Gallery: The Life And Times Of Lazarus Long

The omnibus collection; this is the entire screenshot life of Lazarus Long, Sole Survivor. Companion to “The Irradiated Notebooks Of Lazarus Long.” This will likely feature hundreds if not thousands of screenshots by the time it’s done, but I’ll try to make them entertaining.

Lazarus, Come Forth

The birth of Lazarus Long, Sole Survivor.

Meet Lazarus Long, the Sole Survivor. That’s his wife behind him, she (spoiler) will not be surviving.

I rolled ol’ Lazarus here specifically for this blog. I’m going to walk him through the main quest lines, doing my best to create as few settlements as possible along the way (save that for after the main quest lines). I don’t have a big plan or purpose other than to post a bunch of cool screenshots and share various things about how I play this game, cool mods and things you might be in to, and so forth.

Biggest reason I’m starting a new character for you is that the one I have running has been running since about 2018, and much of the space is unrecognizable where settlements have been build up and so forth. So I figured if I’m gonna do it, let’s do it right and get proper before-and-after stuff and let people see how it all develops and changes over time, what kinds of neat screenies I get, and all that good stuff.

I’m going to let the gameplay and process dictate when things get screenshots and what sort of content I write here, but fundamentally this is my character to do this blog with so a good deal of the eventual side and meta content like plugin/mod reviews and so forth will feature both here and in its own content space. I got a few early shots from The Story We All Know And Love, but you’ll see I start going on detours right away…

Impending Doom

The Sanctuary Hills area prior to the firestorm.

This, as anyone who’s played for more than five minutes will recognize, is the entrance to Vault 111, looking back at my wife Nora and son Shaun as we’re evacuating the town, you all probably know the storyline. Basically just a “candy” shot of the world before it gets blown to hell.

The Big Bang

And now, the end is near…

Again, hardly a spoiler for the new game cutscene that was released in 2015. Shows off some nice work with the graphics though, and it’s a nice bit of howdy for folks who haven’t played.

Rings Of Fire

And they burn, burn, burn…

Just a few seconds later, as we see the light of the bomb and the pulses of energy (heat, I’m guessing) in the atmosphere creating concentric rings in the atmosphere, as Our Hero And His Beloved Family Desperately Run For Safety.

This Is The End

My only friend…

Just as the kinetic shock approaches Our Heroes, the elevator to Vault 111 lowers them to safety, and the world burns overhead…

The Cold Equations

“…but I didn’t DO anything!”

I’ll spare you the nine millionth recounting of the Fallout 4 storyline here. This is the last thing Lazarus sees before the unexpected cryogenic hibernation. It’s the second to last time he’ll ever see his beloved wife Nora. sniffle Note: If you’re not familiar with it and you don’t mind a story pretty much guaranteed to leave you sobbing and maybe not in a terribly bright space in your head, you absolutely must read the short story ‘The Cold Equations‘ by a fellow named Tom Godwin, originally written back in 1954. It’ll make you think.

That’s All For Now!

To Be Continued…

And that’s the end of the gallery for now. This will be updated constantly-ish, as I get opportunities to put time in on the game. Thanks for reading, and don’t forget my entire life and work is crowdfunded so please like, share, comment, subscribe, and use that tip jar if you can!

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