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["John Barton of Milton, West Virginia, works in autism advocacy and is an avid Fallout 76 gamer who has written several articles about the game in relation to its setting in a post-apocalyptic West Virginia. Barton visited the West Virginia Humanities Council to lead folklorist Emily Hilliard in a walk-through of the game, paying special attention to elements referencing West Virginia history and folklore. This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with Fallout 76 gamers, some of whom are from West Virginia, and some of whom were inspired to visit West Virginia because of the game."]
["Mark Fields (b. 1975, Columbus, Ohio) is a resident of Columbus, OH and Fallout 76 gamer. He was inspired to visit West Virginia with his son, both prior to the games release. After the games release, Fields, his girlfriend, and son made another trip to West Virginia to experience the Fasnacht celebration in the Randolph County Swiss community of Helvetia, which is featured in Fallout 76.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with Fallout 76 gamers, some of whom are from West Virginia, and some of whom were inspired to visit West Virginia because of the game."]
["Cora Lee (Phillips) Hairston (b. 1942, Sarah Anne, WV) is a musician and writer from Logan County, West Virginia. She and her husband Fred, also a musician, currently live in Omar, West Virginia. Cora Hairston is the author of two novels, Faces Behind the Dust and Hello World Here Comes Claraby Rose, both fictionalized accounts based on her childhood growing up in a Black coal camp. She spoke about her childhood, her music, and her writing practice."]
["Kristy Henson is an assistant professor of forensic science at Fairmont State University and a Fallout 76 gamer. She is originally from southern Ohio, but has lived in Buckhannon, WV for 5 years. She attended Helvetias Fasnacht celebration in 2019 based on her experience in the game, and made a papier-mch owl mask inspired by one of the Fasnacht masks in Fallout 76. In this interview, she speaks about how playing the game has informed her understanding of West Virginia culture and geography. This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with Fallout 76 gamers, some of whom are from West Virginia, and some of whom were inspired to visit West Virginia because of the game."]
["Robert Jackson, a native of Milton, West Virginia, was a childhood friend of writer Breece DJ Pancake's and the inspiration for Pancakes character \"Chester\" in his story \"Salvation of Me.\" In this interview, Jackson shares his memories of Pancake, from childhood to the last time he saw him at the Milton Methodist Church, shortly before his death.This interview is part of a series of material related to Rick Wilsons Breece DJ Pancake tour of Pancake and Wilsons hometown of Milton, West Virginia."]
["Porter Lyons (b. October, 1993, Cleveland, OH) is a resident of Dayton, OH and Fallout 76 gamer. He was inspired to visit West Virginia in anticipation of the games release, and then visited again after he began playing the game. In 2019 he participated in the Fasnacht celebration in the Randolph County Swiss community of Helvetia, which is featured in Fallout 76.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with Fallout 76 gamers, some of whom are from West Virginia, and some of whom were inspired to visit West Virginia because of the game."]
["Porter Lyons (b. October, 1993, Cleveland, OH) is a resident of Dayton, OH and Fallout 76 gamer. He was inspired to visit West Virginia in anticipation of the games release, and then visited again after he began playing the game. In 2019 he participated in the Fasnacht celebration in the Randolph County Swiss community of Helvetia, which is featured in Fallout 76.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with Fallout 76 gamers, some of whom are from West Virginia, and some of whom were inspired to visit West Virginia because of the game."]
["Mike Mallow (b.1981, Pendleton County, WV) is a resident of Franklin in Pendleton County, WV, a newspaper producer for The Moorefield Examiner, and a Fallout 76 gamer. He was inspired to visit various locations in West Virginia, such as Spruce Knob and Seneca Rocks, after experiencing the virtual representation of those locations in Fallout 76. This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with Fallout 76 gamers, some of whom are from West Virginia, and some of whom were inspired to visit West Virginia because of the game."]