I got blowed up, and my PlayStation decided to reward me for it.

I continue my play diary of Fallout 4, but at a slower pace. Like any self-respecting gamer, I took a week off to enjoy Fallout 4, but that week is over and I’m back at the J-O-B now.

I dove into The Brotherhood of Steel quests today. I’m leaning towards not joining when asked. I like the Brotherhood, but I’m not in like with them, if you know what I mean.

I’ve taken to holding off on taking my perks in case I need an extra boost during the campaign. This resulted in me talking another rank of “Hacker” because I just had to see what was on that computer! Spoiler: nothing. Nothing at all.

Obviously, there will be spoilers ahead!

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Less bad-ass and more “Beetle Bailey”, but it has such a high damage resistance!

I continue my play diary of Fallout 4. I helped out some robots today and had my first serious run-in with Super Mutants. I then spent way too much time (and not an insignificant amount of frustration) with the settlement crafting system.

After dying twice on mines, I took the third level of the Sneak perk. I’m still having trouble recognizing the new traps. I also broke down and took the first rank of Gun Nut and built a very nice sniper rifle, if I do say so myself. I’ve also taken to wearing a dirty army helmet since it accounts for nearly a quarter of my damage resistance.

Obviously, there will be spoilers ahead!

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I can never resist a comic shop!

I continue my play diary of Fallout 4. I decided to wander around Boston, which turned out to be rather more dangerous than I expected. I also found several landmarks and one extremely pissed-off super mutant behemoth.

For my personal development, I added a rank to sneak, which will hopefully eliminate some of the deaths I’ve been suffering due to traps. I also added a rank to locksmith because I just hate not being able to get into places.

Obviously, there will be spoilers ahead!

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I’m all gussied up to head inta town!

I continue my play diary of Fallout 4. I continued my push south to support the Minutemen and, since Preston and I ended up so close anyway, finally reached Diamond City.

For the occasion, assuming that I’d be doing a lot of talking and trading, I put together my city clothes: fashionable glasses, a fedora and clean black suit to pump up my charisma to a respectable seven points.

I also broke down and spent two perk points on improving my Intelligence and the first rank of “Hacker” because I was getting so annoyed at having to ignore terminals.

Obviously, there will be spoilers ahead!

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Still so very badass!

I continue my play diary of Fallout 4. Today I dug into the crafting and workbench systems. I understand them more than I did, but am still far from comfortable. I also had the chance to do some character building, planning and a little regretting.

Most of the day was spent in the surprisingly enormous Corvega factory battling a veritable army of raiders. I capped off the day by taking a little tour of wastes with my new buddy, Lucas Miller.

Obviously, there will be spoilers ahead!

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Yeah: I’m all kinds of bad ass.

I, like everybody else, have started my play through of Fallout 4. Since I’m a father with a job I can’t do the whole “let’s play” streaming thing. Instead, I’m going to do a series covering my gameplay highlights and thoughts as I progress.

By way of background: I’ve worked hard to avoid spoilers for this game. This likely means that I’ll make some silly mistakes, but I’d rather experience the game as freshly as possible. I have, of course, played all of the previous game in the franchise, and I hope that experience serves me well here. I’m playing on the PlayStation 4 and all media are native captures from that system.

Obviously, there will be spoilers ahead!

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