<;img width=";1920"; height=";1080"; src=";https://www.pcgamesn.com/wp-content/sites/pcgamesn/2017/09/fallout-making-of.jpg"; class=";webfeedsFeaturedVisual"; alt=";How on Earth did Fallout ever get made?"; title=";How on Earth did Fallout ever get made?";>;<;p>;<;strong>;April 12‚ 2024:<;/strong>;With the launch of the Fallout TV show‚ were taking a trip down memory lane to reshare some of our classic Fallout coverage. This post was originally published in October of 2017.<;/p>;<;p>;Tim Cain was at PAX when he first saw Vault Boy as a living‚ breathing entity - it was a cosplayer of 16 or 17 years old‚ hair gelled to replicate that distinctive swirl. This is <;em>;weird<;/em>;‚ he thought. Feargus Urquhart remembers walking into Target and seeing that same gelled haircut and toothy smile‚ not on a fan this time‚ but emblazoned across half a meter of cotton. How is it that a game that we all worked on somehow created something iconic?‚ he wondered. How did it show up on a t-shirt in a department store?<;/p>;<;p>;In the years since‚ Bethesda has taken <;strong>;Fallout<;/strong>; into first-person‚ online‚ and the pop culture mainstream. Vault Boy has become as recognizable as Mickey Mouse. The series sardonic‚ faux-50s imagery now feels indelible‚ as if it has always been here. But it hasnt.<;/p>; <;div>;Continue reading <;a href=";https://www.pcgamesn.com/fallout/making-of";>;How on Earth did Fallout ever get made?<;/a>;<;/div>;MORE FROM PCGAMESN: <;a href=";https://www.pcgamesn.com/15-best-rpgs-pc";>;Best RPG games<;/a>;‚ <;a href=";https://www.pcgamesn.com/old-games-best-classic-pc-games";>;Best old games<;/a>;‚ <;a href=";https://www.pcgamesn.com/fallout-5/fallout-5-release-date-locations-gameplay-story-companions-trailer-system-requirements";>;Fallout 5 release date<;/a>;