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Good Old Games Deals: More Fallout Than You Can Handle

Posted by Bob Mackey

I may have been late to the party on Fallout 3, but Bethesda's RPG masterpiece (yeah, I went there) is one of the few games I had to force myself to finish, just because otherwise I knew I'd be playing it forever. Mainly, I wanted to clear my plate of Fallout and go back for a second helping this upcoming summer, where I plan on playing through the game again (and purchase all of the expansion packs) as a right wasteland bastard, instead of the goody-two-shoes of my last apocalyptic adventure. But now that the fine folks over at Good Old Games are offering Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics--along with some super-nice goodies--bundled together for the odd price of $14.37, I suddenly feel the urge to visit the early years of a series I inexplicably missed as a mid-to-late-90s PC gamer.

As with anything available at Good Old Games (who is in no way paying me for this post), the real incentive for their digital downloads--aside from the ultra-low price--are the extras bundled with every purchase--and this Fallout three-pack has some good ones:

- 3 original soundtracks in MP3
- 9 hi-res wallpapers
- More than 300 artworks from all games
- Fallout Bible with special introduction by Chris Avellone (205 pages)
- Set of avatars
- 3 original manuals and reference cards

As someone who would legitimately read a Fallout novel, the "Bible" seems especially interesting. And if you share my recently-developed love for this gritty RPG series, you should probably know that GOG's deal on the bundle ends at 11:59 PM on April 27th--which should be just enough time to shake $14.37 out of your couch cushions.

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Posted Apr 21 2009, 02:45 PM

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For a brief period of time I was Bull from TV's Night Court, but some of you may know me from the humor column I wrote for Youngstown State University's The Jambar, Kent State University's The Stater, and Youngstown's alternative newspaper, The Walruss. I'm perhaps most well-known for my bi-weekly pieces on Something Awful. I've also blogged for Valley24.com and have written articles for EGM, 1UP, GameSpite and Cracked. For all of my writing over the years, I have made a total of twenty American dollars. It's also said that I draw cartoons, which people have described with words such as "legible." I kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby and am looking to do so again in the future.

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