CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story

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CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story
Presentation
Hosted by	Kenneth Vigue
Genre	Adventure|Comedy|Post-Apocalyptic fiction
Created by	Kenneth Vigue
Written by	Kenneth Vigue, Cody Hightower
Directed by	Christian Mower
Voices	Alexander Luthor (Chad) Kenneth Vigue (Simon) Jessica Duval (Susie/Ella) Paul M. Watson (Jake) Taylor Jinx Knight (Amata) Clint Winberry (Moose) Christian Mower (Punch, Mr. Handy's) Jessica Marie Dickey (Mary Ann, Patsy) Dr. Mark Hauswirth (Brian) Mary Kalopodes-Saunders (Overseer) Joseph Picard (Vince) Kevin Chenard (Fletcher) Robert Solomon (Mothman Priest) Cody Hightower (Hugo) Peter Anthony Buxton (Mr. Handy's) Jorien Koeten (Insult Bot) Morgan Brown (Karen)
Language	English
Production
Audio format	Podcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3)
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Publication
Original release	2019 – present
Ratings	4.9/5.0
Provider	Anchor.fm
Website	"CHAD: A Fallout 76 Podcast"

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CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story is a fan-made dark humor serial podcast created by Kenneth Vigue that is set in the Fallout video game universe and part of the Robots Radio Network.. Its direct setting is derived from Fallout 76, but diverges from the events of the game with new characters and some alternative lore around key events and backstories of notable characters such as the Overseer. CHAD: A Fallout 76 Story follows the conflict of two main characters who emerge from Vault 76 on Reclamation Day: Simon Rex (Kenneth Vigue), a struggling "sad sack" who is later revealed to be a false protagonist and Chad Johnson (Alexander Luthor), an athletic and complicated anti-hero. The series features an ensemble cast of voice actors with several notable guest stars, including Pete Hines, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Communication at Bethesda Softworks. The series is most notable for achieving rapid acclaim within the Fallout community, before being officially recognized by Bethesda Game Studios in February 2020 with an invitation to perform live at Bethesda Game Days in Boston, Massachusetts.

As of July 2020, the series has been downloaded and listened to over 160,000 times.

The podcast airs on a monthly basis, usually released on a Sunday and has now entered its second season.

Origins

The series was created in 2018, beginning as a series of short journal style entries written by Kenneth Vigue, before launching them as his first podcast in 2019. As reported by Vigue in an interview with Forbes, an evening of gaming with online friends in Fallout 76 led to a discussion on bullies from high school. After realizing that everyone in the group had known a Chad, Vigue envisioned what would happen when two Vault Dwellers who constantly had conflict within the confines of the Vault, emerged into the Appalachia Wasteland and continued that conflict unabated. The journal stories were written from the first-hand perspective ne'er do well Simon Rex, who chronicles his adventures and frustrations surviving after the Apocalypse. In format each tale begins from an optimistic attempt to find supplies or explore a location and ends with a dark humorous ending to his entry.

After the stories were received positively by the community, Vigue began formatting them into an audio drama. A lifelong fan of old time radio drama such as the Inner Sanctum, Lights Out and The Whistler, Vigue wanted to bridge the gap between the Golden Age of Radio and modern storytelling podcasts by creating cinematic soundscapes with more modern humor and compelling narrative. The first episode with Vigue reading for the character of Simon Rex launched on May 30th, 2019 to positive community reviews. By episode 2, Vigue felt limited from telling larger stories and feared that the audience would eventually tire of him reading audiobook style, so he held an open casting call to bring in a full ensemble cast to fill the roles of new characters. Episode 4 serves as a soft reboot for the show, shifting to a full ensemble cast audio drama story that introduces many of the shows most popular characters, including Chad (Alexander Luthor), Susie and Ella (Jessica Duval, Moose (Clint Winberry), and Patsy (Jessica Dickie).

Season one's plans were altered and postponed after some stories were shelved to prioritize the creation of a live action stage show for Bethesda Game Days 2019, with 5 months passing between episode 11 and episode 12, the season one finale.

Reception

Kotaku wrote of the unique and broad appeal of the show and how, "it bridges the gap between personal gaming experiences and the artistry around a structured narrative." According to Power Up Gaming, "It is equal parts dry comedy, tense post-apocalyptic survival tale and, at times, a reflective mood piece. (It) spins evocative imagery when it’s not being sharply funny. Much of this comes down to the excellent ambient sound work done for each episode but across all elements of production, there is a firm sense of place and texture to the story being told."

Episodes

The first season of CHAD: A Fallout 76 Podcast premiered May 30, 2019. The last episode, the season one finale, was released June 3, 2020

Season 1

Season & Episode	Title	Summary	Length (minutes:seconds)	Original Release Date
S01E01	His name was Chad...	All things end. After the end of everything, a wounded Vault Dweller leaves behind one last message. In it, he tells us a story of survival, dates gone wrong, cannibalism, friendship and a rivalry. A rivalry that has torn apart the landscape of West Virginia. His name is Simon and he wants to tell you about a dickhead named Chad.	14:18	May 30,2019
S01E02	Who doesn't love some pie?	In this episode, an Insult Bot makes a special delivery, an empty grave is discovered, we spend 2 days slipping into madness at a diner...and a lady REALLY wants to tell you all about her moist pie!	21:01	June 3, 2019
S01E03	Chems, Camping and Cannibals ...Oh My!	In this episode we learn that Grape Mentats give you Vim & Vigor, that the Vault-Tec Animal Calls course was total $%#! and our hero eats 3 people (1 by accident). We also flashback to a promise made in the Vault by 3 friends. Jake reappears and shares a terrible power after a game of cards...	29:06	July 4, 2019
S01E04	The Chad, The Girl & The Grave	In this episode, we spend a pre-war afternoon in West Virginia with a little girl, go inside the Vault on the eve of Reclamation Day and finally hear Chad’s side of the story. From that first day out of the Vault to a fateful encounter with Simon…the grave was only the beginning.	58:12	July 21, 2019
S01E05	Ghoul Scouts at Camp Crystal Lake!?!	Summer is ending in Appalachia, but before it does…a long-abandoned camp is restarting its summer program. But with loud music and sexy teens, something has awoken in the waters of Crystal Lake. As Simon, Chad and the gang spend the summer earning caps, a dark shadow looms over all. Who will survive Ghoul Scout Camp? How many counselors will Chad bang at Lover's Leap? And just WHO is the mysterious Sickleman??? Guest starring: the Fallout Five-0 and 76.1 The Vault podcast!	1:02:42	September 20, 2019
S01E06	Grinding for Merit Badges & The Sickleman is Unmasked!	As the Ghoul Scouts arrive and the gang experience the existential horror of working as a summer camp counselor, dark secrets will be revealed. Chad and Simon have a reckoning on a cliff, a lost treasure is discovered, the canoe race goes terribly wrong…and at last the Sickleman is unmasked! Guest starring: the Fallout Five-0 and 76.1 The Vault podcast!	1:13:15	October 6, 2019
S01E07	Moose, Patsy and the Horrors of The Atomic Shop Purgatory?!	What would you do in a world where death had no consequences? How would that impact your decisions? Before summer camp and the Sickleman, Simon takes us back to what happened to him just before finding Jake and Amata again that changed him forever. As Moose makes a new friend, Patsy tried to reinvent shampoo and former Security Chief Albert Vince fights scorch...a dark looming terror awaits all of them. Vault Dwellers, remember to be careful in the Wasteland. Because between the moment when you breathe you last rattling breath and you are reborn...there is an eternity. It is here that a neon sign glows: The Atomic Shop.	52:31	October 27, 2019
S01E08	The Final Halloween	Halloween arrives in Appalachia! In this tale, we flashback to a few weeks before Reclamation Day, as Simon, Jake, Amata, Chad, Moose and Patsy mutually gather to celebrate the very last Halloween in Vault 76. But in between Chad's questionable costume and Jake's Halloween party, a 20 year old tragedy is whispered about. What happened on Level 13 to take the lives of 89 people on Halloween? The gang descends for one last fright as they celebrate, "The Final Halloween".	50:56	October 31, 2019
S01E09	Aristocrats & Cannibals? It Must Be Thanksgiving!	The gang gathers to celebrate a year surviving in Appalachia. Simon is back with Jake and Amata at last and they plan a Thanksgiving feast in their new home that quickly gets derailed by dark cravings. Meanwhile Chad's gang gets introduced to Punch the Supermutant and decide to take little Susie on a "turkey hunt". Amongst all the holiday cheer however, a dark force has been growing in power this past year...they are the crown known as the Apocalyptic Aristocracy. It's teeth? Well...some of its members are E.A.T.T. In this special episode Kris Graul of the Establishment of Appalachia Taste Testers voices himself! Tuck in and enjoy the feast...but it's not your usual fair.	57:33	November 27, 2019
S01E10	A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas	Happy Holidays from our family to yours! It's been 25 years since the world ended. No one who pushed the big red button that day thought he was real. Not one. Yet he endured. The Earth grew silent in the decades after the Great War and the personification of Christmas spirit waited for a light. Just one light in this dark world. The Apocalypse has not been kind to Father Christmas, but this season Santa is going to see a spark of life in Appalachia that will change him forever.	1:00:17	December 23, 2019
S01E11	The Most Dangerous Game and No! Fisto!	Today is our 1 year anniversary! To celebrate both our anniversary and our return from our mid-season break, we pick up where we left off in this extra long episode. In it, Chad and his gang head out for a hunt they won't soon forget as Simon grapples with the Apocalyptic Aristocracy and the sinister Mr. Graul. To the far north in the ruins of Slick Willy's Water World, Simon will be battle for his survival and soul during a "Most Dangerous Game".	1:43:28	May 30, 2020
S01E12	Year 1: Crimes Against Appalachia	This season finale was presented on stage during Bethesda Game Days 2020. It's been one year since the Vault door opened and we emerged to reclaim Appalachia. In that year, both Simon and Chad committed horrifying acts of cannibalism, extortion, robbery, and murder. In this special live episode performed at Bethesda Game Days, the law finally catches up with them. The Five-0 New Responders throw them in jail pending trial. Secrets will be revealed, the Overseer breaks her silence...and we are introduced to The Judge.	1:20:24	June 3, 2020

Minisodes

Season & Episode	Title	Summary	Length (minutes:seconds)	Original Release Date
Minisode #1	Grahm’s Harvest Barbecue	This first in our minisodes series will see Simon lamenting the arrival of autumn, but a mysterious summons from a Supermutant named Grahm will turn his world upside down. Join us now for Minisode #1: Grahm’s Harvest Barbecue…	17:59	October 11, 2019
Minisode #2	Chad & Susie Go Trick or Treating!	In the second of our minisodes we join Chad and Susie on Halloween. It's been 25 years since anyone took Susie trick or treating, so Chad dons his best costume (him in underwear) and they go door to door doing more "trick" than "treating". Listen in as Chad tells a scary story from American folklore in the way only he can...	15:25	October 25, 2019
Minisode #3	Adventures with Brian!	In the third of our minisodes we return to Camp Wannagrindalot as a fan favorite character returns to life from the Atomic Shop Purgatory: Brian. In this little adventure he finds someone long forgotten in the outhouse, runs into an old love interest and instructs someone on the finer points of defense when encountering Raiders!	14:56	April 13, 2020
Minisode #4	Simon's Lost Journals ~ Mr. Messenger	In the fourth of our minisodes we explore the lost holotapes of Simon Rex that chronicle his misadventures from Reclamation Day until his fateful meeting with Chad. In this tale, Simon awakens to find Vault 76 empty and as he doggedly pursues any trace of his best friends Jake and Amata, there is a dark and terrible thing just behind him. Listen...do you hear it? It's calling for help...and its name is Mr. Messenger.	19:17	April 26, 2020
Minisode #5	It's Tea Time!	As I put the finishing touches on an almost feature length episode, here’s another minisode written by our own Jessica Duval and Christian Mower with editing by Christian Mower as well. While I’ve been working on our bigger arcs, the cast have started to explore their characters and will be sharing fun tales of their adventures for you. In this episode, Susie takes her friend Punch on an afternoon adventure. But as it often does, a stroll through the countryside and a visit to an old friend turn into an event that just won’t quit.	13:02	May 28, 2020
Minisode #6	A Prologue to the "Trial of the Century" ~ Bethesda Game Days Live Show	As you wander the broken land of the Ash Heap, the chemical caked earth dusting up at each step to choke you, you stumble on a curious discarded pile of holotapes. You pick them up…pop one in…and listen…as voices call out from the dark…	11:12	June 3, 2020
Minisode #7	Chad and the Stranger	This episode introduces our first African American voice actress, the real life actress Ashley Jaye. In this episode written by our own Alexander Luthor, the Chad is out late at night having forgotten a present for Susie when he stumbles on a group of people. Despite our differences, Chad finds out when it comes to what makes us human we should never judge on appearance alone...	11:51	July 16, 2020

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