{"id":549391,"date":"2026-03-10T17:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2196644"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:27:29","slug":"fallout-writer-scott-bennie-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fallout-writer-scott-bennie-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallout writer Scott Bennie dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fallout-writer-scott-bennie-dies.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scott Bennie, a writer and contributor to the original Fallout, has died aged 61.<\/p>\n<p>Bennie served as a designer, writer and producer of numerous games during his time at Interplay in the 1990s, including The Lord of the Rings, Starfleet Academy, plus Starfleet Command and its sequel. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-03-31-fallout-writer-scott-bennie-dies-aged-61\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-03-31-fallout-writer-scott-bennie-dies-aged-61\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Bennie, a writer and contributor to the original Fallout, has died aged 61. 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