Caring for Polygons: NPC Bonding and Attachment
Nightmare Mode writer Emily Payton comments on the difficulty she has feeling attachment to human party members, and how easily one dog changes that:
"I was in an abandoned scrapyard when I first encountered Dogmeat, that lovable German Shepherd from Fallout 3. Immediately, he wriggled his way into my heart. As an animal lover, I’ve had pets my entire life, so it came as no surprise that I would adopt this virtual canine as a companion. But the bond I formed with Dogmeat, just how attached I felt to him, surprised me."
