Primotech | Issue 005 | Political Gaming- Fallout 2/title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/scriptaculous.js?load=effects"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/lightbox.js"></script> <link href="/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="/lightbox.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <style type="text/css"> #text { font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; position:absolute; z-index: 10; left: 680px; top: 20px; width: 170px; height: 575px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } p { font-size: small; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #fff; } </style>  <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-98730-1"; urchinTracker(); </script>  </head> <body> <div id="bannercontain"> <img src="/banner.jpg" name="banner" border="0" usemap="#bannerMap" id="banner" alt="banner" /> <map name="bannerMap" id="bannerrepeat"> <area shape="rect" coords="25,35,170,95" href="/index.html" alt="test" /> <area shape="rect" coords="275,110,320,125" href="/index.html" alt="test" /> <area shape="rect" coords="330,110,380,125" href="/issues/" alt="test" /> <area shape="rect" coords="390,110,450,125" href="/index.php?art=articles/index.htm" alt="test" /> <area shape="rect" coords="465,110,525,125" href="/index.php?art=reviews/index.htm" alt="test" /> <area shape="rect" coords="535,110,595,125" href="#" alt="test" /> <area shape="rect" coords="600,110,650,125" href="/index.php?art=links/links.htm" alt="test" /> <area shape="rect" coords="660,110,710,125" href="/index.php?art=staff/staff.htm" alt="test" /> <area shape="rect" coords="725,110,780,125" href="mailto: primotech@primotechnology.com" alt="test" /> </map> </div>  <div id="container"> <div id="panels"><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/01.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/02.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/03.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/04.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/05.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/06.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/07.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/08.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /><img src="/issues/005/21/slices/09.jpg" width="320" height="200" alt="" /> </div> <div id="text"> <p>The threat of nuclear holocaust had inspired an entire generation to duck and cover, build bunkers in the backyard, and regard the Soviet Union as the enemy of mankind. Fallout 2 makes use of that history with its 50's inspired art deco style, but it also fleshes out the backstory with an update to the fear borne out of the desperation for valuable resources to create its irradiated world. Although high gas prices today won't force anyone to start thinking about building their own Vault, Fallout 2 and its predecessor have asked the question of what might happen when entire nations become hungry enough to fight for what their people need. Will civilization fall apart or will alternative solutions maintain what sanity is left? In the world of Fallout, that answer was given in a blinding flash of atomic light. Although the threat of nuclear annihilation has given way, in part, to nuclear terrorism, the end result continues to be the same.</p> </div> </div>  <div id="menu"> <a href="/issues/005/cover/cover.html"><img id="menu_01" src="/images/menu_01.jpg" width="54" height="75" alt="" /></a><a href="/issues/005/20/political-gaming-b.html"><img id="menu_02" src="/images/menu_02.jpg" width="54" height="75" alt="" /></a><a href="/issues/005/contents/contents.html"><img id="menu_03" src="/images/menu_03.jpg" width="54" height="75" alt="" /></a><a href="/issues/005/22/political-gaming-d.html"><img id="menu_04" src="/images/menu_04.jpg" width="54" height="75" alt="" /></a><a href="/issues/005/back_cover/back-cover.html"><img id="menu_05" src="/images/menu_05.jpg" width="54" height="75" alt="" /></a> </div>  <div id="footer"></div>  <div id="copyright"> © 2003-2006 Primotech, LLC. </div> </body> </html>