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Before Bethesda, Fallout 3 was a game being developed by Black Isle studios, an internal developer at Interplay created by the Fallout 1 team led by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky. Over the next 2 years, Fallout Van Buren would be developed by Chris Avellone, Josh Sawyer and Feargus Urquhart until their departure from Black Isle Studios and the closure of Interplay. This documentary catalogs Van Buren's development, legacy, and the fan projects dedicated to recreating it

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Tech Demo:
https://www.nma-fallout.com/resources/van-burens-technical-demo.71/

The Last Days of Black Isle Studios
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-last-days-of-black-isle-studios

That Time Someone Else Was Making Fallout 3
https://kotaku.com/that-time-someone-else-was-making-fallout-3-1744268228

Chris Avellone Practice 2015
https://youtu.be/vi-ODz251O8

Avellone Tweets on Fallout Bible
https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/683927652185444352?s=20

Interplay Losses and Fargo Departure
https://web.archive.org/web/20110724193222/http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/archives/2002/06/the-saga-behind.html

Brian Fargo Still Owns the trademark for InXile:
https://www.eurogamer.net/inxile-fallout-van-buren-trademark

Bethesda Softworks to Develop Fallout 3
http://web.archive.org/web/20040713104039/http://www.bethsoft.com/news/pressrelease_071004.htm

Obsidian Retrospective
https://kotaku.com/the-knights-of-new-vegas-5968952

“We Never Bid on Fallout” Leonard Boyarsky
https://web.archive.org/web/20150507234606/http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/troika-and-the-fallout-rights-where-did-i-read-that.10301/page-12#post-170807

FOBOS 2: Vagrant Lands and other Canceled Fallout Games
https://web.archive.org/web/20150626042820/http://www.thevaulttecinc.com/2014/05/canceled-fallout-games-history.html

The Rise and Fall of Troika
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-troika/

Fallout Yesterday Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/fallouty/posts

Beyond Boulder Dome:
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46907/

Project Van Buren
https://projectvanburen.com/
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:06 Interplay Software
3:19 Enter Chris Avellone
5:54 Beginning Production
8:09 The Story and Gameplay
13:21 Black Isle Crumbles
16:26 The Fallout Schism
18:20 Fallout 3 and Obsidian
20:11 Fallout New Vegas
22:35 Van Vegas
25:34 Van Buren's Legacy
26:56 Fan Projects
29:43 Outro
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