As I once more chase Benny through the wastes of Fallout: New Vegas, it occurs to me that Big Iron – Marty Robbins' outlaw ballad made infamous by Radio New Vegas – is a chilling microcosm of life in Obsidian's RPG. When the Arizona Ranger with a big iron on his hip rolls into Agua Fria, its townsfolk clock him not as a hero, but as an unknown entity. A dangerous one.
"No one dared to ask his business / No one dared to make a slip," croons Robbins, before drawing our attention back to the big iron on his hip. Because that's what it all comes down to: this enigmatic blank has a gun, and he might just use it.
