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apocalypse

Post-Apocalyptic Videogames that Real-Life Terrorists Play

Here you can see some gorgeous concept art of a post-apocalyptic Washington, DC, recently released by the company making much-anticipated videogame Fallout 3. The art was so cool that it went viral in a way its creators never intended: It started showing up on Al Qaeda message boards as what you might call aspirational imagery. SITE Intelligence Group, a private company working with the US government, found the image on a password-protected board for terrorist wannabes. More »

10:05 AM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Annalee Newitz
3,803 views, 32 comments

Latest by n/a: Fallout 3? When is this coming out? Why does Al-Qaeda know about Fallout 3 before me?? more »

fallout 3

Explore the Vast Capitol Wasteland of 2277 in Fallout 3

This concept art for Fallout 3, which we mentioned once before, shows Washington D.C. reduced to ashen rubble. The highly-anticipated sequel to the classic "wander the wasteland and have sex with mutant hookers" RPG is slated for a Fall 2008 multi-platform release. The story is not directly related to the one from Fallout 2, but it takes place in the same world. In 2077, nuclear war destroys most of America, forcing the survivors to hide out in underground vaults that protect them from radiation, mutants and other bad stuff. More art below.
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11:40 AM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Ed Grabianowski
4,393 views, 30 comments

Latest by n/a: If Dallout Three is as good as Oblivion( and from what i've red..it probably will be better). This is a game i willbe looking forward to playing for a while...That is after i finish Mass Effect... more »

retro futurism

Fallout Meters Sniff Radiation "Better Than a Hound Scents Quail"

From the Cold War vantage point of the early 1960s, the immediate future appeared to be one of impending nuclear annihilation. The savvy homeowner built a bomb shelter for family safety, but how to know when to come out after the big one fell? You couldn't see, feel, hear, taste or smell radiation. That's where a home fallout meter came in handy. Luckily, Popular Science was there to help the consumer understand how they worked and which one to buy. More »

12:40 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Lynn Peril
589 views, 2 comments

Latest by n/a: A high reading on the dosimeter means you've had it--like seeing 95,000 on the odometer of a jalopy. 95K? Geez, and they say things built back then used to last. more »

concept art

Aircraft Carrier Condominiums In A Post-Nuclear Junkyard

Fallout 3 comes out later this year. Like the first two games, it's all about surviving in a post-nuclear world full of mutants, radiation, and other bad stuff that wants to kill you. In the concept artwork above, you can see how mankind has adapted to what's left of the world by building a makeshift bridge to a drydocked and marooned aircraft carrier, which appears to be one of the few sources of manmade light (or fire.) This melancholy image could have done double duty as concept art for that Life After People special on the History Channel. More »

2:30 PM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Kevin Kelly
5,982 views, 32 comments

Latest by bnpederson: @PeteRR: "They are not role playing games. What Doom taught me is I have to redo a scenario 5 times, hitting the jump button at just the right point each time."   So Doom taught you that fifteen years ago, right? Well what Final more »