A young gamer named Jayden has today received a well intentioned gift from his older brother Mark in the form of Bethesda’s online MMORPG Fallout 76, of which Jayden has been a militant boycotter.

“Haha yeah, I remember when we were younger you used to play the shit out of that Fallout 3 game on the PS3 – so I can only imagine how much you’ll love this one!” Mark proclaimed excitedly he handed Jayden the gift.

“Oh… I uh… yeah this is great, I’ve really been wanting to play this… haha…” Replied Jayden as the colour drained from his face.

“I can’t believe they’ve made 73 sequels since then… Time really does fly.” Mark, who hasn’t played a video game since moving out 8 years ago mused.

Our reporter spoke to Jayden after the awkward encounter, visibly shaken. He told us of his personal struggles with the once revered Fallout franchise.

“Fallout 3 and New Vegas are my two favourite video games of all time, they can’t be touched. But after playing Fallout 4 & being massively disappointed by it I was skeptical about where the franchise was headed.”

“After watching the Fallout 76 trailer I think that was the final nail in the coffin for me on this franchise, I have made 19 Reddit accounts just to downvote posts about Fallout 76 and Todd Howard that… that deviant.”

“This really couldn’t have gone worse, not only has that liar Todd Howard received my brother Mark’s money, but I now also have to play Fallout 76 AND pretend to be happy about it! I fucking hate Christmas.”