As the manual states, Fallout 3 takes place in an alternate timeline. The world as we know it is never existed. Humanity stopped in the 1950’s. The fashions and trends of that time never got old. It existed until 2077, when a nuclear holocaust destroyed most of the Earth. That is the game. Call it Fallout, call it Wasteland, or call it whatever you want, but Fallout 3 is a 50’s era imagining of life after the bombs. All things considered, it is a pretty accurate portrayal of what that generation must have thought about while they were hiding under their desks. What would the world be like? As you trek through the desolate terrain, what do you see? There’s a makeshift junk town up ahead, and a scorched tricycle on the sidewalk. Off in the distance a ruined metropolis looms with the ghosts of monuments that once inspired a proud nation. Miscreants and bums wander old highways. Traders scavenge whatever they can find and pack it onto their two headed cattle. The water shines in the dark.
No, I bitch at Volly too, sometimes. You see, I'm all about rebuilding the Codex into a wonderous new place. A place where a man can still spam goatze images, but also have a well articulated argument. 
