'They told me to destroy' my backups, Fallout creator Tim Cain says: 'People high up at companies take authority but no responsibility' for game preservation

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'They told me to destroy' my backups, Fallout creator Tim Cain says: 'People high up at companies take authority but no responsibility' for game preservation

www.pcgamer.com

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Computer RPGs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

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Cain said he wasn't allowed to save the original Fallout's source code for his own archive, and some of its assets may be lost for good.

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