The Bloodworm Infestation of Dry Rock Gulch- Fallout 4 Lore 

So because I keep getting comments, I typed Bhedrin in my script, a name for a bovine creature from a series of books, instead of brahmin. It's not me saying the name wrong, I used the wrong one XD

For all of you who don't know; Bloodworms already exist in real life but in Fallout 4, they mutated into large muthatruckas because of the radiation.

When I saw the Bloodworms for the first time I thought of the Tremors movies.

I always thought they looked like tremors.

So, prior to the 1980s in the US the drinking age was under 21 in many states and wasn't enforced until the Federal government linked road funding to raising the drinking age to 21. So in the Fallout divergent timeline that must not have happened.

30:45 Where I live (also in New England but not Mass) you can sell alcohol from as young as 16 in like a grocery store but it appears you need to be 18 y/o to serve alcohol in a bar (the drinking age is 21 still). There was a long time in my life when I was selling the stuff while having never tried any. (also if this was hard to read then I have the excuse of writing this at 1 in the morning)

Glowing animals could be due to faster metabolisms, meaning that the radioactivity that they are exposed to is absorbed differently. This could mean that they take far less time to become glowing.

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The robots don't recognize the mention of bloodworms because their routine is for you to go around to each part of the attraction (with the original intention of spending money on the way) and finally earn a key to get into mad mulligan's mine to face him. Of course there was suppose to be an actor dressed as mad mulligan the park attendees were meant to confront finally ending in the gift shop inside the mine. The safe was probably full of keys or an employee had a box of them and they'd add one back to the safe every time an attendee took one. The entire thing was designed for children and was designed to make them feel like they were a deputy that was "cleaning up the town" as the robot put it. The entire process is convoluted to keep people inside the attraction as long as possible and increase the odds of them spending money.

Perhaps Kristy’s holotape about rigged games and the terminal entry about alcohol outselling normal drinks are connected. The idea would be to keep guests in an inebriated states so they’d be less likely to notice any rigging.

There is an area you forgot. Towards the eastern part of Dry Rock, there is amphitheater where a live wild west show was done. There is weird termite mounds on the stage area along with a rad water Buffalo with a bloodworm in it. In the back area there is a dressing room with two holotapes of pre war lore. Two revolve around struggling, professionally trained actors from England. One believes the shows are beneath him and how his costar is a drunk. The other believes the shows will revive his career and his costar is uptight.

The Bloodworns and Dry Rock Gulch, is a massive reference and shout out to Tremors, good movie weird franchise

Roller-coasters have Block Zones. They're actually really interesting! The track is broken up into sections, say four. The car in the station is zone 1, and the train on the track can't enter zone 4 until the car leaves the station, giving them an large portion of track to stop on to avoid collision.

I always sort of assumed that the protectrons were following the standard script for the attraction. I figured the staff just keep the key in the safe over night and swap it out for old timey "keys" that can be presented to an attendant at the mine door to get in

I have a friend that worked at an amusement park while a minor, and they were told to serve alcoholic drinks even tho they were only 16. They also talk about other terrible conditions of the place and how management took advantage of minors with terrible hours and very few breaks.

For the dry rock gulch employee area. So remember the tunnels under kiddie kingdom extended way father then what we could see. Its highly likely that they also had an acces point in this area. They even mentioned blowing the tunnels after the war.

If Nuka-World is like Disney, the walls are definitely made out of fiberglass and not stone. Been to Disney World and on Tom Sawyer's Island there is a "mine" that you can walk through. If you pound on the walls you find out they're made of fiberglass.

Someone was a major fan of Tremors when they wrote these creatures. 😂

Former bartender here. Here in the US, while the drinking age is 21, you only need to be 18 handle open alcohol containers at work. So say you work at an amusement park. You can have employees who are 16, but they can't legally serve alcoholic beverages. Hence why he needed an employee who was 18. Or in sketchy business terms, someone who *looks* 18.

Nuka World may have had some issues with the main story but the new enemies introduced were amazing, the flying ants, massive crickets, gatorclaws, and bloodworms were amazing. Fallout always nails making new and interesting beasts.

You can actually get into the employee area before turning the power on. There’s a spot where you can climb up a rock formation and jump over the wall. It’s a little tricky but doable. Once you’re in you’re stuck in there and have to fast travel out.

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There's a lot of evidence that a pretty large force of soldiers were near the park on the road right before the bombs dropped. Several ruined APCs as well as suits of power armor on truck beds are near Dry Rock Gulch on the road. Could easily have been a force around a company size. It would not be a surprise if they moved into the Gulch area and the employee region while the power was still on which is suggested in the lab under the bottling plant, but like when the power turned off the park doors seem to have locked automatically as a feature of the security system. Could be that the military set up with some of the park employees who were either not part of the Kiddie Kingdom plan or who were kept out of that group for fear of the soldiers taking over if they discovered the survivor group under Kiddie Kingdom. Then when the doors locked automatically the soldiers might have tried to keep order inside the small employee area, but with there not being any long term preparations or additional supply runs available to them they died of either dehydration or starvation. The employees that were going to go ghoul then would have just laid down to die like everyone else from either cause, but because ghoulification was already occurring, which we know from other titles in the series keeps the ghoul alive even with little to no food for centuries, they may simply have never moved until you open the door. That's my guess anyway. The soldiers moved in after the bombs dropped, the employees and any survivors there were not aligned with the Kiddie Kingdom group or deliberately kept the soldiers from knowing about that group, the survivors ran out of supplies, which also explains the mountains of trash right by the food court area. Growing lack of care as supplies dwindle, except for alcohol which seems to have been the key supply for the Gulch pre war, but little is found after you start exploring the area, meaning a lot of it was drunk before the traders set up there as well. And the story went from bad to worse when the power cut out as the soldiers were not prepared like the other survivor group was and therefore ended up getting locked into areas or left completely abandoned. The remaining soldiers either were slaughtered by other survivors potentially, or starved to death.

I think creatures become glowing based on both time and dose. A high dose over multiple days or even weeks developing glowy critters, as theyre much less keen to leave an irradiated place right away as opposed to people

Hey I’ve worked in food service for a while in Texas. So basically, unsure how it is in other states, in Texas you can’t get your TABC (Alcohol serving license) until you’re 18, then you’re allowed to serve it but you cannot purchase it until you’re 21

I remember when I first encountered the bloodworms and in Dry Rock Gulch they scared the everliving shit out of me because I wasn't expecting them to pop out of a two headed Buffalo Corpse To the point where I just turned on God mode and just spammed mini nukes.

Just came off a RadKing video and this one auto played. I haven't seen your videos before, but the "they're here, they're near, and they're probably going to burrow up your rear" line absolutely got me! Lol. Take my sub good sir.

With how descriptive and emotive you are, it's surprising you haven't been offered a Network Nature Documentary of your own!

Behedrin? What the heck is a behedrin? They're called brahmin, BRAH-min. Besides petty nitpicking though these are some interesting theories.

Why does thenthapple call the brahmaluffs behedrin(sp?)?

In the US, the age to sell alchohol varies by state and sometimes by the type of alcohol. 18 is a common age requirement, though some states have no age requirements.

If I had a dollar for every time my brain randomly went “Mad Mulligan’s Mine!” I’d be retiring to watch your videos full time

At 6:25 my favorite way to skip the robots is to have the robot expert perks and it unlocks a dialog option to override the robots program to get the combination

Dry Rock gulch is probably the closest we'll get to a Tremors game

Former amusement park ride operator. Most roller coaster rides are small and run a single cart. But larger companies make larger rides and yes they will run multiple cars at the same time. Theres a ratio of ride length, speed, and safety stuff that dictates exactly how many you're allowed to run, but usually the bosses/mechanics decide that, not the operators

I wonder why the bloodworms and Gatorclaws don't leave their respective areas? I can understand the robots staying in the Galactic Zone because they're coded that way and the Nuka-lurks coz of the Queen and the blue water, but what stops some of the other creatures from leaving their zones?

I love this whole area just due to the fact that you basically get to roleplay Tremors

Thank u for this this is my only good thing today I lost my gf and almost ended my life today this has really been my only good moment today 😭❤️

I just got back into a fallout kick with fallout 76 and these are the perfect vids to watch while I play

Its likely that with war tensions, the military was in the park (that had close ties with the military) in order to protect it or keep an eye out for any activities such as an undercover agent doing a terrorism or as you suggested to protect the secrets of project cobalt

I wonder how the visitors in Mad Mulligan's Mine! died on the day of the bombs. Nuka World was not, despite its name, hit directly by any nukes. There is generally speaking less devastation than in Boston, which suffered the shockwave from the bomb that created the Crater of Atom. Nuka World was likely shielded from that shockwave by the mountain range that creates the western border of the Commonwealth, and would as such have been shielded from any direct blast of neutrons or gamma radiation. The area would absolutely have suffered from nuclear fallout, but that doesn't kill quickly (unfortunately). So how did all those people just die at their post? About who boarded up the tunnel: we have seen that at least one of the other parks had employees who survived the bombs. I suspect that at least a few survived inside Mad Mulligan's Mine! as well, at least long enough to board up the tunnels for some extra safety.

That’s a weird way to pronounce Brahmin

I love these videos examining the lore of the more fantastical animals

I wonder what bloodworms originally were? The mutations are far far to drastic to have once been just worms, as it’s a bit far fetched to have mouthless creatures suddenly grow four jaws and millions of teeth. I’m thinking they may have been a parasitic hemolith or worm, like a heartworm or ring worm. Would explain the mouth and the parasitizing of large animals! Though why there would be a large enough population of such creatures to allow for a successful mutation of that degree isn’t really obvious. They didn’t have any real animals in the petting zoo so it couldn’t be that.

I get Tremors vibes at this place.

As a business owner I actually know the answer to the question on age to sell alcohol. Throughout the US the drinking age for alcohol is indeed 21. That's because the liver is still kinda developing. However because the age to be considered a functioning adult of society is 18 The age to sell and handle IE: Stock, unload, face and set is also 18. It's just funny that while at 18 you can do everything other adults do...except buy beer and legally rent a car. You cant do that till You're 25

So one of the questions this youtuber asked is why they would lock out an attraction behind. Some kind of gather. Fetch quests, Nintendo land does this for the Bowser junior challenge where you have to get 3 golden keys to unlock the attraction.

There are some coasters that have multiple trains running at once. They use a series of interlocks to prevent collisions.

What's a behedron? Is that a localization difference from brahmiluff?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, nuka world had so much potential it makes me sick knowing what we could have gotten. If they had another year to let the dlc cook I think it would have beaten far harbour.

Ctazy how long I have been watching. Started at 13, now I'm 20

If the US laws are similar to ours here in the UK, then someone younger than the drinking age can indeed operate a bar and sell booze. I've known people who operate pubs and they can employ someone who is sixteen behind the bar, but that employee MUST be supervised by someone above the drinking age.

Regarding 42:31 and how the ghouls avoided the mines, there's another option. The survivors were with the military when the mines were placed. Over time, they started to ghoulify, and then in turn went feral, long after the military died. However, they retained some memory of where those mines were, and instinctually avoided their position. However, when the player enters, their feral nature and rage takes over, and they forget the placement of the mines.

Wait say Brahmin again! 😂 never heard someone say it that way before.

Brahmin? bra hed rin? what?

Behedron? Brah-men!

don't landmines go rusty and detonate to the touch if left long enough, anyway? even if they were placed in storage, they'd corrode over time. so, the mines at nuka-world, and everywhere else, were likely made fresh, post-war and laid out.

The Fallout Graboids are a pain in The Ass lol. Glad to see your still doing Fallout content is anymore Star Field Content coming out just curious. Respect and keep up the epic work.

Great vid as always, I actually never even knew about the employee area you can get to after turning the power on.

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Something that always seemed wrong to me in fallout games where people dying right away, like if the blast was close enough to kill people on the mine cart right away there would be no mine cart ride left, has anyone figured out why in fallout games it seems many people dropped dead at the moment of the blasts but remained intact? Radiation takes time to kill, so by this logic bethesda is saying that person stayed seated in the mine cart after the blast and waited there to die, weird

Tremors, you know, like the movie... 🤣

Sadly only 2 creatures come to mind maybe 3 that the blood warms could use for nesting that would be supper mutants, but with them I feel like the super mutants would be smart enough to figure it out, and then capture the worms and hang them turning them into a leather belts protective armor, the next creature would be the random dead sharks/dalphin you find around and the last creature would possibly be the mirelurk kings

Wasn't the Teller family mentioned in FO3?

Discount Graboids.

Needed this today. Thank you for continuing to make content.

Did you know you can just murder the protectorns? Not the Sheriff but his deputies. I accidentally figured that out when I blew up the fast draw guy. Also a unique response if you use a melee in that gunfight. You can easily climb into the no power area. Trick is getting back out. Jetpacks help (or fast travel). In the corner store where I worked they hired the Boss' babysitter. She was 16 so couldnt sell/touch alcohol unless someone older was there and it was on US to control what she did.

I don't mind robots programmed to act like stereotypical cowboys, but couldn't they picked like Assualtrons or Mr Handy's? It takes Protectron's so damn long to speak. lol

Something that well and truly embodies the word "Danger Noodle."

loved it as always......more please!!

These vids are great

My favorite Fallout lore master!

It’s always a good day when the man himself releases a new video!

Thanks for the video. Always love your content.

I’m so happy to see this uploaded. Your deductive reasoning and clue analysis is always on point.

Fun fact, if you wear the Silver Shroud costume into Dry Rock Gulch, the Play Along options become Speak As Shroud if I remember correctly, and the robots play along implying Nuka World had some sort of arrangement with Hubris Comics so they could do something like that.

And he’s back.

Amusement park coasters, especially longer ones, have areas for safety that can contain a single car, allowing multiple cars to run and stop in case of an emergency. If a coaster has 3 zones, 2 cars will run. When car A gets to zone 3, car B can go. Think of it like having two or more coasters smashed together. if the ride needs to stop for an emergency, the cars will come to rest at designated stops along the track. these stops usually arent used, and the most the general public will ever notice them is if someone fucks up the timing... you may slow WWAAAAAY down or even stop mid-ride to let the train ahead of you get to the next zone. Bars and liquor stores generally require servers be 18+ even though you have to be 21+ to actually drink... well, technically thats not true either. I believe this is one of those leftover sloppily written laws, but has some merit. Essentially, age requirements for things changed. in the 80s the "drinking age" was raised to 21, previously 18 but the law didnt stipulate that you had to be any older to actually sell the stuff. After all people could lose their jobs over this law. But also, the drinking age is technically... there is no actual drinking age as far as im aware. Minors cant legally PURCHASE or TRANSPORT alcoholic beverages, but theres little the state can do about consumption. this is to prevent religious or cultural infringement. Effectively, some ceremonies recommend or require a minor drink... communion wine for confirmed catholic people or kiddush for jewish people are two commonly sited examples. though some states just dont care: Massachusetts lets minors drink wherever they want... so parents could likely purchase drink for their kids.

According to "Massachusetts Laws Regulating Minors Work Hours", persons under the age of 18 are not allowed to "handle, serve, or sell alcoholic beverages". So based off that, Jenny would need to be 18 or older to legally work at the Saloon selling Nuka Cola Dark.

In present-day America, you can sell alcohol before you're able to buy it. In many states, you can sell alcohol in its sealed original container starting at the age of 16, with an age of 18 being needed for sales with the purpose of on-site consumption (like in bars, restaurants, nightclubs, or, relevantly, the Dry Rock Saloon). I happen to have worked in one of the states where this is the case, and while it's legal to have 16-year-olds selling a four pack of Guinness, most companies that operate in multiple states have their policy on what's allowed fit exactly to the letter with the strictest laws of any areas where they're operating. So, given the lax approach to what is and isn't legal in Fallout's United States, I'd be willing to bet it's less "is this legal" they're worried about and more "does this violate official Nuka-Cola Company policy". After all, the Nuka-Cola Company is on par with Fallout's federal government in terms of influence, immorality, and power, and they basically have complete control over their employees.

Drinking age in US as it relates to Fallout is questionable. Since Bethesda gave fallout a decidedly 50s era feel, drinking age varied from 18 to 21 depending on the state. With the divergence keeping some aspects of the 50s while adding other scifi aspects, I am not aware of anything that establishes what laws they where dealing with... Additionally alcohol has often been used as a crutch and system of controlling the population, so with the resource wars and the rioting that is mentioned, it is possible they would either tighten control over alcohol consumption (something clearly not being done in dry rock gulch) or loosen restrictions (more likely). As for the vending machines... I do not know about theme parks in your neck of the woods, but in the US they charge a premium for snacks... I rather expect that the drink machines where tied into some form of Identity/payment method

On Drinking Ages: You could drink in the US at 18 until the 1980s. There was even special beer for 18 year olds called 3/2 beer that was getting sold in at least the 1970s. The name referred to the watering down process that would leave normal beer at 3 parts water to two parts beer. And since Fallout was set in a society that reset to 1950s culture, it'd make sense that drinking ages did as well.

Drinking age in the US wasn't always 21. This is one of those times it pays to remember the timeline split from our world. In the real world, states had discretion until the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed in 1984.

So getting a real gun might be two things 1) its a video game 2) in disneyland, they have a shooting gallery, which is now a laser-gun range, but which used to have lead shot "56 cal. Buffalo rifles". It would been nice to get a "bad" gun as a reference, but Todd Howard can't stand not letting the player do the most at all times

The bloodworms are almost certainly mutant tapeworms. The floaters cut from Fallout 3 and in Fallout 76 show that Bathesda was thinking about making a mutant parasite. Also the parkgoers could have stumbled in post blast trying to get to shelter. What you said about glowing creatures in general and feral ghouls and glowing bloodworms in specific, goes with a headcanon of mine to do with the glowing sea and feral ghoul diversification. So I thought I'd share both theories with you and see what you thought. Keep in mind I'm not a biologist, I'm a gardener who loves biology. There's a huge huge difference. As a gardener and general nature nerd the scenery in the glowing sea takes my breath away. This place is too blasted for humans to live in, and yet there's still an ecosystem. In the real world you can find fungi around chernobyl who's hyphae grow towards radioactive graphite from the reactor. They're believed to consume radioactivity in an alternative to photosynthesis. I believe that's what's happening in the glowing sea, that a mixture of fungi, algae and bacteria are feeding on the radioactivity in the area, which feeds the massive amoung of giant insects there, which then feed larger things ecetera ecetera. More interestingly, I believe that when the radscorpions and molerats in the area dig burrows, those burrows funnel radioactive water deeper underground, essentially sequestering radiation underground. I've even found a couple of deep pitfalls (the hard way) into extremely radioactive water near Sentinal Site Prescott. (I had a mod that added scorchbeasts and wanamingos to the glowing sea around Prescott and wanted their drops.) Then there's the tunnels made from debris, one of which you can find a raider power armor suit in. All in all, I find it fascinating that Bathesda designed not just one, but two ecosystems for fallout 4, (three if you count vault 88's cave system) that run entirely on radioactivity with little to no sunlight available. What's more, I believe the glowing sea and far harbor were planned as far back as Mothership Zeta. If you look down from the mothership you see two swirling hurricane like clouds in approximately the same places as the Massachusetts/Connecticut boarder and Maine. I believe these represent permanent areas of heavy radiation, aka the Glowing Sea and the rusted submarine the Children of Atom settled around. If you get me started on Far Harbor it will be hard for me to stop, but i believe that even though the children don't have control over the fog, that the fog and radstorms on the island are coming out of that submarine base. If you look at the area around it, you find not only tidal flats, but a lot of ruins from what looks like a tsunami. Because I believe that's what it was; a tsunami thrown up by the impact of the nearest atomic bomb blast. This washed into the submarine base and damaged it, causing sea water to leak into the submarine's reactor or a reactor for the base or both, and become radioactive. And interestingly, in both cases I believe the glowing sea and the submarine base near Far Harbor are keeping the areas nearest them warm. in general, I think fallout's climate is far hotter than the real world right now. They don't care about other forms of environmental or consumer protection in the fallout universe, I'd find it strange if they cared about Climate but not those other things. Regardless, Cait complains about the heat no matter the time of year, and Jacobstown is still the only place in Fallout thus far that i've found actual snow. The land around Nuka world is very arid. So I think its safe to assume that the climate is much hotter. But if you think about the radstorms and the glowing sea, what does radioactivity do? It heats the water. Otherwise pumping water into a reactor pool to cool the graphite rods wouldn't work. If you heat water, you get evaporation, which creates clouds, which creates rain. In a way, Rain represents the ebb and flow of heat. So I suspect that while the climate is warmer overall in the fallout world, that new england may actually be hotter due to these two radioactive "dead" zones. Feral ghoul diversification, I believe, is caused by a combination of immune responses and radiotrophic or radiophilic symbiotic bacteria. Several pounds of the human body is made up of bacteria. These have a direct line to our brains via something called the Vagus nerve. These bacteria have a huge effect on our appetites, our immune system, and our moods. They do things such as synthesis serotonin and vitamin D in response to sunlight, digest food, outcompete pathogens, lots of helpful things. But the vagus nerve getting damaged cuts or damages that line they have to the brain, so serotonin (the happy chemical wheeeee!) can't make it properly to the brain. You look carefully at the feral ghouls that have special titles, you notice ones like "gangrenous" "withered" "charred" or "bloated". Gangrene is a bacterial infection, implying that bacteria is partly to blame for the appearance of ferals. We also know that non feral ghouls lose fingers and toes, but that's more consistant with leprosy (again, a bacterial infection). The withered ferals however, aren't a mystery if you yourself have a vitamin D deficiency like I do. A vitamin D deficiency can make someone listless. It implies that these ferals didn't have the same bacterial flora as the others, and that theirs may actually have been deficient. Remember serotonin is also made in the gut, and serotonin deficiency causes depression. I think both of these classes of feral are meant to be a clue as to what's causing or contributing to this. The Charred and bloated feral ghouls also made a bit of a mystery, until I started getting eczema between my fingers and noticed that skin was no longer smooth. It was bumpy and lumpy, kind of like a ghoul. It makes me think that something was causing serious allergic reactions in the ghouls in question. The charring on the feral ghouls may be a reaction to something irritating, or it could be a reaction to literally being burned. I highly doubt they were former scorched, as ghouls don't get turned for some weird reason. However, this charring could be an overgrowth of skin cells (see another immune condition, psoriasis). Why bacteria though? Why symbiotic bacteria when feral ghouls are clearly sickened? Think back to the Nahant Oceanological society and Lake Quannapawit. Radiation levels were extremely high, and pollution was rampent. We know in cases of antibiotic resistance that different species of bacteria can "pass" genes to each other to mutate different defense mechanisms. And one of the bacteria most known for that is one that lives naturally in our guts, ecoli. My theory is that someone, somewhere, ingested a radiotrophic bacteria but then it somehow survived in their guts long enough for it to leave behind and/or transmit its genes to the rest of that person's symbiotic flora. Perhaps it was someone who worked with radiation on a regular basis, someone who's intestinal flora had been beaten down by exposure to radiation, leaving them vulnerable until their symbiotic bacteria picked up the radiotrophic gene and then took off. It would have been very advantageous for an ecoli bacteria in the fallout universe to have the ability to survive in or consume radiation. The glowing ones then, could be the result of having statistically large numbers of such bacteria in a very healthy state. (Look up a phenomenon in wounds called "the angel's glow" discovered during the battle of Shiloh in the civil war to see an example of a bacteria infecting the human body that can glow, albiet this case was short lived, unlike glowing ones.) I believe glowing ones have their own version of the angel's glow, so powerful it protects them from most other diseases (well along with the insane amount of radiation they give off). I don't believe we can blame feral ghouls existing in general on mutated symbiotic flora, I believe ghoulism itself is genetic. Rather, I believe symbiotic flora levels are responsible for some of the stronger feral ghoul classes we see around the wasteland. There is the small matter of feral ghouls being associated with Ug-Qualtoth, but i think that just shows how ancient the genes for ghoulism are in Fallout's humanity, and that a number of factors have to come together to make a feral ghoul, factors that were common but not universal (considering just how many of them you find in appalacia, a mere 25 years after the bombs dropped). The disruption in vitamin D and serotonin, among other body chemistry related things regulated by the vagus nerve and created by symbiotic bacteria also creates an alternative explanation as to why ghouls turn feral, one that is helped by the presence of radioactive misters at Kiddie Kingdom and not excluded by the theory that ferals turn feral because they're alone. In the end, I don't believe any one explanation is exclusively to blame. But I do think that there are too many things about ghouls that could be features of real world bacterial diseases to be a coincidence. I think Bathesda dropped clues as to what is going on in the rank names for different feral ghoul classes.

Bloodworms are the soul reason I refuse to play nuka world. They terrify me, especially when they explode out of the brahmins body. I've had countless nightmares of these things...

38:15 With as many pre-war military checkpoints as there are in Fallout 4 proper, you seem to forget you use the word pre and post War as the literal day the bombs dropped, not the actual war with China that had been on-going for years with a threat of invasion imminent at any time or place, remember the Sub in the Bay? Not to mention the insurgents in DC? The US Military was truly expecting (hoping for) a ground invasion instead of a nuclear attack and Nuka World was a tactical, strategic, and morale target for the Capitalists. As a side note, it was this invasion threat response that allowed so many military grade Power Armors to be just laying around. There was also a local threat of some eco-terrorists over the last few days/weeks so the Men being in positions of importance and surveylence is quite easy to assume. Also this is a military that had "extensive" access to Vertibirds, the guy in the bird's nest isn't that mysterious in that light especially with no provisions taken. The Patrons most likely both knew as well as see them and it was in my opinion a form of comfort blanket for the parents.

New upload, what a day

Correct in the US you can sell alcohol at 18. It's about making an 18 year old marketable in the food service industry, while forcing states to comply with a law that's sayes "see we solved the problem" now take this federal money to fix your roads and shut up.

Did you know if you wear the Silver Shroud outfit, the robots of Dry Rock Gulch actually have special dialogue options? There's an implication that corporate was planning some sort of advertisement spot or crossover between the two franchises, coinciding with the new TV broadcast of the radio program. However, the only place in Nuka World that reacts to the Silver Shroud outfit is here in Dry Rock Gulch. All of the quest giving robots here have not just special dialogue, but they refer to the Silver Shroud with a distinct and somewhat jarring very different accent from their normal cowboy accent, which is amusing and a further indication of corporate cooperation, or at least a planned mutual advertising campaign.

In the 60s drinking age was 18 , the fallout universe basically was stunted in the 60s and never progressed socially or morally so by 2077 it would have still probably been 18

Ah yes, good throughput on Mad Mulligan's Mine would demand more than one train. It's very common practice, and I would recommend Marcel Vos the RCT youtuber as someone to watch.

as someone from the US who has (unfortunately) had to work service jobs in the past, I can confirm that you can be licensed to *sell* alcohol at 18 - but you're not legally allowed to purchase it until you're 21

So to begin with rollercoasters having multiple sets of carts on a ride that operate in sequence is actually industry standard. How it usually works is that the ride is divided into zones monitored by a computer where Zone 1 is load, and the rest are sections of the track. If the zone ahead is occupied the ride will automatically apply the breaks to prevent any other set of carts from entering. Many also have setups that check for if a set of carts has passed through the loading zone as expected to assure that nothing is amiss. As far as US drinking laws are concerned it varies. But in a majority of cases its entirely legal to sell alcohol after you reach eighteen because that's the age of majority. You just can't drink it until age twenty one. This is especially so at public parks that can sell alcohol where any sales can be monitored by a manager or other party where as private venues are more restricted. There is also a fair amount of "wink wink, nudge nudge" understandings that some alcohol will disappear if theres a way for it to happen bit nobody realistically cares much.

The Dry Rock Gulch park is a reference to the Tremor movie series. The Prequel specifically, as it takes place in the old west. I know Fallout has a lot of references to movies and TV shows.

I don't think I ever got to this section, so I'll have to load up the game again for old time's sake. Also, watching thiis reminded me of why, 2 games ago, Bethesda was way better at catching your interest for exploring and discovering than they are now with that Starfield mess.

I guess it kind of makes sense the tiny bloodworms got trapped in a freshwater late on that area. As it started to dry up they where forced to evolve and fast. Nuka world was built on the location no one thinking anything was wrong. Bombs dropped and the bloodworms where effected with radiation for 200 years. They now can survive in sand getting the blood from the moles they find but then the raiders move in now the radiation free area. The bloodworms are now huge and hungry for blood. Quite cool really when you think about it.

Oh... We where supposed to enter the employee area after restoring power??? I have a jet pack on my power armor and came in the "side entrance"... oooops... Stocked up on landmines like it was a fire sale though.

Not bar staff, just worked as a grocery store. Can confirm that you can sell alcohol in the U.S.A. if you are 18+.