The "Fallout" universe in the context of "atomic culture" Cover Image

Uniwersum „Fallouta” w kontekście „atomic culture”
The "Fallout" universe in the context of "atomic culture"

Author(s): Rafał Kochanowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: gry komputerowe; Fallout; „kultura atomowa”; retrofuturyzm; apokalipsa

Summary/Abstract: The Fallout universe is an adaptive remix of themes that characterise the so-called (American) atomic culture. The creators of the universe have been developing it for years by entering into a dialogue with American pop-culture. Fallout’s storyworld is retro-futuristic and retrotopian in nature, a critique of the American Dream and a pessimistic diagnosis. Rebuilding civilization will not be possible because the negative aspects of human nature prevail over the nobler instincts. The apocalypse presented in this way is also a reflection — on a macroscale — of the universally understood ‘evil,’ which expresses itself — on a microscale — in ordinary human interactions. So the ultimate product of civilization — the actual ‘atomic legacy’ — will be mutations, aberrations, anarchy and barbarism

  • Issue Year: 29/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 75-90
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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