Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 196

In which we explore the Waterloo Waterworks to clean up the local water supply. We then head to Camden to begin a quest I somehow overlooked that involves helping the local theater with their production of the Scottish Play.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 195

In which, having finally found our way through the maze that is the Bankside Power Station, we cheese what is apparently one of the hardest fights in the game to deliver righteous vengeance. We the start doing all the quests we haven't completed yet, starting with helping some poor idiot who sat on a mine in the middle of a radioactive street.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 194

In which we seek out the woman who ran the orphanage Mad Jack grew up in. This leads us to the Bankside Power Station and a literal fire fight with a gang of Industrialists.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 193

In which we redo the fight with Myra Lane before defending and rebuilding one of our settlements and seeking out the final bastard on Mad Jack's list.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 192

In which, after exploring another unseen part of Bromley, I reveal just how to get onto the roof and to The Professor. We then have a much easier time going after a butcher turned barber, only to get hung up on fighting one wicked woman and her harem of husbands.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 191

In which, after another month of off-camera Roid abuse and sleep, we finally get Mad Jack (now clad in Beefeater Armor) to idolize us and embark on a quest to kill the people who made him into a child gladiator. Our first stop? A Hooligan hideout in the East End.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 190

In which, after another three weeks of off-camera steroid abuse and sleep, Mad Jack opens up about his messed up childhood. This acts as the prelude to us exploring some of the places we've not found on the map yet and exploding the Hooligans and Beefeaters we find there.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 189

In which we continue trying to navigate this weird Lovecraftian dimension and avoid getting smacked around by the living shadows that populate this place.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 188

In which, after another bout of off-camera steroid abuse, Mad Jack opens up to us again, and we embark into another dimension after performing an unspeakable rite with all the Cutethulhu dolls we've gathered thus far.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 187

In which, after repeated off-camera steroid abuse, we get Mad Jack to open up to us, before we start a hunt for Cutethulhu dolls.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 186

In which our investing in Toughness pays off, as we go a few rounds with Mad Jack and recruit him to be our final companion.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 185

In which, after parting ways with Archie and figuring out the semi-glitched Warmite quest, we finally settle up with our new French friends.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 184

The new Norman Invasion is put on hold, as we head to Islington and the final two Pipsy paintings. We also finally win Archie's full approval and learn the power of Family.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 183

In which, having overcome the glitch that didn't let us move into The Dump last time, we stumble across a group of French ghouls and another lengthy side quest.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 182

In which the search for Pipsy artwork takes us back to the Imperial War Museum, before being down in The Dump and trying hard not to kill all the Gatherers as we try and figure out where to go next.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 181

In which we talk an exploding AI to non-violent death, before seeking out more Pipsy Artwork.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 180

In which the search for a language module is side-tracked by Naval Walkers and Jack Tarrs. This ultimately delays our ultimate challenge: philosophical debate with an insane AI.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 179

In which we finally find our way to those two hard to reach bits of Pipsy art, before finding our way to the even harder to reach submarine in the middle of the Thames.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 178

In which the search for Pipsy artwork takes us into the radioactive badlands and a fight against an almost endless army of Lamprey Floaters.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 177

In which we finally take on the quest to take photos of the Pipsy artwork, after I realize the locations are already marked on the map.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 176

In which, having failed to stop the terrorist attack at the tournament, we blow off determining the fate of London so we can help Archie find a home. This involves visiting a lot of places we've been before but fighting new mobs of enemies that moved in since then.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 175

In which we head to the tournament to stop or aid the assassination attempt on Smythe. I'll let it be a secret what happens next, but this is effectively the end of Act II.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 174

In which we put off averting the assassination of Smythe so that we may become a proper gentleman and enter into Gentry society.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 173

In which we return to the Science Museum for a meeting with the mysterious Mister X.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 172

In which we execute the sloppiest prison escape ever and fight our way to freedom. With that done, we start unlocking all the locations in Westminster we haven't visited yet.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 171

In which we track down the last of the Barry ports and attempt to go see Parliment and Smythe. It does not go well.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 170

In which the search for unusual Police Boxes leads us to cover some familiar territory. But we complete the quest and get an awesome reward!

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 169

In which, having completed the annoying fetch quest to recover 30 beer mats from the pubs of London, we begin the slightly less annoying fetch quest to find 15 Unusual Police Boxes scattered around London.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 168

The last four beer mats beckon! But first we have to save the Tennis Museum settlement! Again!

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 167

In which, after unlocking the one location in the East End we hadn't explored yet, we finally explore The Hound, go defend a settlement, and loot yet another pub.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 166

In which we continue the hunt for beer mats on the Isle of Dogs and take up an anticlimactic quest to help an unfortunate boozehound.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 165

In which we steal more stuff, find more beer mats, and have a heart-to-heart with Archie.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 164

In which the quest for beer mats begins in earnest.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 163

In which, after showing off our new settlements and how I developed them off-camera, we leave Arthur to enjoy his retirement, pick up Archie from St. Paul's, and start hunting beer mats.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 162

In which, after finishing Arthur's companion quest and watching the sunset, we go to claim the last two settlements we can potentially homestead; the Tennis Museum and Lambeth Walk Construction Site.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 161

In which we help Arthur find where his parents are buried and recover a little more of his memory. (We also fight some Hooligans, but that's not quite as notable.)

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 160

In which we handle the next item on Arthur's bucket list - dig a memorial well in his honor - with surprising ease. Alas, the item after that - find where his parents are buried - proves somewhat more difficult.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 159

In which, having finally recovered Arthur's locket after accidentally uncovering a cultist lair, we dash off to Lambeth Walk to defend it from Hooligans.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 158

In which, after explaining how I probably messed up the search for Sipperson's Gin with my earlier looting, we hack the game to continue Arthur's bucket list. This leads to our next quest: recovering a locket from a dishonest trader without getting into a fire-fight with half of Westminster.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 157

In which, after a little more exploration, we help Arthur start checking off items on his bucket list. First up? Getting an expensive bottle of a particular brand of gin.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 156

In which we continue unlocking unexplored locations on the map and Arthur opens up about what we can do to help him find peace.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 155

In which, having taken the Explorer Perk, we start visiting all the places on the map we haven't been to yet, starting with the Ministry of Information and everything close to our Lambeth Hill settlement.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 154

In which we continue our exploration of middle London, meet many interesting people, and kill them.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 153

In which, having spent the night drinking and stealing to win Arthur's admiration, we then head out to explore some of the blank space on the map.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 152

In which, after hacking the game a bit (again) to finally retrieve Edith's trumpet from the sewer, we reunite a family. We then celebrate with a few drinks, in an effort to make Arthur like us more. (Again, peer pressure is wrong kids!)

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 151

In which, after a bit of necessary game hacking, we explore the seedy underbelly of NuSkin.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 150

In which, after hearing Audra's band play, we set off to finish all the other side-quests we've neglected, starting with exploring Westminster University and stopping a hacker from destroying the computer network. We then explore the offices of NuSkin, seeking the inevitable horrible secret behind the company.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 149

In which we return to Camden, so I can give Audra the sheet music she wanted. We then enter our "days of wine and roses" phase, as I start downing booze like there is no tomorrow to get Arthur's approval.

Just say no to peer pressure, kids! Do not drink heavily just to impress a ghoul in real life!

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 148

The exploration of the empty spaces continues, as we head west from St. Paul's (again) only to discover some cultists and a Mittenlurk Queen.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 147

In which we start exploring the blank areas on the map west of The Gauntlet and kill a lot of Hooligans.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 146

In which we pick up Arthur Mountbatten, the Gentry ghoul, and start exploring the radioactive wastes a bit more.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 145

In which, we hand in our outstanding quests, upgrade our settlements with caravan posts and seek out the music shop to get some sheet music for another long-delayed quest.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 144

In which, after revealing another TARDIS location I discovered by accident, we finally make our way to the Insane Asylum in Croydon. Of course given how much time we've spent in Croydon, I probably belong in an insane asylum at this point.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 143

In which, continuing to defy the laws of convection, we head into Croydon proper and discover that some people managed to survive here. For some reason they speak in Shakespearean English and Iambic Pentameter. This leads to a side-quest at the Globe Theater.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 142

In which, having found the key to the Croydon Pindar, we build a bridge and continue exploring Croydon in search of the missing Tommies. This leads to a quest to build more bridges. Literal ones. Not metaphorical.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 141

In which we continue to navigate the Crystal Maze in search of the elusive Key 4. Once free of the Maze, we explore the ruins of Croydon, fighting more Hellhounds and Gehenna.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 140

In which we start to explore the Crystal Maze and I mangle the Doofenshmirtz quote about how two nickels isn't much but it is still weird I've wound up in a gauntlet run by an AI twice in this game.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 139

In which we start fighting our way into Brixton proper, only to get challenged with a Labyrinth or Crystal Maze. Alas, we have a mad robot instead of Richard O'Brien or David Bowie.

Sensei Starman Plays Fallout: London - Part 138

In which, after deftly avoiding doing another side quest for Apache Alice thanks to my big brain, we defend Covent Garden from Hooligans. We then seek out Chief Roach of Brixton to see what we must do to earn his favor.