Next week is the start of annual gaming convention Quakecon, where we’re likely to see some news about Fallout 76, the latest installment in a franchise that hit its two-decade anniversary last year. Inspired by Fallout 76 coverage like this essay from my colleague Patricia Hernandez, I started replaying the original 1997 Fallout this summer, then I got sucked into a vortex of Black Isle Studios games. The upshot is that I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of the past two months clicking through isometric battles and dialog trees, and I have no idea when or how I’ll break free, so it’s fair to say the late ‘90s is on my mind a lot lately.
Unfortunately, Fallout 2 isn’t turning 20 until late September, so there’s no news on that front here….
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/4/17644790/soho-satellite-robot-wars-general-magic-this-week-in-tech-20-years-ago