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Cybsled

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n addition to extending the Howard Hughes / Robert House simile (Hughes also used a body double), this will likely set up the show's next "Actually, whatever you chose didn't matter" retcon of the games: it was always fake House in the pod, that you may or may not kill in your playthrough. Fake House always dies, regardless of your choices, in the show timeline (either by your hand or in whatever ruins New Vegas between the game and the show

This is actually a pretty elegant solution that allows them to mesh the show and game. Since the show has already introduced robobrain technology, the real House could be a well hidden brain and the House body we see in NV is just his ghoulified brother used as a decoy to throw off enemies
 

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The real benefit is it remains in the public consciousness much longer.

It’s like time gating in a MMO: sure having everything all available is great in the moment, but then you poopsock it and complain you’re bored because you’ve exhausted all the content

The “dump it all” streaming thing basically guarantees a show burns bright and then completely peters out after a couple weeks. Everything gets spoiled, turning off potential viewers. And people who did binge are now bored because they used up all the content in a weekend
No, schlomo. The real game here is lubing people up for commercials to be added full on to streaming services, including Prime. That and to obfuscate when the creators dump all the money in the first two episodes so they can keep people watching in the hope that the show stops sucking at some point (Last of Us S2, anything Starwars these days, ect). Guess what happens when a show is good and gets full dumped; it gets more rewatches. Eight fucking episode Seasons do not need to be stretched out to a slow drip feed, especially when they somehow fucking manage to cram in filler (Andor, Strange New Worlds, ect) on top of that shit.

But yeah its them dilating us for cramming more commercials up our ass. Even Prime is doing this with the fucking spots to promote their own shows. IT starts with that and then its pay more to not get commercials, then skipable commercials (we are here), until finally its we need to run ads or else we have to raise prices (spoiler alert: prices get raised anyhow).
 

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In regards to whom Hank is talking to on the phone - I'll assume whomever the Enclave president / leader is now.

The show did introduce the Enclave in season one when Michael Emerson / Wilzig escapes from them with Dogmeat and the cold fusion chip, but I have a hard time imagining the show will be able to swing back to the Enclave thread this season with everything in Vegas to cover.

It does seem repetitive that the last scene in the season would be setting up The Enclave as next season's big bad, (possibly with Hank fleeing, again) but that's what I'm going with.
 

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Can't believe they rushed Novac and no Boone. That was one of the better storylines in the game and definitely the best companion. I was really disappointed to see the girl in his sniper perch.
IF this is after the game, Boone is gone one way or the other. Plus with only an eight episode run (and seemingly a focus on the House arcs) there is only so much time to go around for side arcs.
 

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In regards to whom Hank is talking to on the phone - I'll assume whomever the Enclave president / leader is now.

The show did introduce the Enclave in season one when Michael Emerson / Wilzig escapes from them with Dogmeat and the cold fusion chip, but I have a hard time imagining the show will be able to swing back to the Enclave thread this season with everything in Vegas to cover.

It does seem repetitive that the last scene in the season would be setting up The Enclave as next season's big bad, (possibly with Hank fleeing, again) but that's what I'm going with.
Enclave had a small base and mostly got their shit pushed in by House, if I recall the game. The young gay doctor guy who was at the Mormon compound (want to say Arcade?) would be the only one potentially still alive.
 

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IF this is after the game, Boone is gone one way or the other. Plus with only an eight episode run (and seemingly a focus on the House arcs) there is only so much time to go around for side arcs.

Yeah I understand. Plus the ghoul is 90 percent of Boone's character anyway. I wonder if they will roll the Ceasars legion backstory into his.
 

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Enclave had a small base and mostly got their shit pushed in by House, if I recall the game. The young gay doctor guy who was at the Mormon compound (want to say Arcade?) would be the only one potentially still alive.
Hank walked into a room marked Global Comms for his radio message, there's no need for it to be a local branch - obviously the Enclave had significant resources in the DC area in the Fallout 3 DLC, for example.
 

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That and to obfuscate when the creators dump all the money in the first two episodes so they can keep people watching in the hope that the show stops sucking at some point (Last of Us S2, anything Starwars these days, ect).
If the show sucks so badly, why would you care if it's drip-fed or dumped all 8 hours at once?
 

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I keep clicking this thread forgetting that the new season has started, and I haven't watched it. Luckily you're all mostly focused on video game shit that I don't remotely remember, so I guess it doesn't matter.
 

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I keep clicking this thread forgetting that the new season has started, and I haven't watched it. Luckily you're all mostly focused on video game shit that I don't remotely remember, so I guess it doesn't matter.
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