The Fallout franchise became the gaming phenomenon that it is today for two reasons: the games’ innovative open-world designs push the limits of player-controlled narratives, and its retro-futurist setting that freezes American culture in the atomic 1950s is simply a lot of fun. Whether you’re drinking a Nuka-Cola or listening to old pop hits on the radio, the atom is the guiding star for all of Fallout’s worldbuilding.
The game has found a new audience thanks to its Amazon Prime Video adaptation, which will bring the story to New Vegas for Season 2. But in regular old Las Vegas, a new museum will explore the real-life Atomic Age, and how its influences on Fallout aren’t as far-fetched as fans might think.
