Looking for the ideal spooky venue for Halloween in West Virginia? West Virginia Explorer, in cooperation with WVGhosts.com, Saturday unleashed its list of the 10 most popular Halloween attractions in the Mountain State for 2018.Traffic at both websites was increased this year by interest in spooky West Virginia folklore brought on by the Fallout 76 … Read more
Editor’s note: The fifth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Savage Divide region, which is based on the Allegheny Mountains region and its lofty Allegheny Front.The Savage Divide cuts across what’s being called “Appalachia” in Fallout 76. The name alone suggests a unforgiving land, … Read more
Information being updated. New locations added. Last update 11/15/2018The new virtual map for the Fallout 76 video game is filled with real-world locations in West Virginia (WV), many of which may or may not exist in their game-world form.Nate Purkeypile, Fallout 76 world artist, says developers have in some cases changed the locations of landmarks … Read more
The diversity of West Virginia’s cultures and landscapes presents challenges when it comes to marketing the state, says David Sibray, publisher of the West Virginia Explorer.Many parts of West Virginia are dramatically different, Sibray told radio-show host Steve Novotney during an interview Friday on AM 1600 WKKX in Wheeling, West Virginia.While discussing his fondness of … Read more
The new Fallout 76 video game — to be released by Bethesda Softworks on November 14, 2018 — might have been set in Pennsylvania rather than West Virginia. However, one of the game’s developers says he found West Virginia’s landscape more alluring.“We were considering either West Virginia or Pennsylvania, but I decided I liked West … Read more
Editor’s note: the fourth installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates The Ash Heap region, which draws on the bloody history of mining and industrialism in West Virginia’s coalfields.The southwestern area on the Fallout 76 map, “The Ash Heap” — with its blackened appearance and giant … Read more
Mothman isn’t just any West Virginia monster, says David Sibray, publisher of West Virginia Explorer, who contends the beast that’s alleged to have haunted the hills near Point Pleasant may play a remarkable role in the upcoming Fallout 76 video game.“Of the five monsters we cover at West Virginia Explorer, all of which seem to … Read more
West Virginans love their lore, so it should be no surprise on this most-monstrous-of-weekends that the crowd at the double-feature at The Elk in rural Sutton will likely fill much of the historic 250-seat theater.“The Mothman of Point Pleasant” and “The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear” will be shown back-to-back Sept. 14 and 15 … Read more
Do you believe in monsters? David Sibray hasn’t come clean on whether he does but admits the legend of the Grafton Monster of northern West Virginia is a subject that deserves investigation, at least where folklore is concerned.West Virginia Explorer has released the third in a series of video interviews that regard the lore of … Read more
Editor’s note: the third installment in John Barton’s examination of a map of the soon-to-be-released Fallout 76 video game investigates the Toxic Valley region, which, he points out, shares many similarities with West Virginia’s Chemical Valley.“Toxic Valley” occupies the northernmost region on the Fallout 76 map produced by Oscerlot, though I think it’s likely an … Read more
