Meet the Fallout 3 devs - Nathan McDyer Nathan McDyer started out as a QA intern , worked his way up to QA tester and is now an associate producer . What ’ s your job at Bethesda ? I ’ m an associate producer of content for Bethesda Game Studios . I mostly deal in trying to figure out how to get all the environment and special effects art that people want done in the time allotted . Basically I hammer square pegs into round holes . What prior projects have you worked on ? As an associate producer I ’ ve worked on Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine . Prior to that , I was a quality assurance tester on Pirates of the Caribbean : Legend of Jack Sparrow , Oblivion , Call of Cthulhu , Airborne Troopers , IHRA Drag Racing 2005 , Pirates of the Caribbean , and Bloodmoon . " ' What have you drawn on for inspiration in developing " Fallout 3 " ? Books , movies , music , etc would be fine , if you don ’ t want to name any games . Obviously Fallout 1 and 2 are the main sources of inspiration . Since I ’ m more involved in the visual look of the game , I look at movies and comics like The Iron Giant , Mad Max , Children of Men , The Hills Have Eyes , Sky Captain , Metropolis , and Tank Girl ( the Jamie Hewlett comic not the terrible movie ) . How is the work - environment ? Is it competitive or co - op ? Do the different teams talk together ? Everyone here is a big dork that wants to make great games . It ’ s awesome . What is your favorite type of game to play ( RTS , FPS , RPG etc ) I ’ m an RTS junkie . There is a boxed copy of Dune 2 sitting in my cube . Right now Dawn of War is my favorite game series . Nothing beats humiliating people by destroying them with a hot pink and lavender space marine army . " " How long have you been playing " Fallout " , and how would you describe your feelings towards the franchise ? Unfortunately I got in to Fallout late . I was unemployed and in high school with Fallout 1 and when 2 came out Starcraft had consumed my free time . So my first foray into Fallout wasn ’ t until about 3 years ago , I picked up the first one had a blast with it . Who knew that MacGuyver could be such an evil * * * * ? Çonsidering that much of the game will probably be in a wild wasteland , do any of you spend much time hiking , camping , etc , and if so where ? I ’ m prone to melanoma , so I try not to let the sun kill me . The most I do is taking my two wiener dogs out for walks . What ’ s the last game you bought ? Did you like it ? Overlord for 360 . I can light hills of screaming hobbits on fire and my goblins wear rats for helmets . How could I not love it ? What games are you looking forward to on the horizon ? Like Emil , who is my gamerscore rival , I play just about everything . So here ’ s an abbreviated list of what I want : Company of Heroes : Opposing Fronts , Enemy Territory , Bioshock , Mass Effect , GTA IV , Assasin ’ s Creed , Rock Band , Guitar Hero 3 , Call of Duty 4 , Blue Dragon , and Team Fortress 2 . " " Other than videogames , what are your interests ? ( Board games , reading , music , etc ) There are too many hobbies that consume my time and income . I ’ m currently learning to play bass guitar , I paint and play Hordes tabletop miniature game , I have an ever growing collection of 300 + movies , and I read comics . Have you played the VanBuren Alpha ? If so , what were your feelings on it ? Nope . Bonus Round : Pitch me your dream game in a sentence or less . Go . Take 28 Days Later , put it on an island city , give it fully destructable environments ( Zombies breaking through sheet rock ) , whatever I can hold can be a weapon , and make me try to survive and escape . My love of Zombies outweighs my love of RTS games . Finally , time for a rant . Go . Ok , I ’ m half Chinese so I have to complain about bad Chinese food . If you know I ’ m half Chinese and you think the egg foo young , crab Rangoon , and chop suey is Chinese food , do not take me to a Chinese restaurant . It tastes terrible , especially if the menu is a bunch of backlit pictures above the register . You need to get yourself some hot pepper stir fry or pork with dried bean curd .