Before I get to that, though, here are some thoughts from Bethesda boss Todd Howard.

In practice, the Fallout TV show doesn’t just excavate the Fallout world’s past.

If your thumb appears taller than the cloud, you still have time to run for it.

Art for the Fallout TV show with mascot Vault Boy giving a thumbs-up against the backdrop of Los Angeles

Hah, what a nice piece of trivia, I thought to myself.

The association with measuring mushroom clouds is apocryphal.

I guess the basic takeaway here is that cool ideas endure.

An image of a “please stand by” emergency broadcast title card at a Fallout TV show screening

I’m also maliciously looking forward to the, haha, fallout when e.g.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t make sense even outside the world of Fallout.

Perhaps, then, what Vault Boy is really doing with his thumbs-up is testing the wind?

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There we go, the seed has been sown.

Season one of Fallout launches onPrime Videofrom April 11th.

A screen from a Steam release of the original Fallout 2, showing a stats screen with a picture of Vault Boy in the bottom right