CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology confirmed today that they were accepting applicants to their new course on “Installing Fallout: New Vegas on Modern Machines.”
“The modern world brings with it modern challenges,” said Chancellor Melissa Nobles, who opened the press conference to the tune of ‘Johnny Guitar.’ “As we look to the future however, it’s important we maintain easy access to traditions of old. Future generations will benefit immensely from the stellar storytelling and engaging gameplay of Fallout: New Vegas… providing we teach them how to install it.”
MIT has opened a state-of-the-art building to accommodate the new course, administrators said. Each student is given access to dozens of top-of-the-line machines with the latest in computing hardware. Essential tools in installing a game from 2010.
“This has been a life-saver,” said Ian Ranger, one of the students. “I must have watched dozens of video essays on why this is such a good game. I spent hours debating why Caesar’s Legion is the objectively correct choice. Yet I’ve had so much trouble getting the game to run. It’s not like we’ve got years and years of guides and documentation to go over. MIT’s finally doing what the community should have done years ago,”
MIT’s course promises to be all-encompassing and far-reaching. Students will receive education in a variety of subjects, including “117 Essential Mods,” “.INI Writing,” and “So You’ve Alt-Tabbed Without Saving.” In addition, the course has also arranged a series of debates. The first, a heated discussion on “Which Mod Manager is the Best (And Why It’s Vortex),” came under scrutiny after investigators noted Nexus Mods making a sizable donation to MIT.
Still, it hasn’t all been positive. Some students believe the course isn’t focused in the right areas.
“I am worried that the course is perhaps too focused on the theoretical,” said Max Plate, overseeing the crash test of a Windows 11 PC. “I’ve been here six months. I’ve only booted up the game to make sure there were no mod incompatibilities. I haven’t seen the outside of Doc Mitchell’s house. Sure it looks absolutely gorgeous in 4K and runs at 60 FPS, but there’s more to the game world than a Goodspring’s shack.”
At press time, a petition to expand the course to include Fallout 3 has thus far attracted no signatures.