For twitter, I thought it'd be appropriate to look back at her impact on that game. Heartbroken doesn't cover it, but I won’t eulogize her here. I said goodbye today to River, who most of you know as Fallout 4’s Dogmeat. Let’s take a look at some of the ways that Fallout fans have come together to appreciate River and her role in Fallout 4. Dogmeat is not just a combat companion but also a loving in game pet, so gamers everywhere have come together to mourn the death of canine actress River. Dogmeat was a companion throughout the Fallout games, though River’s incarnation of the dog is from Fallout 4. They can get us through the toughest of times thanks to their love and companionship and the grief that can be felt at losing a dog- or any pet- is not something to ever be scoffed at. They may not be people but dogs are still a valuable and highly important to so many of us as family members. However, fans have been celebrating the life of the beautiful, female German Shepard with various tributes in game as well as on social media. River the German Shepard- who was the inspiration behind Dogmeat from Fallout 4– sadly passed away last week.
As someone who recently lost a canine companion myself, this story made me a little emotional and so I really wanted to write about not just the sad news, but also the way that we gamers have come together to pay tribute to a lost, loved doggo.