The Wasteland Commentaries
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The Wasteland Commentaries is a mod project for the game Fallout 3, from Bethesda Softworks. The aim of the project is to create an audio commentary track for Fallout 3 that is accessible in-game via audio holotapes. If successful the Wasteland Commentaries will take some discussions of the game into the spaces that inspired them and provide greater context for reflection. With this post I am looking for contributors who wish to submit audio tracks that provide anecdotes, commentary, analysis or even humor relating to their experience with Fallout 3. Anyone wishing to contribute will need to send the following for each entry:
- Audio dialogue saved at 44kHz sample rate, 16 bits per sample and in mono. The file format is .wav only
- A transcript of the audio to include on screen. The limitations of the game mean that only 150 characters will appear at a time so it might be best to script what you plan to say and separate it into sections around this length (there is no maximum size for any dialogue submitted though)
- The location in the game you wish for your commentary track to be placed. This might be somewhere you like in the game or the source of your comments, it is entirely up to you. I would prefer as much detail as possible with screenshots and savegames from PC players being ideal.
I am looking for mature and clear audio recordings for the benefit of eventual users of the mod so please take this into consideration when recording your submissions.
All entries and any questions can be sent to fallout_gerard [AT] yahoo [DOT] com [DOT] au. Finally, if you know anyone who would like to contribute to the project please pass this information on to them, the success of this project will ultimately lie in the presentation of a large amount of quality comments and responses to Fallout 3.
Cheers
I think this is an absolutely fantastic idea, and hope it spreads to other games in the future after its wild success.
This is a brilliant idea.I’m with Sahlin in hoping this spreads like wildfire.
A fantastic idea, I too hope this spreads to every game imaginable and becomes a ubiquitous medium for commentary. I find it interesting that the game you chose is Fallout 3, considering the sheer size/non-linearity of it, the game will require alot of commentary ‘nodes’ in order to warrant a playthrough. Here’s hoping that the community pulls through on this one
, and again thanks for having such a great idea.
I can see a lot of potential for this type of community critical commentary, and I’d be happy to add my thoughts to the commentary track.
This is such an interesting and refreshing idea for a mod. The concept of building a secondary and additional story out of the experiences and discussion of the players interacting with the game itself is extremely smart.
I would love to write an article about this for my site.
@Christian Sorrell
Hey Christian thanks for the comment. Anything you can do to get the word out would be great. I’m hoping to get as many people contributing as possible
@Gerard Delaney
The article will be going up at 12pm EST tomorrow at http://www.fourstorygamer.com I know you are out in Australia so I’m not sure what time that will be for you but be sure to check it out and feel free to send me some feedback or correct anything I may have said that was inaccurate, etc.