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Podcast: Retro Spectives
Episode: Episode 61: Fallout
Description: When Fallout first released in 1997 it bucked the trend of what people came to expect from an RPG. There were no swords or bows, no magic or elves - Fallout wanted to give people something different. It fused the grim and unforgiving world of Mad Max with a retro-futuristic alternative history of Earth, where humanity ascended to dazzling heights before being blown to pieces by nuclear weapons.  You play as the Vault Dweller, born and raised in a community fallout shelter. Everything was going fine and dandy until the chip controlling the purification of water broke - and w...