WHETHER YOU’RE A GAMER OR not, you’ve likely seen or heard of the Fallout videogame series. For the record, it’s the one featuring that super smiley blond kid mascot in the blue and yellow jumpsuit waving at you at every videogame retailer.
The series has been around for three decades now, as the original game, created by Tim Cain, was released way back in 1997. His creation was a futuristic, post-apocalyptic RPG for personal computers. But by 2008, under new developers Bethesda Softworks and game director Todd Howard, the series evolved into an expansive, open-world, multi-platform experience in Fallout 3.