Fallout: Nuevo Mexico, an incredibly promising expansion mod for Fallout: New Vegas, was cancelled earlier this week. Speaking in the project's discord, lead developer Zapshock said that work on the mod wasn't "sustainable" for themself and the team, and they instead needed to prioritise their mental health.
Since then, viral social media posts have claimed that the "real" reason the mod was cancelled is because Zapshock was reported to ICE by others in the Fallout community. Screenshots of an apparent Discord conversation, in which Zapshock appeared to dox themself and admit to entering the United States without a Visa, were used as evidence. These posts were a magnet for further racism against Zapshock, and many shared the story believing it was true.
The wasteland should be terrifying, not a sandbox for our power fantasy.
Now, Zapshock has issued another statement in the Neurvo Mexico Discord server. Here, they say that these claims are "pure fiction", and calls out the modding community for their "twisted narratives, and manufactured drama".
"A free mod project, that’s what these racist clowns are losing their minds over," says Zapshock. "A project that cost them nothing, that took nothing from them. A project made with passion,...
