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April 2024. I don't like video games, which I find to be a worst-of-all-worlds combination of storytelling features, and I have yet to see any very compelling evidence that video game stories and concepts can translate into other media with other than embarrassing results. (Even THE EXPANSE, which never actually became the video game it was originally intended to be, was severely handicapped by its video game story conceits despite its many compelling points.) So, my expectations for the new FALLOUT show would be very low even if it weren't executive produced by noted hacks Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, who were responsible for the hackish and racist WESTWORLD reboot and the hopelessly misfired TV adaptation of THE PERIPHERAL, and I probably wouldn't bother at all except that I have enough second-hand knowledge of the game setting not to be baffled by its various weird conceits and arch satiric tone, which, for better or worse, the show seems to be embracing with relish.
If you're not familiar with the game, it's set in the late 23nd century of an 1950s-like alternate timeline where the world was devastated by atomic war, and where various factions are now vying to "civilize" the mutant-ridden radioactive wastelands of North America. Ella Purnell, who doesn't need prosthetics or CGI to look a bit like a cartoon character, is a Vault Dweller named Lucy MacLean, raised in an underground bomb shelter complex that's preserved a kind of parody of '50s Americana, but forced to venture out into the Wasteland to search for her kidnapped father (Kyle McLachlan). Aaron Moten is Maximus, a young Aspirant of the Brotherhood of Steel, a kind of paramilitary science cult with power armor, while Walton Goggins is a Ghoul named Cooper, a mutated prewar survivor who's been rendered more or less immortal despite looking like a rotten corpse.
So far, it seems to capture the look and feel of the games about as well as it could, with a high level of gore and glibness and the expected array of Easter eggs for people familiar with the games. Whether it will manage contrive any kind of point to the story is TBD, although given the source material and the creative team, I'm not holding my breath. Goggins could do this kind of weird PoMo cowboy shtick in his sleep at this point, which is probably a plus; the only one of the other characters who's at all interesting is Xelia Mendes-Jones as Dane, another Brotherhood of Steel Aspirant whom I think we're supposed to take as canonically nonbinary. I'm not sure how I feel about the treatment of Dogmeat, who crosses certain lines for me in terms of cute animal character vs. fictitious animal abuse.
#teevee#hateration holleration#fallout#fallout prime#ella purnell#walton goggins#aaron moten#xelia mendes-jones#westworld was ghastly and very very racist#the peripheral was also not good#i am just not persuaded by the video games are art crowd#or by video games in general#they expect too much work for zero creative satisfaction#the more elaborate they are the worse they are IME#graham wagner#geneva robertson-dworet#(are the actual credited creators although nolan and joy are listed as EPs)#i thought the show placed the great war in the actual 1950s#(in the game it's in 2077)#but i guess the show is supposed to be canonical to the game#so the prewar scenes only *look* like the 1950s
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there's downsides to ranking high in the hierarchy [prints]
#mass effect#mass effect trilogy#mass effect garrus#Garrus Vakarian#turian#alien#artists on tumblr#bioware#video games#mass effect fanart#art#digital art#illustration#human artist#milkyart#he may hate it but the getup is sexy as hell#doesn't hold a single sniper rifle though. garrus' yelp review: 0 stars#garrus: I should've died on omega (no charity balls on omega) (no charity on omega in general) (ever)#still not beating the sailor moon coloring allegations#is it too bold to add the print link right away. im so poor
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SHADOW GEMNERATION (its almost 4 am WE'RE STILL KICKING)
#sonic x shadow generations#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#digital art#art#fanart#illustration#shadow the hedgehog#video games#shib4
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"I was created here, I don't know if there's a place for me on Earth. That was no mere nightmare. And it all began in view of the ARK. Could he have survived? No. That can't be. I need answers." ↪ : SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS (25.10.2024)
#I LOVE SHADOW SO MUCH#shadow the hedgehog#sonic x shadow generations#dark beginnings#gamingedit#video games#my gifs
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Metal Overlord in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
#sonic#sonicedit#gamingedit#sonic the hedgehog#metal sonic#metal overlord#shadow the hedgehog#sonic generations#sonic x shadow generations#classic sonic#modern sonic#gamescom#video games#thelvadams.gifs#i need this game like i need air
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ᓚᘏᗢ Yes, Cat Caretaker ♡
#love and deepspace#恋与深空#love and deep space#祁煜#qi yu#rafayel#xavier#沈星回#shen xinghui#qin che#秦彻#zayne#黎深#li shen#sylus#*4#dailygaming#dailyvideogames#gamingedit#3d animation#video games#otome#otome game#paper games#chinese game#i gotta say the japanese trailer hits different lol the cat butler just..fits#although not very impressed with banner after banner bc i simply cannot generate diamonds fast enough
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That Shadow the Hedgehog reveal went so hard, I still think about it
#artists on tumblr#illustration#art#shadow the hedgehog#sonic fanart#sonic x shadow generations#video game fanart
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Pokemon Silver Gameboy Color 1999
#pokemon#Lapras#Pokemon Sliver#Pokemon Gold#Johto#nintendo#1990s#nostalgia#game boy color#gameboy color#gameboy#pixel art#retro gaming#jrpg#rpg#8 bit#8bit#aesthetic#video games#nostalgic#90s#game boy#gaming#gen1#gen 1#gen 1 pokemon#generation 1#generation 1 pokemon#8 bit aesthetic#1999
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Asking the voice actors on my video game project to consent to having AI models of their voices created specifically and exclusively for the purpose of making the dialogue say the player character's name out loud at appropriate junctures no matter what the player chooses.
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did it very fast so I know it’s cringe and yucky etc but I want more first interactions between the Emilys and Aftons in game
#I just really like the concept of confrontations#I also am a sucker for the puppet in general so that has no bearing on this at all nooooo#fnaf#fnaf fandom#fnaf fanart#art#fnaf art#video games#fnaf puppet#charlie Emily#william afton#fnaf william afton#fnaf springtrap#springtrap#puppet#fnaf 3 kinda#five nights at freddy's#fnafblr#sorry for all the tags I’m tired
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Beautiful Feixiao
#honkai star rail#gamingedit#feixiao#hsredit#honkaiedit#video games#gifus#I am not immune.#are generals required to like#be hot and stuff#'cause like it happened twice hsdgs#😳👉👈
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dress blues [prints]
#mass effect#commander shepard#Garrus Vakarian#shakarian#Shepard x garrus#femshep#video games#bioware#mass effect fanart#digital art#illustration#artists on tumblr#HI. hello. power couple time#she's not short he's just humongous#also he's got more medals than the normandy one but:#1) turians don't display these on their uniforms generally 2) this is the only one he cares about#and they're matching!#milkyart
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i needed a compilation of dan adoring phil in nice clothes so i made one
#an astonishingly high 'lovely' count on the part of mr dan howell here#and the general simp metre is high#dan and phil#daniel howell#phil lester#amazingphil#dan and phil games#danandphilgames#dapg#dapgames#gamingmas#phan#dnp#dnpgames#dan howell#my stuff#my videos#1k
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"Chaos Control!" "Stop it. That life was taken from me long ago. I need to focus on the mission at hand. A threat lurks aboard the ARK, and I must eliminate it." ↪ : SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS (25.10.2024)
#Shadow having flashbacks about Maria was absolutely heartbreaking..#I cry for Shadow because he doesn't let himself#shadow the hedgehog#sonic x shadow generations#anime#gamingedit#video games#my gifs
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SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS • Autumn 2024
#sonic#sonicedit#gamingedit#sonic the hedgehog#shadow the hedgehog#sonic generations#sonic x shadow generations#classic sonic#modern sonic#state of play#video games#thelvadams.gifs#love wins 🥰
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8th annual nick valentine post! fallout 4 npcs Love sitting. they'll see a chair and ask "is anyone gonna sit here" and not wait for an answer. its like nick is on a personal quest to sit in every chair in the commonwealth. if he sees a chair its on sight
its because his joints are bad, obviously. he's like 140
#fallout#fallout 4#nick valentine#fo4#art#doodles#comic#fallout soup#do not tag sole survivor or ship please and thank u (she is not the protag!)#once again i see your weird video game quirks and bugs and raise you headcanons for all of them#i like to think about all the stuff that happens in the game besides the literal gameplay#stopping to sleep places or to shelter from the rain. tending to injuries. or just synth maintenance#having a picnic in an abandoned department store :)#the general realities of living in the commonwealth#anyway poor ol peepaws got fucking robot arthritis can we get Fs IN THE CHAT
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