The Horror of Fallout (Game) Isn't the Bombs. It's the Decline Before Them

Fallout’s pre-war world feels more familiar than it should, and we should be talking about that. I wrote this article as a mashup between Fallout, peak oil theory, and the slow decay/decline that likely would have happened before the bombs dropped. The game and tv show never really depicted any of that, and it's a shame.

I had a lot of fun using my imagination and writing this article, and I hope any (hopeful) readers have as much fun reading it.