Open AccessAssembling a Mosaic of the Future: The Post-Nuclear World of Fallout 3
Author(s) -
Martin Pichlmair
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eludamos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1866-6124
DOI - 10.7557/23.6000
Subject(s) - radioactive fallout , mosaic , context (archaeology) , nuclear weapon , face (sociological concept) , history , geography , astrobiology , environmental ethics , archaeology , political science , sociology , engineering , biology , law , philosophy , social science , nuclear engineering
Fallout is a series of role-playing games set in a prolonged nuclear age that follows the fictional Great War of 2077. Its story follows an alternate history scenario that branches from our history at about 1950. During the years following the nuclear fallout, the earth changes its face. Species mutate, some animals become sentient, and many humans lose their mind. This review focusses on the historic context of the nuclear age and how it informed the world of Fallout.