For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news.
As Fallout continues to expand past the video games like a radioactive mushroom cloud, lead Bethesda writer Emil Pagliarulo says the company is incredibly against retconning existing lore, and keeping the Fallout universe together is actually one of the "biggest honours" of his role.
"In Fallout, [all of] the lore matters, and if you think it doesn't, the internet will remind you that it does," Pagliarulo explained in an interview with PC Gamer Magazine. "It's important to Fallout fans, whether something was made pre-war or post-war, it all matters. And it's a huge responsibility."
Pagliarulo's been shouldering that responsibility for years at this point, having served as a quest designer on Fallout 3 and a lead writer for Fallout 4 and Fallout Shelter, while also working on everything from Skyrim to Starfield in between post-apocalyptic tales.
Article continues below
"I actually consider that one of the biggest honours and responsibilities of my job, keeping the lore together and tight," Pagliarulo continued. "Retconning is a terrible thing generally - you don't want to change something that's come before. We never want to retcon, but we do like to add on to the existing fiction, and do that in a way that doesn't spit in the eye of what came before, and that's a challenge a lot of times."
Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.
You must confirm your public display name before commenting
Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.
Join The Community
