The incredibly strange and delightful Fallout 3 launch party
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Oct 11th 2008 at 2:30PM }
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Bethesda is throwing a radiation-hot launch party for Fallout 3 next Saturday in Los Angeles, complete with even more Vault Boy retro graphics. The party features headline music by the Foo Fighters, and it's hosted by Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Odette Yustman, Ben Harper, and it's being co-hosted by the Bethesda / Zenimax board of directors, which includes bigwig producer Jerry Bruckheimer, bigwig CBS president Les Moonves, bigwig MGM president Harry Sloan and and bigwig baseballer Cal Ripken, Jr.
That's an odd mix of folks to kick off this post-apocalyptic video game, but given the current state of the economy, maybe everyone is embracing impending disaster and learning to love the bomb. Joystiq will be on-hand to take photos and collect thoughts about Fallout 3. Plus those frolic-inducing spirits sounds pretty damn goon.
That's an odd mix of folks to kick off this post-apocalyptic video game, but given the current state of the economy, maybe everyone is embracing impending disaster and learning to love the bomb. Joystiq will be on-hand to take photos and collect thoughts about Fallout 3. Plus those frolic-inducing spirits sounds pretty damn goon.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 11th 2008 2:35PM
I eagerly await the day when the big gaming companies acknowledge that there is life outside of California
dark_inchworm @ Oct 11th 2008 2:57PM
On post-apocalyptic Earth, California is all that's left.
Anticrawl @ Oct 11th 2008 3:04PM
Haha agreed man, atleast a more cental location would be nice for big events. A state like TN would be nice for that, internation airport and shipping hub of the nation.
brian @ Oct 11th 2008 3:24PM
would have made sense to have the launch party in... i don't know, washington?
Nick the Hero of Canton @ Oct 11th 2008 3:57PM
California and Hawaii, actually. Alaska can come too...
Chris Are @ Oct 11th 2008 4:13PM
"On post-apocalyptic Earth, California is all that's left."
Said the probably-resident of CA. The rest of us (primarily Coloradans who want Californians to STAY IN CALIFORNIA) are hoping California just drops into the ocean.
"Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
Learn to swim."
Though I have to admit I'm in love w/ San Francisco.
Does Courtney Cox even play video games?
Daniel @ Oct 11th 2008 4:24PM
OK, dump cali into the sea - but don't come crying when 1/8th of the country's economy goes with it...
Also, I'm glad there are so many LA haters that will never discover the best parts of this city because it's TOO CROWDED ALREADY.
Kevin Kelly @ Oct 11th 2008 4:23PM
But on the flipside, would anyone notice if Colorado vanished off the face of the Earth? Probably not, except when ski season comes around.
Anticrawl @ Oct 11th 2008 4:31PM
The only reason I even acknowledge Colorado as a state is because of Cannibal: The Musical and South Park.
AtomicPlayboy @ Oct 11th 2008 5:01PM
FWIW, Cali will get the hell beat out of it in a nuke fight, but as far as fallout (and Fallout) goes, the rest of the nation will get it a lot worse once the bombs have stopped falling.
http://www.ki4u.com/nuclearsurvival/states/ca.htm
ill trooper @ Oct 11th 2008 6:30PM
Chris Are sure sounds like a grump.
Chris Are @ Oct 11th 2008 7:10PM
I'm no grump! I just don't like CA. :-)
dark_inchworm @ Oct 14th 2008 11:22AM
Several days late, but: Hey dumbass! I've never set foot in California in my life. My post was humor.
I actually just happen to live in that one state Anticrawl mentioned.
dark_inchworm @ Oct 14th 2008 11:23AM
...er, the first one he mentioned. Tennessee.
Who cares, nobody's going to read this.
syrik zero @ Oct 11th 2008 2:39PM
I'd love some goon spirits too!
michas_pi @ Oct 11th 2008 3:02PM
Hehe, "pretty damn goon".
wiredknight @ Oct 11th 2008 3:03PM
Points for Dr. Strangelove reference!
FSK405K @ Oct 11th 2008 3:19PM
AAAGH! BETHESDA, MD-based software company flies to LA to have a launch party. They sure know how to screw their VA/DC/MD fans!
Chris @ Dec 26th 2008 2:00PM
Not like you'd be invited anyway...
yo @ Oct 11th 2008 3:19PM
i thought foo fighters were "taking a break", they must be getting paid really good
knottyboystikesback @ Oct 11th 2008 4:01PM
I wish this bomb would hurry up and drop, I'm ready to worship.
Ron @ Oct 11th 2008 4:58PM
Damn man, if I wasn't in Las Vegas right now I'd definitely be there.
knottyboystikesback @ Oct 11th 2008 5:41PM
If I was in Australia I would be there... but that's another story.
j.howlett @ Oct 11th 2008 6:26PM
i find myself getting excited for this game to come out but i don't have the desire to play it. probably because i like the subject matter and setting,
BigD145 @ Oct 11th 2008 6:51PM
Someone should take a copy of Mine-Shaft Gap to play. Yes, that really is a game.
Admittance @ Oct 11th 2008 7:38PM
ben harper isnt he a character off "my family" uk tv show
anyone @ Oct 11th 2008 9:29PM
can anyone go or just invite
demonhunterzao @ Oct 11th 2008 11:34PM
Not a fan of their music by any means, but wouldn't Fall Out Boy been a more appropriate act for this event?
Kevin Kelly @ Oct 11th 2008 11:46PM
Whoa, that is an incredibly good call.
zoglog @ Oct 12th 2008 12:59AM
I love how all the idiots here are whining that it's in
California when they probably can't go anyway since it's clearly an invite only event.
l33tpushpop @ Oct 13th 2008 6:57AM
I second anyone's question:
Invite-only?
Kevin Kelly @ Oct 13th 2008 1:08PM
Unfortunately I believe so.
Rockiltree @ Oct 17th 2008 1:50PM
This was actually last night, not saturday. It was great - the game looks and plays really well and the Foo Fighters kicked a$$. Dare I say it was "the bomb"? Ouch.