THE OLD ULTRAVIOLENCE

Fallout’s co-creator says only we can stop videogame bloodshed

Lincoln Carpenter

After thousands of hours spent in combat with orcs, androids and enemy militants, it’s become harder to find novelty in videogame violence. While Steam overflows with trucks, farms and city builders for when I’ve grown battle-weary, violence remains the mode of interaction, even in triple-A RPGs that tout player freedom. Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says that’s not going to change as long as we all keep buying it. In a YouTube video that went public on New Year’s Day, Cain responded to a viewer who asked whether he thinks we’ll ever see triple-A RPGs move beyond violence as the default way for players to interact with the world. Cain’s answer was simple: big-budget RPGs will centre combat as long as combat sells. “Companies make games – and in general, products…

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