Indy's Fridge in Fallout: New Vegas

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Indy's fridge in Fallout: New Vegas:
"...my character stumbled across a discarded refrigerator outside of the town of Goodsprings. Even before I checked the fridge out I had a feeling what it was, and sure enough, inside was a battered leather fedora. A cute tip of the hat to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the infamous scene where Indy survives an atomic blast by hiding inside a lead-lined fridge. Appropriate given the game's post-nuclear war setting, no?"
 
The Drifter

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That's such an awesome Easter Egg! It may be awhile before I can get the game, but I will keep an eye out for that when I do.
Thanks for this.
 
I

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My pleasure, Lonsome! Hell, I still have to finish plugging my way through Fallout 3 (and several other games) before I can make my way to this one. Honestly, Dead Space 2 will probably be my next purchase. ;)
 
The Drifter

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Indy's brother said:
My pleasure, Lonsome! Hell, I still have to finish plugging my way through Fallout 3 (and several other games) before I can make my way to this one. Honestly, Dead Space 2 will probably be my next purchase. ;)
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I loved Fallout 3, but money problems have reared their ugly head for me as of late.
I agree about Dead Space 2. That is a must buy for me as I adored the first one.
I want Fallout: New Vegas, but I just can't afford to shell out 60 bucks at the moment.
 
DiscoLad

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Since we are talking about New Vegas...
Does anyone have anything to say about it because a class mate and I had talked about how awesome it was gonna be and I asked him today how it was and he just looked at me blankly and said, "Save your money for Fable..." and walked off.

That bad then?... :(
 
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Here's a screenshot:

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Looks like the Fallout universe is a little more realistic....? Indy didn't make it in their reality. :eek: :dead:

(also, in the Fallout universe Indy was a gambler, apparently)
 
The Drifter

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I love that.
It reminds me of the Simpsons game that was released a few years back. In one level you are going through some underground temple/caves as Bart and Homer. Tucked in a corner somewhere is a skeleton and a fedora.
 
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Lonsome_Drifter said:
I love that.
It reminds me of the Simpsons game that was released a few years back. In one level you are going through some underground temple/caves as Bart and Homer. Tucked in a corner somewhere is a skeleton and a fedora.
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There was a TOD theme going on in one of the levels of the last Simpsons game, is that what you're talking about?
 
The Drifter

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It's been awhile since I played the game. But there is a level right before you get to the museum that looks like a temple inside of a cave.
There was a skeleton reaching out from under a door for a fedora.
 
DocWhiskey

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Both of those finds are too cool. Good to see Indy gettin' some love. Even though he's dead in both games.
 
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DocWhiskey said:
Both of those finds are too cool. Good to see Indy gettin' some love. Even though he's dead in both games.
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That would be necrophilia. ;)

I have a feeling that Indy's skeleton has turned up in other games, as it's a classic piece of irony that the adventurer who got away with everything in his own films, doesn't manage it in another company's product.
 
Finn

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Montana Smith said:
I have a feeling that Indy's skeleton has turned up in other games, as it's a classic piece of irony that the adventurer who got away with everything in his own films, doesn't manage it in another company's product.
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You're right. A conveniently-placed fedora next to some kind of death trap (often accompanied by a skeleton) is a very popular gag, especially in adventure games. Also at least two, if not three Tomb Raider games have featured the joke. I think I recall also seeing it in some role-playing games like Morrowind (complete with a journal recording his last thoughts in a slow-killing trap), Baldur's Gate and heck, even Fallout 2. So it's a recycled gag even within this particular series, albeit with a new twist that makes it fit the New Vegas mood perfectly.

We might even say that it's stopped being a novelty and has become more like a trope. Maybe I should try and compile a list if I find the time.
 
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Finn said:
We might actually say that it's stopped being an original in-joke and has turned to more like a trope. Maybe I should try and compile a list if I find the time.
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The Wilhelm Scream is to movies, as Indy is to video games....?
 
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