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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.

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Transcript of oral history of Porter Lyons

Identifier:
4224.LyonsPorter.IntTranscript.3.18.20
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Porter Lyons
Date:
2020-03-18
Creator:
Lyons, Porter
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Description:
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.
Subject:
Helvetia (W. Va.), Video games, Carnival, Tourism and the arts, Video games--Design, Video gamers, Apocalyptic art, West Virginia--Fiction
Rights:
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
Format:
application/pdf
Language:
English
Source:
A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection