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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout lead Tim Cain argues games industry crisis hasn't reached the level of the 1983 crash: 'I don't think there's ever been a worse time in the games industry' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ He doesn't want to diminish the current crisis, though. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout's creator reveals you could have played as a snoring cow hater who believes in UFOs, had Black Isle stuck with its original licensed roleplaying system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tim Cain spills the tea on "GURPS Fallout". ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rick Lane ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bsje6xd2VoLUVFacQEDqNW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator Tim Cain once proposed a first-person time-travel RPG where you could assassinate historical figures and create paradoxes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "One, visit 15 different time periods. Two, meet interesting historical figures. Three, kill them." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 23:33:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[RPG]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Justin Wagner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3yTcG3EnWfJ6YqZzDouj5c.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout designer Tim Cain thinks influencers have changed how people make and play games: 'more people seem to be abdicating their own judgement to that of people they see online' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I have no idea what the 2030s are going to be like." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 22:31:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator wants to make one last game before he retires 'for the second time' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tim Cain's considering dipping back into the industry for one last go. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:48:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Fallout]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ harvey.randall@futurenet.com (Harvey Randall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harvey Randall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rws7mDGqrkaXrNKCH4jZ2D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tim Cain says he got hired at Interplay because he knew THAC0 better than the other guy, and went out of his way to prove it ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ You never know where things will lead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:02:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[RPG]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andy Chalk ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fhJSYUb92TCEtsz4ZL8UZL.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says less is often more in game design: 'As a very wise designer once said to me, a game that includes everything is about nothing' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As hard as it is to admit, an idea isn't necessarily worth implementing just because it sounds cool. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:59:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lincoln Carpenter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FPyrdqJC7WX382U9Ubt8Ee.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Outer Worlds deliberately doesn't do racial or gender discrimination in order to zero in on class, but 'that made the tone of the game feel off,' says director Tim Cain ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Even people in the same social class have their differences. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Issy van der Velde ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rewH87DbBmXv37GV7ZPJ63-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout's co-creator again recalls nixing 'Terminator-style' robots in the original game, which has me rubbing my chin real hard at Fallout 4's entire plot: 'Mr Handy and Terminator robot do not belong in the same universe' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Talking raccoons also do not belong there, it turns out. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:34:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Fallout]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua Wolens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SXuALfFkYbTT9o5tjJroaV.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout's origin can be traced back to a pizza party Tim Cain threw ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ But were there anchovies? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jody Macgregor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3SnLWZBtqUMSAffCn6DvAD.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says 'remote work isn't all sunshine and lollipops' and explains why he's happy to be back in the Obsidian office after 5 years of semi-retirement ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Uncle Tim likes a bagel once a week." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Issy van der Velde ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pptn7ds3H7Gx3ecLiyZX94-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout lead Tim Cain worked 70+ hours a week for 2 years to make the classic RPG: 'I'm glad things have changed, that was unsustainable⁠—but it was also absolutely amazing' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I often drove to work in the dark and drove home in the dark." ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator Tim Cain boils RPGs down into 9 different types of quests, but warns "more of one thing means less of another" ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Developers only have a finite amount of time to code, so more quests can often mean more bugs. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Issy van der Velde ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q2s7bkKB7S7nLnNdjK52V4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Original Fallout lead Tim Cain reckons vitriol around games has always been around, but it's 'more hostile' these days: 'I see lot of people arguing past each other, even if that means denying that the other group even exists' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/original-fallout-lead-tim-cain-reckons-vitriol-around-games-has-always-been-around-but-its-more-hostile-these-days-i-see-lot-of-people-arguing-past-each-other-even-if-that-means-denying-that-the-other-group-even-exists/</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "People have always had different tastes and they wanted different things." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:34:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Justin Wagner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3yTcG3EnWfJ6YqZzDouj5c.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                            <![CDATA[ Emphasis on "masterpieces." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:51:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'I'm over making other people really wealthy with my own creations': Fallout co-creator Tim Cain isn't interested in making a new IP or a sequel to one of his classic RPGs and, at this point, he's 'exasperated with the question' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I'm still making toys and I love them, and they make me happy." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:08:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[RPG]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Justin Wagner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3yTcG3EnWfJ6YqZzDouj5c.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nobody can agree what an 'immersive sim' is, but OG Fallout lead Tim Cain has his own definition: 'The very elements that make something an immsim are the ones that I also think make good RPGs' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/nobody-can-agree-what-an-immersive-sim-is-but-og-fallout-lead-tim-cain-has-his-own-definition-the-very-elements-that-make-something-an-immsim-are-the-ones-that-i-also-think-make-good-rpgs/</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lots of games are immersive, lots of games are simulations, but which ones nail both qualities a la Deus Ex? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:26:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Sim]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Justin Wagner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3yTcG3EnWfJ6YqZzDouj5c.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cain? On games? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:50:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joshua.wolens@futurenet.com (Joshua Wolens) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua Wolens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oYajqiFjn2Rwz4msxoLFyP.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says canon is 'whatever the owner of the IP says it is' but that's okay because 'the best part of interpretation is you can't be wrong' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cain used his long-running vlog series to discuss the lines between text, interpretation, and authorial intent. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:47:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Justin Wagner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3yTcG3EnWfJ6YqZzDouj5c.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/fallout-co-creator-tim-cain-says-todays-games-suffer-from-trying-to-be-everything-for-everyone-when-they-should-be-learning-from-80s-games-these-games-were-really-focused-because-they-had-to-be/</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Games are bigger than ever—but are they really better? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:11:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lincoln Carpenter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FPyrdqJC7WX382U9Ubt8Ee.png ]]></dc:description>
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                            <![CDATA[ I always knew it was a capitalist plot. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:34:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joshua.wolens@futurenet.com (Joshua Wolens) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua Wolens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oYajqiFjn2Rwz4msxoLFyP.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What does OG Fallout's co-creator want to see in the series? An 'actual good faction, like 100% good' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Check out ol' goody four-shoes over here (he's mutated by radiation). ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua Wolens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SXuALfFkYbTT9o5tjJroaV.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout creator Tim Cain does the impossible, makes me shift my opinion on respecs just a little bit, because fine, I guess it does sometimes turn bad design 'into a player problem' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Darnit. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ harvey.randall@futurenet.com (Harvey Randall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harvey Randall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rws7mDGqrkaXrNKCH4jZ2D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'They told me to destroy' my backups, Fallout creator Tim Cain says: 'People high up at companies take authority but no responsibility' for game preservation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cain said he wasn't allowed to save the original Fallout's source code for his own archive, and some of its assets may be lost for good. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:35:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Justin Wagner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3yTcG3EnWfJ6YqZzDouj5c.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tim Cain talks about the challenges facing a Fallout remaster: 'How much are we now changing the original Fallout? Is this a quality of life thing or are you making a new game?' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Remastering one of the greatest RPGs of all time sounds like a pretty straightforward proposition, but Cain is here to remind us all that it's not. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 15:22:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andy Chalk ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hkTeZoDeGrvhQZtrNGPkbB.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout creator laments the loss of the game's earliest development materials: 'I had that in digital form and was ordered to destroy it' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "The amount of stuff that's been lost about Fallout and its early development saddens me," Tim Cain says. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:29:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rich Stanton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KdP7Kn5MdDqLpWVBtKwMiD.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout 1 lead Tim Cain says the marketing department wanted him to make it real-time 'because of Diablo,' but he got them to back off when he told them how much it would cost ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ He has some ideas of how real-time Fallout 1 could theoretically work, but says "I would never do it." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:00:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ OG Fallout lead Tim Cain dusts off a trove of old development photos dating back to 1994 to show 'what development looked like in the '90s' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We've got team photos, candids, and even the physical 3D models used to make Fallout's "talking heads." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:19:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says violence will be the default in AAA RPGs as long as we keep buying it: 'Companies don't make them because they feel like it. They make them because they sell' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/fallout-co-creator-tim-cain-says-violence-will-be-the-default-in-aaa-rpgs-as-long-as-we-keep-buying-it-companies-dont-make-them-because-they-feel-like-it-they-make-them-because-they-sell/</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Companies make games—and in general, products—that people will buy." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 23:24:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lincoln Carpenter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FPyrdqJC7WX382U9Ubt8Ee.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Fallout wasn't designed to have other players': Fallout co-creator Tim Cain was extremely wary of turning it into an MMO ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Long before Fallout 76, we almost had Fallout Online, but Cain had serious doubts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Fraser Brown ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wKNKbq8mrKbjjBvak9oDSh.png ]]></dc:description>
                                                                                                        <dc:contributor><![CDATA[ Jeremy Peel ]]></dc:contributor>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout's Tim Cain spent 6 years working on defunct MMO WildStar, twice as long as any other game, and thinks that might have something to do with why it failed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Games had shifted." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:51:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Fraser Brown ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wKNKbq8mrKbjjBvak9oDSh.png ]]></dc:description>
                                                                                                        <dc:contributor><![CDATA[ Jeremy Peel ]]></dc:contributor>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator Tim Cain hasn't made sequels to his other cult classic RPGs because they didn't sell well: 'You should have bought it'  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Sometimes gamers need to put their money where their mouth is." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Fraser Brown ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wKNKbq8mrKbjjBvak9oDSh.png ]]></dc:description>
                                                                                                        <dc:contributor><![CDATA[ Jeremy Peel ]]></dc:contributor>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ OG Fallout lead Tim Cain explains just how much thought went into the timeline, and why canned beans were key: 'Post-apocalypse, but not so far post- that everything's collapsed and everyone's dead' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "We wanted it to be blank slate tabula rasa, the player and the character don't know what they're getting into." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:24:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rich Stanton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KdP7Kn5MdDqLpWVBtKwMiD.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Original Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says 'critique of capitalism was never the point' of the games and if anything they're about how 'war is inevitable given basic human nature' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ But he doesn't mind if you take an anti-capitalist message away anyhow. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ joshua.wolens@futurenet.com (Joshua Wolens) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua Wolens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oYajqiFjn2Rwz4msxoLFyP.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Original Fallout lead Tim Cain says the team planned for there to be 1000 Vaults, but he thinks there are actually far fewer in the setting ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "The conclusion here is Vault Tec: They didn't build all 1,000 Vaults, they didn't even come close." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:08:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ It would take a lot to get OG Fallout lead Tim Cain to return to the series: 'The very first question out of my mouth is 'What's new about it?'' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I'm not even interested unless there's something new and different there." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:29:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tim Cain reveals his involvement in the cancellation of Interplay's Fallout 3: 'I don't think it would have been a game you would have liked playing' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ All aboard the Cain train for a tale of what might have been. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:53:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rich Stanton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KdP7Kn5MdDqLpWVBtKwMiD.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ After Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Tim Cain worked up a proposal for a Troika RPG based on Conan ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/after-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-tim-cain-worked-up-a-proposal-for-a-troika-rpg-based-on-conan/</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ If there's anyone I'd trust to helm a Conan game it's Big Daddy Cain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:19:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jody Macgregor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3SnLWZBtqUMSAffCn6DvAD.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ OG Fallout lead Tim Cain defends the show's lore changes in a glowing full review⁠⁠—'Not that it matters, I'm not in charge of this anymore⁠, and neither are you' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/og-fallout-lead-tim-cain-defends-the-shows-lore-changes-in-a-glowing-full-reviewnot-that-it-matters-im-not-in-charge-of-this-anymore-and-neither-are-you/</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Lore drift is inevitable in big IPs." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:35:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Original Fallout lead Tim Cain loves the new show, but remains baffled by how 'destructive' fans can act toward 'people who are trying to create things' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "I was just looking at all the props. I realized after a few minutes went by that I had not followed the dialogue at all, because I was so engrossed by it visually." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:07:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout's co-creator may be retired—but he's still advising on The Outer Worlds 2, and how it can avoid the 'huge chasms' of RPG design ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tim Cain's advice will still form a part of Obsidian's sequel, even post-retirement. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:54:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ harvey.randall@futurenet.com (Harvey Randall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harvey Randall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rws7mDGqrkaXrNKCH4jZ2D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A character from the Outer Worlds 2 trailer scratches their own head, as their silhouetted design hasn&#039;t been designed on by the developers yet. The chasm looks pretty, though.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A character from the Outer Worlds 2 trailer scratches their own head, as their silhouetted design hasn&#039;t been designed on by the developers yet. The chasm looks pretty, though.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The original Fallout's pacifist playthrough was an 'accidental' inclusion, but its designers loved the idea so much they kept it in ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The anecdote comes courtesy of veteran developer Tim Cain's YouTube channel. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2023 21:04:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout co-creator settles over two decades of fan debate about who nuked who with a single off-hand comment ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Well that was simple. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:32:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:34:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua Wolens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SXuALfFkYbTT9o5tjJroaV.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout creator reveals why he quit development on 'WoW-killer' Wildstar after internecine company in-fighting ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tim Cain, former design director on Carbine's sank MMO, revealed all on his Youtube channel yesterday. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:20:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ harvey.randall@futurenet.com (Harvey Randall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harvey Randall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rws7mDGqrkaXrNKCH4jZ2D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Original Fallout co-creator finally explains what made him leave the sequel: 'I made an IP from scratch that nobody believed in except the team, and my reward for that was more crunch' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In his latest vlog, Fallout co-creator Tim Cain sheds some light on his departure from Interplay. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tim Cain reveals proposed sequels to Vampire – Bloodlines: 'We were planning a trilogy, which I forgot' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bloodlines' original developers had plans to continue its story. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 01:41:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jody Macgregor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3SnLWZBtqUMSAffCn6DvAD.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fallout's original co-creator has casually dropped 'the true purpose of vaults' on YouTube ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ All those nefarious experiments had a purpose: getting the hell out of here. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 10:58:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Fallout]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua Wolens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SXuALfFkYbTT9o5tjJroaV.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Fallout co-creator has been revealing heater after heater of never-before-seen RPG history on YouTube, including an early Lord of the Rings RPG demo ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Still consulting on games from "semi-retirement," Tim Cain's been doling out RPG deep lore under the radar. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 00:21:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ted Litchfield ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8DyQVBz7FCynDY9QiJyH9D.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Fallout's yours'—Todd Howard learned he could make Fallout 3 from a Post-It ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Todd Howard, Pete Hines, and Tim Cain share memories of Fallout 3. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 18:50:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christopher Livingston ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vMPWcamtj9aoVBYFtt2Hp7.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Tim Cain's hatred of white chocolate  made it into The Outer Worlds as an Easter egg ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The dev team hid a white chocolate bar in the game—and 17 real ones in Tim Cain's office. He hasn't found them all yet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:56:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:54:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ wesley@pcgamer.com (Wes Fenlon) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Wes Fenlon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oLoGHTuSZDFZX6QdzCTj4R.png ]]></dc:description>
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