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Role Playing (Games)

Fallout 3 Launches Amidst Controversy 397

Earlier this week, Bethesda released Fallout 3 after a long campaign of defending and protecting the game's reputation from claims that it contained inappropriate content. Ads for the game in Washington DC's subway system were pulled after they upset some touchy travelers over the depiction of post-apocalyptic Washington landmarks. Shortly before the game's release, early trailers were removed as well. Earlier this year, the game was banned in Australia for its in-game use of morphine, causing the drug's name to be changed to Med-X. On the issue of sensitive content, Bethesda's Emil Pagliarulo wrote in Edge Magazine about the design decision to disallow the killing of children in the game. Gamasutra ran an opinion piece on the same subject, and the Washington Post discusses the role of Washington DC in Fallout 3. On the DRM front, the game does come with SecuROM, but Bethesda says it's only used for a disc check. Reviews for the game have been overwhelmingly positive so far, despite reports of bugs with the save system and occasional lock-ups.

Comment Re:Microprose (Score 1) 476

oooo... I remember doing that mission over and over. I thought it was dropping some supplies to some rebels at some secret airstrip in the mideast somewhere. On the way back you might get some fighters that show up but the gun took them out pretty easily. The copy protection on that game was pretty nice though. After flipping throught the book enough you memorized the outlines of all the planes. Copy protection that taught you something... those were the good ole days. :P

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