references to popular tv shows you would like in the game : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:37 pm

they should definitely include the remains of the Thunder Child.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:50 am

The Holy Hand Grenade has already been done, I can't believe its to be used twice ~well... I suppose I can believe it, but I don't want to.

Well, at this point, it's not just a reference to Monty Python, but also a reference to the Monty Python reference in Fallout 2.

References to references.

Yo dawg, we herd you like pop culture so we put a reference in your reference so you can nostalgia while you nostalgia.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:59 am

Well, at this point, it's not just a reference to Monty Python, but also a reference to the Monty Python reference in Fallout 2.

References to references.

Yo dawg, we herd you like pop culture so we put a reference in your reference so you can nostalgia while you nostalgia.

I thought that the Holy Hand grenade in Fallout 2 was rumor and now Obsidian put it in New Vegas to reference that. Where is the Hand Grenade exactly? I've seen the King Arthur thing but he wasn't carrying a Holy Hand Grenade.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:48 am

I want to walk up to a building with a planet express sign where you could find a protectron(might spelled wrong) named bender

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:41 pm

I thought that the Holy Hand grenade in Fallout 2 was rumor and now Obsidian put it in New Vegas to reference that. Where is the Hand Grenade exactly? I've seen the King Arthur thing but he wasn't carrying a Holy Hand Grenade.

so a reference to the reference that you referenced?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:02 am

so a reference to the reference that you referenced?

yes a reference to the referenced that I referenced that you referenced.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:15 pm

I thought that the Holy Hand grenade in Fallout 2 was rumor and now Obsidian put it in New Vegas to reference that. Where is the Hand Grenade exactly? I've seen the King Arthur thing but he wasn't carrying a Holy Hand Grenade.

You have to kill all the knights, or let the rabbit kill them, shoot rabbit in the eyes, or just sneak past them if you're good enough, and then the holy hand grenade is behind them in a chest inside a cave- its not on his person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrFt5mbI-9Q

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:03 pm

I do believe that the HH encounter is not actually functional in FO2 without a fan patch.

Ah... the wiki has it
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Holy_Hand_Grenade

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:09 pm

I love Top Gear. That show is hilarious, and it has cars and bikes. What's not to love?

Exactly... :thinking:

How 'bout this for an encounter: You are out in the desert near an old highway and you run across three high-end cars and two large SUVs in the ditch. They've been there for centuries, of course. Inside you find cameras nailed to the dashboard, One of them has a purple stripey jumper, the second a teeth whitening kit and the third has an MP5 in the passenger seat. The two SUVs are full of cameras sticking out from where the back window used to be. Of course it would only show with Wild Wasteland, but hey. It'd be cooooool.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:59 am

The Holy Hand Grenade has already been done, I can't believe its to be used twice ~well... I suppose I can believe it, but I don't want to.

Its not accurate (at all), but I can't help thinking that this is like (and again, its not), but I just keep envisioning a bewildered group of suited execs that all resemble Peter O' Toole,
sitting around a boardroom table struggling with the alien concept of "just what do these loopy beatniks want?"; "What appeals to them?" "Try what worked last time."... :laugh:

It does feel kind of weird that so many things keep getting recycled. I feel that it is partly to appeal to new fans, to introduce them to iconic elements of the series, and partly because the Fallout fanbase is so (in)famously unpleasable that every new development team on a Fallout project feels like they have to keep throwing out these "bones" proven to sooth the savage beasts to keep from getting devoured.

That other forum is pretty funny to read right now, because there is almost a "confused" feeling to the forum posts, where many (of course not all) are excited about New Vegas due to the return of original dev team members, and manifestation of many elements from the discarded Van Buren project, but they seem almost ashamed to show it. The undercurrent is very . . . interesting at the moment.

Well, at this point, it's not just a reference to Monty Python, but also a reference to the Monty Python reference in Fallout 2.

References to references.

Yo dawg, we herd you like pop culture so we put a reference in your reference so you can nostalgia while you nostalgia.

That is deep. Though I am ashamed to admit I want to see the return of the fuzzy Elvis painting . . . .

I do believe that the HH encounter is not actually functional in FO2 without a fan patch.

Ah... the wiki has it
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Holy_Hand_Grenade

Huh. It just occurred to me that I don't think I've ever played Fallout 2 without the fan patches. Well, Killap's patch anyway.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:14 am

yes a reference to the referenced that I referenced that you referenced.

a reference to the reference that you referenced that I referenced that you referenced?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:21 am

Fear and Loathing references are a large defining factor of how much i'll enjoy this game.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:01 am

Most TV svcks, the only good stuff is on HBO and Showtime. I would much rather have movie references than TV shows.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISyPz5XRyI

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:18 pm

If there were TV references I would want them to be period specific, not contemporary Television. The latest I would want to see would be references to Patty Duke, My Three Sons, Mr Ed etc.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:22 am

If there were TV references I would want them to be period specific, not contemporary Television. The latest I would want to see would be references to Patty Duke, My Three Sons, Mr Ed etc.

I can live with that. So, you run into a cowboy in the wastes, dressed head to toe in black, with a silver chess knight embossed on his holster who hands you a business card reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel.

(Then get a loud outcry when the Trekkies realize they're being shortchanged, as Gene Roddenberry was a writer for the show in question.)

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:16 am

1. Got to have star trek references I also want me a phaser....errr I mean phazer.
2. A fountain with a bunch of skeletons in and one of them is holding an umbrella(a certain voice actor in NV is related to this)

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:22 am

Wacky Wasteland trait. Without it you won't need to worry about seeing any easter eggs at all!

INDEED i believe if you dont take it it would be serois with a very rare little giggle maker in a computer, but with wild wasteland it should be a flood of references [not every 2 steps but just a lil more than fo2] and let i would squeel with delight if i was asked if i heard the drums...the never ending drums.... :blink: