Fallout (2024) series: Tie in Media Can Definitely Save an Aging Video Game Series

^[1]For many gamers, and fans of the Bethesda Fallout series, have their own thing going. It’s like clamoring for straws as to which game is the greatest. Some would definitely argue Fallout New Vegas is the best, but to me, every Fallout game is just a Fallout game taking place in a distinct time and setting, having no real continuity or plot to speak of. Just survive and hope and pray you don’t die.

            Fallout has existed since 1997, consistently a best seller, even if the games themselves are often polarizing to each individual person. Fallout tells the tale of survival in a post nuclear world after the Russians drop a bomb on the United States in the 50’s. Bought by Bethesda studios, and famously helmed by Todd Howard whose mighty saying, “it just works” mentality, the property has since seen meteoric rise and disastrous lows, while still maintaining its place as a “loved/hated” game series. Suffice to say, some of the games “just don’t work,” both literally and technically.

(Note: Fleekazoids “Erasing Humanity with Dairy products in Fallout 4” is the Amazon Prime series we all needed.)

            To me, when Amazon studios announced the Fallout game was becoming a series, I asked, “Why the fuck would anyone want this?” But to my surprise, people who don’t play video games do watch television or consume other products, like novels or tie in media. It’s just the way a product can diversify and serve other avenues of commercial brands.