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Todd Howard may make haz-mat suits for Avatars

by Beau King July 21st 2008 12:30 PM CDT0 Comments

With the E3 confetti slowly finding itself into dust pans and garbage bins alike we are trying to make sense of the whole mess. Still news is dripping in with the oversights and forgotten moments that hid among the riff raff. One such bit concerns the whole Avatar system. We covered earlier the possibility of devs getting in the game and providing exclusive clothing for our Mavatars.

Just how far this may go has since been hush hush, but in Major Nelson’s latest podcast at about the 4 minute mark he and co-host e confirm that developers have the freedom to make a whole slew of clothing types and paraphernalia. Of particular note is a conversation between Major and Todd Howard of Fallout 3 wherein Todd asks Major if he could possibly make some sort of haz-mat suit or in honor of the game for the community to use. Major’s response of course was a resounding yes.

This means a lot in the way of making these Avatars more than just caricatures of ourselves. We may soon have the option to sport a piece of the Halo 3 armor set, Niko’s signature track suit, and Hagard’s beanie all at once. Hopefully this will catch on and make for a whole community of oddly outfitted Livers.