{"id":455807,"date":"2026-02-05T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/455807\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:34:08","slug":"fallout-season-2-finale-reactions-and-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/455807\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fallout\u2019 Season 2 Finale Reactions (and Interviews!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Wasteland\u2014and farewell, for now! Ben Lindbergh and Van Lathan reunite, hug, and hold hands as they discuss the eighth and last episode of Fallout Season 2, \u201cThe Strip.\u201d First, they share their thoughts on what a season finale should accomplish and whether they found \u201cThe Strip\u201d satisfying. Then they catch up with the core characters one more time, break down the hardest-hitting emotional moments, and discuss several loose ends before speculating on the direction of the series in Season 3. After that, Ben chats with Fallout cocreator and co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet about the finale and the future of the show. Finally, Ben brings on the lead creative designer of Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment creative director John Gonzalez, to talk about how the show handled its source material, the potential and peril of game adaptations, and the finer points of storytelling in open-world games.<\/p>\n<p>Email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/podcasts\/button-mash\/2026\/02\/05\/mailto:ringerversegaming@gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ringerversegaming@gmail.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Host: Ben Lindbergh<br \/>Guests: Van Lathan, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and John Gonzalez<br \/>Producer: Devon Renaldo<br \/>Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Wasteland\u2014and farewell, for now! Ben Lindbergh and Van Lathan reunite, hug, and hold hands as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-455807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}