In the recently released action role-playing game Fallout 3, players trek through the remains of Washington, D.C., in the year 2277, blasting radioactive mutants and interacting with nuclear survivors. Here the game's lead artist, Istvan Pely, talks about three movies and a comic book that inspired Fallout's intense, richly realized atomic wasteland.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
''Visually iconic characters
and settings — a staple of the
postapocalyptic genre''
Waterworld
''The way everything was
constructed out of scrap
metal, with rusty bits, was
a strong reference.''
A Boy and His Dog
''It has a wandering-the-wasteland
vibe and an
off-kilter, B-movie sensibility.''
Hard Boiled
''The art style (of this
Frank Miller comic) has a
retro-futuristic look.''
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