In a recent interview with YouTuber TKs-Mantis, former Obsidian creative director Chris Avellone revealed that the studio got in a spot of minor trouble over its depiction of the Rorschach Test in Fallout: New Vegas.
When you wake up in Doc Mitchell's house in Goodsprings, the second step in character creation is a Rorschach Test administered by the doctor, with your answers determining your recommended tag skills. It's a riff on the GOAT exam in Fallout 3, itself a tongue-in-cheek reference to the character creation quiz at the beginning of The Elder Scrolls: Arena.
I guess I just always assumed that the Rorschach Test, the psychological assessment where a person gives their free associations from viewing ink blots, was public domain at this point—after all, its namesake and creator died 104 years ago in 1922. Bethesda and Obsidian apparently shared this m...
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