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GLASS CANNON

KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC II SET THE TEMPLATE FOR OBSIDIAN’S RUN OF TROUBLED, YET INSPIRED, RPGS

The irradiated toilet bowl offers one of the bleakest dilemmas in Fallout: New Vegas. In hardcore mode, you have to stay hydrated in the desert or face dwindling stats and, ultimately, death. In a pinch, a gulp of 200-year-old piss water might just save your life. Temporarily, at least: In an interestingly ironic twist, the effects of radiation poisoning in Fallout are much the same as dehydration.

It’s a literal poisoned chalice, the ultimate bad deal. Yet most players took it, glugging down

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