Posts Tagged ‘Fallout 3’
Paul has already given something of a vivid opinion on Avatar. And me being a serial cynic of all things existent, I expected that I too would grab the brass hate-ring and hold fast while the carousel of social mania swirled itself into the ground, waiting it out until the bluegasm subsided.
Imagine an abandoned building — let's say a ruined apartment. Somewhere in that building is a stairwell that leads to the basement. Wander through that lightless place until you see an old rusty grate in the floor, and pry it open. Go down the ladder until you find yourself in a small sub-basement full of old rotting boxes and broken tools, and find a little closet at the far end. There's a busted water heater stuck in the corner, but around the side of it you can find just enough room to squeeze in. Don't mind the little puddle of grime on the floor: it's been there longer than you have. Congratulations, you've just found a Shadowy Corner. They're special places, imbued with ancient secrets and a mystical je ne sais quoi, and they scare the hell out of me.
Wandering through the benighted wasteland of Bethesda Studios' Fallout 3, I am struck not so much by the oppressive quality of desolation, as I am by a strange ubiquity: everywhere I travel, littering the ground and filling containers of various types, including the many corpses of my enemies, are the innumerable leftover objects of an enormous and prolific industrial economy.
