This is the Canon Fallout Timeline. Thanks to the Fallout TV show and its tie-ins with the upcoming Fallout 5, we finally know how to play Fallout the right way. Well, kinder.

Hello, internet! Welcome to Game Theory, the show that will look for Canon Law outside the video game.

Although, unlike some other examples of this, I've got to say the one we're

talking about today has been a joy to watch. I'm of course talking about Fallout. It's been a while

since we've covered this franchise over here on Game Theory, so for the uninitiated, Fallout is a post-apocalyptic

RPG series set in an alternate timeline where a nuclear apocalypse occurs in 277 known as the Great War.

We have different missions in each game and play as a range of characters, but ultimately

the series is about seeing how humanity has survived the fallout of those nooks.

But in 2024, it became a TV series.

It actually became one of the most successful video game to television adaptations to date.

It's also one of Amazon's top four returning series ever.

Only behind Rings of Power, which makes sense because, duh.

And Reacher?

Wow, there's a whole world of television watchers I just have never met.

Although there is one television watcher I do know that may have a thing or two to say about all of this. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I told you last time Fallout is mine. I was there when... Yes, yes, you've been there since the beginning back when Fisto told you to assume the position. Look, I get it. But Fisto was in the show. But since you kicked me out

of your episode way back when, I've actually done my homework and dug into both the show and

the original games. I'm actually a huge fan of games where your decisions matter, so I'm surprised

I didn't pick it up sooner. However, while I was watching the show, I realized that with the

existence of certain characters,

locations, and events, it would mean that our decisions in the game actually might not matter

at all, that there might be a canon and correct way to play these games in order to achieve

the correct timeline. Well, if you have done your homework, then you'll know that the show

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