# Tim Cain on Reddit (u/TimCain)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/tim-cain

Tim Cain: Co-creator of Fallout.

- Reddit account: [u/TimCain](https://www.reddit.com/user/TimCain/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [Moderator-assigned “Obsidian Entertainment” flair in r/IAmA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5c3nkh/comment/d9tgosf/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/gaming (46), r/Fallout (29), r/IAmA (15), r/classicfallout (13), r/AskReddit (12), r/arcanum (6)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2012 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cain

## Moments

### u/TimCain in r/AskReddit, Apr 5, 2022 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> War never changes

> Hehe, I wrote that line during a commercial break while watching The Simpsons, and the rest of the introduction after the show was over. I’ve never written anything again as good, so The Simpsons must be my muse.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/twwd52/comment/i3ieb7w/ · 25 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/TimCain in r/Fallout, Jun 18, 2015 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> [This is the stuff of nightmares.](http://i.imgur.com/UYabc5H.jpg)

> To be fair, I had no idea that icon was in the game. Another programmer added it secretly as the "large" size icon, and I never used large icons in Windows 95 so I just saw the regular Fallout icon. Unfortunately, after Windows NT, all Windows versions started using the large size icons by default, so that's what most people see now.
>
> TLDR: I am sorry my head frightens you.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/3aaa9z/comment/csaug16/ · 274 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/TimCain in r/Fallout, Dec 9, 2022 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "Possible Seussian connection to Fallout".

> I would love to tell you that there was a connection. But the truth is that the colors blue and yellow were used for the vault suit in Fallout because they were under-utilized colors from the limited palette of colors we had to use, and I told the art director “use them or lose them”. That’s it. Nothing deeper.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/zde4u2/comment/izhej0k/ · 5 points as of Nov 7, 2026