks staged a Fallout themed LARP event at a disused military base in Russia last month.

Now I'm a B.I.G. Fallout 3 fan and do go fancy dress camping LARPing on occasion but camping in the Wastelands? That, my little cap collectors, would be a little too depressing...

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Brootherhood of Steel Armour

How. Frakin'. Cool. Is. This?

Now I've made and worn my fair share of fancy dress costumes but I would give the seventh son of my seventh son to turn up in this. This suit has to be ranked with the A-list crafters like the guy who made a the Spartan armour a couple of years ago and all the members of the 501st Legion.

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30% off Operation Anchorage

Irony.

That is what they call it when one day you say that the first expansion for Fallout 3 is at the bottom of your to get list and the next day you discover there is a 30% discount on that very same title.

Each week Microsoft offer a discount to Xbox Live Gold Members, but this is the first that meshes with my game collection. Keep an eye on the official page for future offers.

P.S. The official Fallout 3 fan page on Facebook has also been known to post download codes their status updates! The first one to use it will get a FREE download!

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Fallout 3: Point Lookout DLC

Preview | Price: 800 MSPs / $9.99 | Format: Xbox 360 / PC | Due: 23rd June | Fallout 3 | 4 Gs

Welcome to the Swampland!

So far I've not bought any of the DLCs for Fallout 3. Despite now spending over 150 hours walking the Wastes there's still things to do and discover in the basic game and I am determined to deal with those before moving onto the next chapter.

The first two DLCs, Operation Anchorage and The Pitt, were criticised for being too linear and too brief. The 3rd, Broken Steel, is a must so I can finally get past Lv 20 but the next expansion, Lookout Point, is the one I am really looking forward to.

It's the visual and story depth that sold the game to me; being able to look across that harsh yet gorgeous landscape and explore that strange building in the distance is what made the game for me. Although it is not set in the Capital Wastes, this interview from Go! Gaming Giant makes it sound like Bethesda have made this next DLC just for a Waste Wanderer like me.

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Nothing says pizzazz like a paper smile.

from Paperkraft.net

I'm a B.I.G. Fallout 3 fan and occasional crafter, so this paper bobblehead makes me both Geekily happy and a little sad that I am so rubbish at fine-detail work. They also have designs for the Alien Blaster, Megaton bomb and Laser Pistol.

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