Fallout 4 quickly moves you from it’s opening scene of pre-war, familial life to the post-apocalypse. This is an incredibly rare narrative in games I cannot think of another game I’ve played where the main character is a mother.

In many other ways, like the main story’s maternal focus, Fallout 4 provides an interesting subversion of typical female characters.įrom its outset, I have loved that, for me, Fallout 4 has been about a woman trying to find her kidnapped child and avenge her husband’s death. See the about page to read more about the DG.Ī few hours into Fallout 4 I was sneakily clearing out a group of raiders (common enemies) in a factory when one of the male raiders, searching for me, said, “Scared, just like a little bitch.” As I was filming a Let’s Play at the time, I said my immediate reaction aloud: “Don’t insult my gender!” This was both a moment of interesting player-character identification (as I am a man) and one of Fallout 4 ’s more disappointing gendered interactions. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996.

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