{"id":3678,"date":"2015-08-23T09:11:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3678"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:13","slug":"there-is-something-very-addicting-about-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/there-is-something-very-addicting-about-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"There is something very addicting about &#8220;Fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">There is something very addicting about &quot;Fallout Shelter.&quot; It&#8217;s one of those games where once you begin playing you just can&#8217;t seem to stop yourself. It might be because of the jangling coin sounds or it might be seeing the characters&#8217; smiling faces, but once you begin playing it&#8217;s next to impossible to stop. It&#8217;s a game that really gets to you.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">From what I understand, the actual &quot;Fallout&quot; series of games are very different. So you could be a fan of &quot;Fallout Shelter&quot; and not like the actual series, or you might be a &quot;Fallout &quot; fan that will be disappointed by the Sims-style app. Either way, do your research or take the plunge. Just don&#8217;t cry too much if your Android build isn&#8217;t robust enough to handle the challenge.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This game is addicting and your phone battery might thank you for deciding not to play it. It is definitely a battery drainer if you leave it running on the screen. But there&#8217;s something about playing the benevolent &#8212; or not so benevolent &#8212; overseer to a bunch of obedient drones.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is something very addicting about &quot;Fallout Shelter.&quot; It&#8217;s one of those games where once you begin playing you just can&#8217;t seem to stop yourself. It might be because of the jangling coin sounds or it might be seeing the characters&#8217; smiling faces, but once you begin playing it&#8217;s next to impossible to stop. It&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/there-is-something-very-addicting-about-fallout\/\" title=\"There is something very addicting about &#8220;Fallout\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">There is something very addicting about &#8220;Fallout<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kindled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-Xk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6926,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/search-results-are-bonk-for-profile-building\/","url_meta":{"origin":3678,"position":0},"title":"search results are bonk for profile building","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"May 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"If something ever happens, I don't know what I would do if I found out my search results had become public. 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