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You might remember awhile back when I suggested Chris Avellone needs to do a “Post Nuclear Apocalypse” MMORPG.  Videogamer.com today announced that Interplay is looking to raise funding for a Fallout MMO as part of its two pronged growth strategy.

Personally, I of course think they should license the project to Obsidian Entertainment.  When you need the game to be good and you already have a chunk of the developers who made it great still together under one roof, how could you not give it to them to run with?

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For those of you who don’t know, Chris Avellone began as a level designer for Fallout 2, then would go on to be Co-Lead Designer for the original cancelled Fallout 3 (not the Elder Scrolls IV meets Fallout version currently in development).

So why does Chris matter? Why is he worth mentioning? Because he’s the one who published “The Fallout Bible“.

The guy knows post nuclear apocalypse lore.

So what we have are two simple facts:
Chris Avellone is a post nuclear apocalypse Lore Master.
No one yet has done a real “Post Nuclear Apocalypse” MMO.

A good MMO needs a great lead lore master. It’s the difference between WoW and one of those weird Korean MMO’s your friend played after getting kicked out of his guild. We’ve got the lore master, we’ve got the open niche in the market. Let’s see a “Post Nuclear Apocalypse” MMO.
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