CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

Kenneth Vigue

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Dark humor, rich storytelling, memorable characters and a cinematic soundscape...over ONE MILLION listeners agree that this is a story you won't forget! Featured by Bethesda and Forbes Magazine, this podcast tells the story of two Vault Dwellers who emerge from Vault 76 and their eternal struggle against each other that will tear the region apart. Celebrity guest, original voice actors reprising their roles, and an ensemble cast of relatable, compelling and lovable characters will plunge you in the weird and horrifying world of post-apocalyptic Fallout.

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IN THE PRESS:

Bethesda Game Studios Feature Article: Fallout 76 Community Spotlight: CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story (bethesda.net)
Forbes Magazine Feature Article: Podcaster Kenneth Vigue On ‘Chad: A Fallout 76 Story’ (forbes.com)
IGN Feature Article Documentary: The Weird and Wonderful Fans Still Playing Fallout 76 - Official Trailer | IGN Inside Stories - IGN
PowerUp Gaming Article: How Fallout 76 Inspired A Modern Twist On The Radio Drama - PowerUp! (powerup-gaming.com)
Communities of Appalachia Documentary: https://youtu.be/TzvWubJ0ybw

ABOUT THE SHOWRUNNER:

My name is Kenneth Vigue, author and narrator of this podcast. Growing up my grandmother would take me to the library in the town where I grew up every weekend. One fateful day, I ventured out of the children's room and headed up the massive Victorian staircase to the upstairs. I was awestruck by the 3-level open space, surrounded with balconies filled with books. In one cornered I wandered up to the very top level and found a dark and dusty corner room. It was filled floor to ceiling with records, which I had never seen before. I checked out "Lights Out: Murder Castle", a vintage radio horror. So began a lifelong love of the kind of audio wizardry that could be cooked up with sound long, long before television. It required an active imagination, and it cultivated it in turn.

Podcasting today has given new life to this vintage auditory art form, with groundbreaking shows such as "The NoSleep Podcast", "Limetown" and "The Black Tapes" being modern versions of classic radio drama.

With this podcast, 3 of my great loves have come together into some kind of mutated concoction of sound. My hope is to see more Fallout fans getting creative, sharing their passion and building on this amazing universe.

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CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story ~ S1E2: Who doesn't love some pie?

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

06/03/19 • 22 min

In this episode, an Insult Bot makes a special delivery, an empty grave is discovered, we spend 2 days slipping into madness at a diner...and a lady REALLY wants to tell you all about her moist pie!

Narrator, Simon: Kenneth Vigue
Pie Husband: Cody Hightower
Pie Wife: Ariel Driver

Synopsis: All things end. After the end of everything, a wounded Vault Dweller leaves behind one last message. In it, he tells us a story of survival, dates gone wrong, cannibalism, friendship and a rivalry. A rivalry that has torn apart the landscape of West Virginia. His name is Simon and he wants to tell you about a dickhead named Chad.

Also I feel like a shill, but it was suggested to me to setup a Patreon account to help support the production of the podcast. The purchase of royalty free sound effects and music is completely out of pocket. So any support is welcomed and much appreciated. I have 23 stories written so far...so we have plenty of content for episodes.

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This podcast is not endorsed by or affiliated with Bethesda Softworks or ZeniMax Media and does not reflect the views or opinions of either company or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Fallout 76.

Fallout content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of Bethesda Softworks or its licensors.

Fallout and Fallout 2 are Copyright © 1997, 1998 Interplay Productions, Irvine, California, USA.
Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76 are Copyright © 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company.
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S1E1: His name was Chad...

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

05/12/19 • 13 min

Author's note: What began as a drunken evening at Morgantown High School in Fallout 76 with friends in a virtual world recalling people from school named Chad...turned into a series of comedic journal entries you all seemed to enjoy. With a lot of work, I present a pilot episode for my first audio drama podcast. I've never done anything like this before...so please show your approval with likes, comments and shares.

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I hope to see you all in the Wasteland...

Fallout content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of Bethesda Softworks or its licensors.

Fallout and Fallout 2 are Copyright © 1997, 1998 Interplay Productions, Irvine, California, USA.
Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76 are Copyright © 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company.
Fallout, Prepare for the Future and related logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bethesda Softworks LLC in the U.S.

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CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story ~ BONUS: The Spirit of Vault 76 ~ 4th of July Special

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

07/04/19 • 31 min

The residents of Vault 76 are celebrating Independence Day and you're invited! In this flashback special, peek behind the vault door to witness their final 4th of July before Reclamation Day. Let's just say...it doesn't go well.

Voice talent:

Alexander Luthor ~ Chad Johnson
Cody Hightower ~ Hugo Warren
Paul M Watson ~ Jake
Clint Winberry ~ Moose Miller
Peter Anthony Buxton ~ Belvedere
Christian Mower ~ Mr. Handy
Kenneth Vigue ~ Simon Rex
Michael T. Boisvert Jr. ~ Mr. Simmons
Mitch Morman ~ Old Man Foster
Jessica Marie ~ Mary Ann Belts
Jessica Duval ~ Betsy Wilson
Mark Hauswirth ~ Liberty Prime

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I hope to see you all in the Wasteland...

Fallout content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of Bethesda Softworks or its licensors.

Fallout and Fallout 2 are Copyright © 1997, 1998 Interplay Productions, Irvine, California, USA.
Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76 are Copyright © 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company.
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CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story ~ S1E9: Aristocrats & Cannibals? It Must Be Thanksgiving!

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

11/28/19 • 58 min

Happy Thanksgiving to those of us in the United States (and a belated one for our friends in Canada)! In this episode, the gang gathers to celebrate a year surviving in Appalachia. Simon is back with Jake and Amata at last and they plan a Thanksgiving feast in their new home that quickly gets derailed by dark cravings. Meanwhile Chad's gang gets introduced to Punch the Supermutant and decide to take little Susie on a "turkey hunt". Amongst all the holiday cheer however, a dark force has been growing in power this past year...they are the crown known as the Apocalyptic Aristocracy. It's teeth? Well...some of its members are E.A.T.T. In this special episode Kris Graul of the Establishment of Appalachia Taste Testers voices himself! Tuck in and enjoy the feast...but it's not your usual fair.

Alexander Luthor ~ Chad Johnson
Kenneth Vigue ~ Simon Rex
Paul M Watson ~ Jake
Taylor Jinx Knight ~ Amata
Jessica Duval ~ Susie Davis / Ella
Clint Winberry ~ Moose Miller
Jessica Marie Dickey ~ Patsy Parker / Mary Ann Belts
Christian Mower ~ Punch / Mr. Handy
Peter Anthony Buxton ~ Belvedere (Bot) / Mr. Juicer
Robert Solomon ~ Aristocrat
Mark Hauswirth ~ Dweller / Abraham
Morgan Brown ~ Karen Maidenhead
Michael T. Boisvert Jr. ~ Mr. Simmons
GUEST STARRING: Kris Graul ~ Himself

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CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story ~ S1E8: The Final Halloween

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

10/31/19 • 52 min

Halloween arrives in Appalachia! In this tale, we flashback to a few weeks before Reclamation Day, as Simon, Jake, Amata, Chad, Moose and Patsy mutually gather to celebrate the very last Halloween in Vault 76. But in between Chad's questionable costume and Jake's Halloween party, a 20 year old tragedy is whispered about. What happened on Level 13 to take the lives of 89 people on Halloween? The gang descends for one last fright as they celebrate, "The Final Halloween".

Alexander Luthor ~ Chad Johnson
Kenneth Vigue ~ Simon Rex
Paul M Watson ~ Jake
Taylor Jinx Knight ~ Amata
Clint Winberry ~ Moose Miller
Jessica Marie Dickey ~ Patsy Parker
Jessica Duval ~ Becky Wilson
Cody Hightower ~ Hugo Warren
Christian Mower ~ Boswell (Mr. Handy)
Kevin Chanard ~ The Old Man
Lucy Middlethon ~ Old Mrs. Simpson
Mary Kalopodes-Saunders ~ Overseer
Joseph Picard ~ Chief of Security Albert Vince

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NEWS: Join us on Twitch on October 10th at 6pm ET for a Fallout 25th Anniversary Event (Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky and Oxhorn)

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

10/04/22 • 1 min

In the act of creation, no one ever knows if it will endure, much less be loved. But on October 10th, 1997 a game that was almost cancelled twice, created by a small team of passionate gamers and developers was presented to the world. Fallout. Two of its original creators join us for a 25th anniversary retrospective for charity, hosted by Oxhorn and myself. We’re beginning this celebration by going back to in time...

Join us at 6pm ET for a 2 hour Fallout (1997) Retrospective panel raising funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

https://twitch.tv/chadfallout76podcast

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FALLOUT 76 PODFEST #1: The OMEGA Broadcast A Fallout Story

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

08/24/21 • 63 min

For the next 4 weeks in between our next episode we're kicking off a summer podcast fest to introduce you to and celebrate other original Fallout 76 storytelling podcasts that are born from our Writer's Campfire Guild. These shows ALSO take place in the same universe as our show and you can expect to see some crossover in the lead up to next year's Season 2 finale.

A good friend of mine with my blessing has started a storytelling podcast of his own that is exceptionally good, quite a bit more serious than our show that also takes place in the world of Fallout 76. His podcast is The Omega Broadcast, A Fallout Story and chronicles the journey of Bryan Burton as he begins building a settlement called Omega. I’ve linked his show in the notes here and I hope if you like what you hear you’ll check out his other episodes and give him a follow. And if you are a writer or a wanna be writer…get out there and tell your stories. I’d love to hear them.

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FALLOUT 76 PODFEST #2: The MODUS Files

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

08/28/21 • 119 min

Learn the history of the new Enclave in Appalachia. After Reclamation Day, the Vault 76 residents found themselves in a world they no longer recognized. Some became Lone Wanderers, others became Raiders or banded together as new Settlers. Others found themselves in the Whitespring Bunker - and with the assistance of MODUS, began to rebuild America in the image of the old....

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FALLOUT 76 PODFEST #3 (final one): Far From Heaven A Fallout 76 Story

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

09/04/21 • 92 min

With autumn knocking on our door, our summer podcast fest comes to a close. I hope you've enjoyed hearing some of the other original Fallout 76 storytelling podcasts that were born from our Writer's Campfire Guild. These shows ALSO take place in the same universe as our show and you can expect to see some crossover in the lead up to next year's Season 2 finale.

How does the song Country Roads begin? Almost heaven, West Virginia. A lot has changed in Appalachia since the Scorched plague and it is far from heaven. Far From Heaven: A Fallout 76 Story is a rich and immersive audio drama based upon the popular video game. With strong storytelling and fascinating characters from across many familiar factions, Far From Heaven: A Fallout 76 Story is a podcast fans of the video game will love.

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CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story ~ S1E5: Ghoul Scouts at Camp Crystal Lake!?!

CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

09/02/19 • 63 min

Summer is ending in Appalachia, but before it does…a long-abandoned camp is restarting its summer program. But with loud music and sexy teens, something has awoken in the waters of Crystal Lake. As Simon, Chad and the gang spend the summer earning caps, a dark shadow looms over all. Who will survive Ghoul Scout Camp? How many counselors will Chad bang at Lover's Leap? And just WHO is the mysterious Sickleman??? Guest starring: the Fallout Five-0 and 76.1 The Vault podcast!