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Usually refers to the end of the world.
The End of Days. A concept often used in video games. In most games: the protagonists are working to prevent it, although sometimes the goal is to actually bring about Armageddon yourself.
The roach is a notoriously indestructible insect found in many societies. It is also found in video games.
Communism is an economic and political ideology which (at least in theory), seeks to eventually achieve a classless society that promotes equality in gender, racial, and/or social terms. Despite this, most Communist regimes are often dictatorial rather than utopian.
Deathclaws were intended to be a replacement for humans in close-combat situations by the US government and created using a variety of animal DNA. They are powerful, agile monsters that now run wild in the Fallout franchise.
Armageddon is just around the corner. Games with a doomsday clock take place when the time between now and oblivion is finite and approaching fast.
Any game that represents a society noticeably worse or less desirable compared to those in the present. This can relate to kinds of political and economic organisation, excessive human suffering, social problems caused by technology, or as a result of an apocalyptic event.
The Enclave is a shadowy military organization in the Fallout universe.
Genocide refers to killing on massive scale, often systematic and for political or religous reasons.
Irradiated, rotting and mutated human from the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout.
Although the United States has not been subject to a major invasion since the War of 1812 with the British Empire, it is the subject of many modern themed games. It usually spurs on the protagonist to save the United States of America from certain doom.
Some substance, organic or other wise that alters perfectly normal creatures into something else. Often times the agent in question is some form of virus or parasite.
Nuclear war is a conflict in which nuclear weapons are used.
Radiation is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body. Radiation in videogames is typically represented as a field, inside of which units will take damage.
Satire is a form of humor that ridicules aspects of real-world society and culture, usually making a serious but indirect point about the subject that the player is allowed to infer. Games such as Metal Gear, EarthBound, Grand Theft Auto, and Fallout, for example, satirize American culture.
Super Mutants are mutated humans infected by the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV). Taller, bigger, and stronger than regular humans, they consider themselves the superior race.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
The Great War is the name given to the nuclear war that devastated the planet in the Fallout universe.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
Lasting from 1939 to 1945, The second World War was a conflict between the Allies and the Axis. It was the most devastating conflict in human history.
A devastating future war in many game's narratives. Some games take place in a post-World War III setting where humanity struggles to live with the consequences of WWIII, while other games are centred around preventing global warfare from ever happening.
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