Ditto. Out of curiosity I just watched the full stream (something I've never done before) while savouring my evening coffee and I really enjoyed your laid-back, natural approach. You have a pleasant, relaxing voice (and, appropriately, slightly sardonic laughter) and it's nice that you don't feel compelled to talk non-stop or crack jokes about every single thing happening on screen. All the humming is quite charming. And, by all means, curse to your heart's content!

It's really weird, though, because I could hear the DJ talking on the radio but none of the songs. It seems like they weren't recorded.

Cute cat, by the way! :)

Well, at least something is funny in a game.

thank you so much for the feedback :) And yeah, my humming is a weird habit I have.

Ah, the music. I think it must be a copyright thing. I went back to see how I sounded on my video, and noticed that you couldn't hear the music, which makes me very sad, b/c it was either really good (I don't wnat to set the world on fire) or funny as crap (the one about grandma gambling and a guy stalking a girl until she caved in and dated him). I'm gonna play with the music settings, but I think this was done on purpose by Bethesda. ?

and thanks, that's my cat Taco. She's typically nearby if i'm playing, especially on my PC.
Edit: just found it, twitch mutes copyrighted music. waa-waa.

http://www.twitch.tv/crewdroog
i'll be streaming again in a few minutes.

Lol. Good to see someone else had that reaction, too.

But I'm wondering if the building mechanic is the only way to have a home base in this game? Are traditional Bethesda houses (a la Fallout 3, New Vegas, Skyrim, etc) available in settlements like Diamond City?

That Red Rocket station seems like a one-wanderer kind of place... Maybe they meant to give you the option to build either a town at Sanctuary or a personal home base at the Red Rocket?

For now I've decided to suck it up and build the town for the sake of having some allies in the wastes.

(boring summary below; recommend skipping the rest of this post, hahaha)

As expected, townbuilding occupied the whole of my last gaming session: Collected all loose junk from two houses, scrapped or stored nearly everything else in them, and turned them into bunkhouses. Four beds, a grill, and a table and chairs in each. Might do a third next session to future-proof the settlement.

Scrapped several ruined houses and some debris, and repaired a fence around a dirt area for a garden. Installed one water pump near the garden area. Was going to install a windmill power generator and water purifier for clean water, but I'm short copper, so now I have to go scavenging. Really, why isn't copper gained by scrapping the ruined houses? What the hell were they wired with? Lame. Might try to scavenge enough for two generators and two water purifiers for additional future-proofing. Don't want to have to do this again anytime soon.

Probably going to take at least two more sessions to finish the basics. Maybe three. But at least I'll have a decent base of operations from which to range into the wastes... unless raiders trash the place while I'm out gathering junk.

Don't get me wrong: I'm liking the game so far. Just finding this aspect tedious. Hoping it pays off...

I heard that, from something like ign?, we do find other housing if building isn't our thing. I"m using sanctuary to store all my crap and so far, knock on wood, nothing has disappeared. Yeah, Red Rocket would be another good place to set up shop. I just wish I could find more freakin' traders nearby. I need ammo!!! :) have fun building. if you can post some screen shots, love to see what you have done. I keep seeing cement and keep going "nope!".

Taking this out of context for fun!

might have to get a paid mod for that!

http://www.twitch.tv/crewdroog
found some cuddly things the little bit I wasn't streaming last night, so I'm gonna go back today and show you all. I'll be going live in about 10 mins. :)

Get ready for rainbows and sunshine. ;)

So it's basically Borderlands with less guns, worse combat and fewer RPG elements?

No worries, I enjoyed the ambience instead. Besides, thanks to your remarks about the songs I didn't feel left in the dark.

Regarding the asinine censorship of the music I suspected that much but was somewhat puzzled by the fact that I could still hear the DJ.

Cool name. Yeah, I love that about cats. They don't give a damn if you're preoccupied with something else. :)

By the way, where does Dogmeat hide all the stuff he is carrying? I couldn't help but notice you slapped a ton of things on him (even the damn minigun). Does he even have a weight limit?

Dogmeat is magical in his ability to store things without sacks. It's always been this way in the newer fallouts. But yes, he does have a weight limit. the only reason I keep companions is for their ability to carry tons o'crap. Otherwise, they just get in the way. :)

I always imagine that i'm shoving stuff up under his skin. gross, but that's what goes through my brain.

You have a nice voice. Try narrating children books!

thank you very much. It's funny b/c I really don't like my voice at all, so you guys who are saying you like it boggles my mind, hahaha. :) <3