Lock picking is defined by locksmiths as "the art of opening a lock without the key". There's many ways to accomplish this, but I'm specifically interested in using a lock pick set. Since locks vary ...

The wasteland of West Virginia is filled with locked doors and padlocks that you’ll want to bust open. Lockpicking, therefore, is an essential skill in Fallout 76, and you’ll need to not only master ...

Picking locks in Fallout 76 isn’t as simple as it was in previous games, as players will be unable to even attempt to pick a lock unless they first level up the picklock skill. This hurdle can be a ...

Professionally and academically speaking, I am a computer scientist, but I also enjoy lock picking as a hobby, so I thought I would share what knowledge I have with this. Before we start doing ...

Lockpicking is more of an art than a science: it’s probably 10% knowledge and 90% feeling. Only practice will teach you how much torque to apply to the cylinder, how to sense when you’ve pushed a pin ...

Sure, many of us don’t hold our hair in place with bobby pins, but just in case we need to break into a secure location, like the broom closet we locked ourselves out of, it wouldn’t hurt to know how ...

Whether you need a tent, sleeping pad, rain jacket, or new pack, REI’s Independence Day sale has something for everyone. In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we hear directly from Sahil Lavingia, who ...

The lockpicking minigame is structurally the same as the one players remember from past Fallouts published by Bethesda Softworks. Players need a Bobby Pin to attempt a pick, and the pin can break. Run ...