Fallout New Vegas: an Examination of Political Theory and the Future of Governance

Recently, the topic of nuclear war has gained traction as an interesting subject to daydream about, probably due to contemporary geopolitical tensions, or maybe boredom, who knows. Either way, the ideas and stories centered around apocalypses are nothing new as many prominent stories emerged during the Cold War around the aftermath of nuclear war. The common and most logical response is that there’ll be nothing, but what if there was? This is what the Fallout franchise seeks to answer as it transports players into a world 200 years after the events of a nuclear war and it tells the story of…