At the core of Fallout Season 2 is the erasure of Fallout: New Vegas. What some had dismissed as fan paranoia during Fallout Season 1 now appears as genuine: the show’s world is arranged so that New Vegas must fall no matter what choices the player made in the game.
Fallout was brand new to me but the themes in the TV show are quite striking and you are correct that it feels rushed. They went through all the trouble of introducing the Roman guys and then the writers just toss a grenade. On to the next thing! It's more about feeding a scrolling addiction than exploring an interesting world.
This isn't the only choice. There's a Church choice. Make a bad ass post apoc game or mod where you play as CHRISTIANS. Explicitly. Not allegorical or through being nice. Explicit. Evangelism, converting, planting churches.
Fallout is in a Post America, there are ruined churches and lots of comics to find.... but NO BIBLES??? Weird.
CHANGE THAT. Put OUR CHRIST front and center in these games! Create mods and servers where Christians are bandying about converting locals, fighting baddies and building church based communities. You know... like how the West and all those whiteys were a land of Churches once! Where we got magna cartas and constitutions and colonizing missionaries that spread across the globe with the greatest civilizational concepts! Stopping paganism, brutality, mass slavery, human and baby sacrifices.... ONCE... but it appears... not anymore.
Make Christian mods of evangelism and church building.
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies... I can't be the only one to have that tune play in my mind every time I see Todd Howard's name, can I?
Anyway, if we want to stay within the gaming world, then let's compare this with Kane's words: "He who controls the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past."
And if we want to remain in our harsh reality, then let's move the quote back to its 1984 origin: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
Fantastic deep dive into Bethesda's corporate power play! The comparison between soft power and canon control is realy eye-opening. I've been frustrated with how Season 2 treats New Vegas but you've articulated exactly why it feels so deliberate and hostile. The part about new fans defending the brand rather than the actual story hits different, I see that behavior everywhere online now. Really appreciate the analysis of how franchises get weaponized once they reach a certain scale!
Fallout was brand new to me but the themes in the TV show are quite striking and you are correct that it feels rushed. They went through all the trouble of introducing the Roman guys and then the writers just toss a grenade. On to the next thing! It's more about feeding a scrolling addiction than exploring an interesting world.
This isn't the only choice. There's a Church choice. Make a bad ass post apoc game or mod where you play as CHRISTIANS. Explicitly. Not allegorical or through being nice. Explicit. Evangelism, converting, planting churches.
Fallout is in a Post America, there are ruined churches and lots of comics to find.... but NO BIBLES??? Weird.
CHANGE THAT. Put OUR CHRIST front and center in these games! Create mods and servers where Christians are bandying about converting locals, fighting baddies and building church based communities. You know... like how the West and all those whiteys were a land of Churches once! Where we got magna cartas and constitutions and colonizing missionaries that spread across the globe with the greatest civilizational concepts! Stopping paganism, brutality, mass slavery, human and baby sacrifices.... ONCE... but it appears... not anymore.
Make Christian mods of evangelism and church building.
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies... I can't be the only one to have that tune play in my mind every time I see Todd Howard's name, can I?
Anyway, if we want to stay within the gaming world, then let's compare this with Kane's words: "He who controls the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past."
And if we want to remain in our harsh reality, then let's move the quote back to its 1984 origin: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
Fantastic deep dive into Bethesda's corporate power play! The comparison between soft power and canon control is realy eye-opening. I've been frustrated with how Season 2 treats New Vegas but you've articulated exactly why it feels so deliberate and hostile. The part about new fans defending the brand rather than the actual story hits different, I see that behavior everywhere online now. Really appreciate the analysis of how franchises get weaponized once they reach a certain scale!