What made the OG Fallout so great is "overlooked" these days, says co-creator Tim Cain "Fallout was great because we pushed each other" GamesRadar · Aug 30
Fallout dev Tim Cain says we should pay more attention to bad games: '[Publishers] often don't learn from failure because they only look at the games that sold well' "Gamers will frequently point to popular games and say, 'we want more of that,' without necessarily knowing exactly what part of those games made them so good." PC Gamer · Aug 22
Fallout co-creator says turn-based and real-time RPGs both have "loud vocal advocates" who won't play anything else, so devs can't please everyone With some RPGs, the choice is clear GamesRadar · Aug 18
Even though turn-based and real time RPGs 'have their loud, vocal advocates,' Fallout developer Tim Cain thinks they both have a place in the genre A statesmanlike take. PC Gamer · Aug 17
OG Fallout was "entirely different" from foundational RPGs like Ultima because those games "expect you to be good," says co-creator: "Fallout has no such expectation" "My idea is to explore more of the ethics of a post-nuclear world, not to make a better plasma gun" GamesRadar · Jul 29
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says Morrowind on Xbox changed everything for console RPGs: "It stunned me" Demolishing the wall between console and PC GamesRadar · Jul 23
Only 16 Fallout: New Vegas developers still work at Obsidian, says RPG's original writer The studio is currently working on a new Fallout game GamesRadar · Jul 15
Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer says it was "pure luck" he directed the RPG at Obsidian: "Almost literally fell in my lap" "I wasn't part of any of those early conversations" GamesRadar · Jul 1
The OG Fallout 3 might not have been canceled if its publisher had seen the "really cool demo" its devs made, Fallout: New Vegas lead says It's "such a bummer" about Van Buren, says Josh Sawyer GamesRadar · Jun 29
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' He doesn't want to diminish the current crisis, though. PC Gamer · May 22
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 Tim Cain spills the tea on "GURPS Fallout". PC Gamer · May 16
The original GURPS Fallout campaign predating the entire franchise still exists thanks to a handwritten note just found by co-creator Tim Cain My head hurts GamesRadar · May 13
"They look to influencers to be told how to think": Fallout co-creator says many gamers parrot content creator opinions instead of forming their own, and I think he's 100% right In the age of content creators, Fallout co-creator Tim Cain believes that players increasingly don't think for themselves and parrot influencer opinions. Windows Central · May 6
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' "I have no idea what the 2030s are going to be like." PC Gamer · May 2
Windows Central · Apr 28 Fallout creator Tim Cain plans to make one last game after rejoining Xbox's Obsidian last year — "I think I am gonna make one more game before I retire again" Tim Cain, co-creator of the Fallout series, believes he'll make one final game before retirement — and said this after returning to Xbox's Obsidian.
GamesRadar · Apr 28 Fallout co-creator hopes to "make one more game" before his second retirement from RPG development "But who knows?"
PC Gamer · Apr 28 Fallout co-creator wants to make one last game before he retires 'for the second time' Tim Cain's considering dipping back into the industry for one last go.
GamesRadar · Apr 22 Fallout co-creator says too many gamers "like hating things," which "doesn't lead to a better game" for devs: "I just tapped out, and that's sad" Be polite to Tim Cain
PC Gamer · Apr 22 Fallout co-creator says non-linear design is all about never assuming how players will act, illustrates his point by fantasising about an NPC guard he seems to really hate "Your job is to provide a nice map for them to play on."
PC Gamer · Apr 18 We owe Fallout's existence to an admiral and his officers teaching its designer to play D&D in 1979 Thank you, sailor.
TechRadar · Apr 17 'I think generative AI is going to get much faster and much better' — The creator of Fallout is optimistic about AI's future, but I'm not so sure Fallout creator Tim Cain is bullish about the future of generative AI — how do you feel about it?
GamesRadar · Apr 17 Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says good level designers shouldn't "assume anything the player is going to do in a particular order" "Your job is to provide a nice map for them to play on"
GamesRadar · Apr 10 Fallout co-creator Tim Cain is "looking forward" to generative AI for games, TV, and his doctor appointments in dire predictions: "Like a game and you want more content? It'll just generate it" "Like a game but think it's got a weak storyline? Change it"
PC Gamer · Mar 10 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 You never know where things will lead.
GamesRadar · Mar 10 D&D's most annoying rule helped Fallout co-creator Tim Cain get his big break at legendary RPG studio Interplay after he flexed on the job interview THAC0 comes for us all