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A fully functional Pip-Boy!

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lisbeth over 10 years ago

Hey Ben!

 

Love your show, but just as much I love Fallout!

It's possibly one of my most favorite games, but whenever someone thinks Fallout, they think of the Pip-Boy!

There are tons of people who have attempted, and succeeded in making a Pip-Boy. But I want to see how YOU

would make one, like what you would take on it? Would you design your own to be a portable game machine?

Or have it work as a Table Top game assistant, like keeping track of stats and rolling dice? I was just curious on

what you would do, and since Fallout 4 is coming out, it would make a great and interesting project!

 

Thanks for reading,

Liz

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    william_hoffer over 10 years ago

    this has been done, and done to death especially with Bethesda releasing a version of Fallout 4 with a pip-boy wrist unit where you put your phone running the fallout 4 app.

     

    Here are some of the videos.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8B21tVQKI4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pX6y90RJm0

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka_z_1QMtSo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCEXEuICWs

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DZEGLmWa2A

     

    Not to stymie your idea but lets see something not all ready done by dozen of others.

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    lisbeth over 10 years ago in reply to william_hoffer

    I can understand what you mean, but Ben's favorite video game happens to be Fallout, as stated in his videos.

    Also, I said I want to see HIS take on it, even suggesting new applications in the Pip-Boy.

    Also, it's not about what DOZENS of others have done before, it's about how you would do it differently that would make the project interesting.

     

    Another thing, all these projects either sacrifice the original design by not making it fit on the arm, or have nothing original in it, or has just a smartphone

    which goes against the project idea. I mean a REAL functional Pip-Boy that can fit on the arm and operate on battery power without an external source.

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