Think about the evolution of media and communication and how its influenced war – from news and propaganda to espionage and subterfuge. Technology has changed not only the tools of war, but the how we fight them. Warfare is constantly evolving along with technology meaning that one day, maybe robots fighting in space will exist outside FPS titles. An oft-repeated, simple phrase can seem insightful, until you take a moment to reflect and discover it is ultimately meaningless and shallow.įrom even a basic historical overview, war does change. Discussing the cold take “war is hell”, Hawkeye states that: “War is war and Hell is Hell, and of the two war is a lot worse”. The second piece of media is this scene (linked below) from M.A.S.H. For those who missed it: a woman who grew up in Bosnia in the 90s plays Fallout 4 and reflects on her childhood experiences in a war zone. The most notable being this piece that I talked about in last week’s Sunday Swatch. Two sources really inspired me to interrogate this tag line of Fallout – “war never changes”. So while I don’t think that negates any of my criticisms of the game, I do think it should signal to die hards that I’m not on the same hype train as you. This has caused me to scrutinise Fallout perhaps more keenly than I usually would in an attempt to discover the source of my discontent. Like I said I’m unsure why I’m not connecting with this series when everyone around me is replaying it for the hundredth time. I think this is my third attempt to get into the title, and while I’m making more progress that I have previously, I am aware of the enormous distance that exists between me and the game. I do prefer it to its sequel Fallout 4, a game that I’m wrestling with at the moment. I have logged a good amount of hours in New Vegas and found it alright, but I haven’t picked it up in a while. I don’t exactly know what that problem is. I will be upfront – I have a problem with Fallout. But to what extent is this true? And how far is this just an empty phrase, a rhetoric device to make a game full of meaningless violence seem deep.
Fallout is fond of the soundbite “war never changes”, using it as something of a catchphrase for the franchise.
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