Fallout creator got hired at Interplay by knowing D&D rules – and proving it on the spot
Tim Cain is, without exaggeration, a legend among PC RPG fans. His credits include Stonekeep, Fallout, Arcanum, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Pillars of Eternity, and more. And it all started, as he recounted in...
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says trying to cram everything into a game is the most common design mistake
Fallout co-creator and veteran RPG designer Tim Cain has a new YouTube video out about the game design pitfalls that regularly derail development projects. The central theme is what he calls a "design pothole" –...
Most of the original Fallout's dark humor was added just to make co-creator Tim Cain laugh
One of the most influential RPGs in history came about thanks to a team of developers who simply wanted to make each other laugh. This was revealed by Fallout creators Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky,...
Fallout co-creator recalls the series was considered a B-tier side project compared to D&D games
There was a time when Fallout was seen as more of a cute developer hobby than the multi-billion-dollar franchise Bethesda ultimately helped turn it into. RPG co-creator Tim Cain shared this in Game Informer's comprehensive...
