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Fallout's VATS sound effect came from a washing machine

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When you enter targeting mode to precisely blow off a super mutant's head, the satisfying chunk-chunk sound is nothing more than a front-loading washing machine door being slammed shut. The post-apocalyptic wasteland owes its most stylish combat flair to mundane household appliances.

Fallout's VATS sound effect came from a washing machine
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