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[telophase]

And because this DW/LJ has unexpectedly turned into All Video Games All The Time, here's a link to a funny article where someone decides to see what a video game character is up to when you send him home.

In Fallout 4, one of the companions is Dogmeat, a German shepherd (Alsatian, I think, if you're a Brit?). If you tell him to go home, he will run off and, some time later, end up back at your home base. This guy followed him.

To reassure you, because the Fallout 4 wasteland is a harsh one, Dogmeat is an unkillable character--if his hit points get low enough, he sits down and whines (in a really upsetting way, IMHO!) until they go back up again or you shoot him up with a stimpack.

Also, I find one of the funniest parts of the game is how Brotherhood pilots crash vertibirds ALL THE TIME.

Comments

[wyrdness.livejournal.com]

An entertaining video. :) Though I think Dogmeat being immortal this time is kind of cheaty. Keeping that dog alive was part of the charm, it's hard to have Teh Feels when you know he's just going to whine a bit then get up good as new. Why even make enemies aggro him if he can't die? :-/

P.S. I think most of us in the UK, except maybe dog breeders, use Alsatian and German Shepherd interchangeably these days. Though "Alsatian" was much more common when I was a kid so maybe it's gradually being replaced due to us picking up stuff from the internet (I've caught myself using the American version of "pissed" a number of times in the last year or so. It's embarrassing whenever someone else points it out and I can't even blame it on the drink. XD)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Toby said that he ended up leaving Dogmeat home previously, since he didn't want his dog to die, dammit!

My knowledge of UK terminology tends to be gleaned from books and television twenty years out of date. :) (However, the way y'all pronounce "squirrel" will never not be funny. I am given to understand the reverse holds true as well. :D)

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

That was an entertaining read :)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:)