This pretty much says it.



Nope, the whole world of the Fallout Universe got bombed. Some places were spared and some weren't lucky.



Again, no, plus in the Fallout universe the whole world was bombed and who knows what next will happen in our world than it is in Fallout.



No comment there...



All I can say is in the Fallout Universe is different from our reality from history and events from reality that never occurred in the game since Fallout games is just has alternate timeline compared to ours and a its theory of a what if this happened during the 1950s. Plus all the Fallout games are focused on the United States and we have no clue what else is happening on the other side of the world in Fallout unless there was some time of history going on the outside of America in Fallout games.



North America.

I literally did not connect the nuclear problems going on in Japan to Fallout once until I saw this topic. In my opinion it's a very very silly comparison to make. As for the poll questions, no, it didn't affect my enjoyment of it before this topic, and it hasn't afected it now, why would it? Question #2... what? Why should I feel guilty that an earthquake triggered a nuclear meltdown in Japan? That is leagues and leagues less serious than a nuclear war, and by playing a game about one I'm not somehow making light of the situation. #3 no, #4 neither, #5 North America.

As I said, this poll and comparison is extremely silly and is honestly an article I'd expect Fox News to publish in order to find something else to blame video games on, possibly with the title "Are our kids mocking Japan by playing games about nuclear wars?"

^ This. That's about it. I don't see how Fallout relates to the disaster in Japan.

Fallout: Nuclear War

Japan: Nuclear power plant meltdown.

Two different things.

As Antibody and Bonemaster have kindly pointed out, neither have to do with the other beyond the word 'radiation'.

As to Nuclear Power plants, I always find some way to point the fault of a plant on human fallability, not nuclear power. If strategically placed, I am in full support of nuclear cars, plants and so on. But I'm more a big picture man, I don't care about the pixels that make the picture.

Incidentally the crisis in Japan also hasn't influenced my feelings towards myxomatosis or banana flavored icecream. Edit: I have noticed I've been listening to less pop music since the tsunami but that's probably just a coincidence.

No, what happened in Japan makes me think about all the people that died in a quake / tsunami, not some video game I play in my spare time.

1. I play Fallout myself, as stated, so most the points made above are either moot or irrelevant, especially the Fox News bit.
2. Nothing about the poll indicates that you should feel guilty.
3. If it were a Fox News piece, there should be no reason to fear it, the responses stand on their own.
4. A poll is not a comparison. You may see comparisons and anologies, but often a poll proves the opposite of the questions asked.
Sometimes it proves little but opens doors to other topics.
5. For many, this is just a game. Well, so far, this is just a poll.

No. No. No. Neither. North America.

The explosion of a few facilities isn't going to cause anything major. Nothing remotely like the Fallout world. Even so, why would you feel bad for playing a game about post-nuclear war from low levels of radiation in the Pacific, the effect of the radiation is minuscule when compared to the effect of the earthquake/tsunami. [censored] happens, we couldn't have prevented it.

I had and still have no concerns about nuclear power

Nothing would make me happier (about the electrical infrastructure of America) than to see our number of nuclear power plants double.

Nuclear accidents are few and far in between. In civilian nuclear power plants there have been, what? 5 nuclear accidents including this one? How many people have died in regular power plants due to fires or explosions? I guarantee you that they far outnumber those that have died from nuclear power accidents. Nuclear power is extreeeemly regulated, and as such is built to very strict standards, making it very safe.

Unfortunately, "nuclear" is still has a bad rep that it doesn't deserve, and this'll just make it worse.

Doesn't bother me at all. It's a game; fiction. While playing games based in WW2 do you take into consideration that millions died during the war? No, you just play. It's a game.

No. No. No. Neither. North America.

Until this thread, I never even would have thought of Fallout and Japan as related, (outside of, you know, fatman and little boy) and in my mind any connection only lasts as far as the word "radiation." A more reasonable connection would have been to connect this to Sim City, since in those games your Nuclear power Plants can meltdown. What has happened in Japan will not stop me from purposefully triggering Nuclear meltdowns in my sim cities. I don't like my citizens, you see.

Although I do pray for the well being and safety of the people in Japan, it doesn't effect the way I feel or play Fallout 3. Besides I'm more worried about unstable Dictators having ichy press the nuke button finger and starting WWIII.

Ha Ha...same here, but in a Civilization IV mod.

Well said on all accounts. I'd like to see if that's a common sentiment (Re: WW3)...but don't worry I won't start a new poll.

My gaming is unaffected by real world events unless I am directly involved in them. Gaming in general is a poor source of true life information, but it can be a reliable guide toward insight into the possibilities of the future. The world of Fallout is, most things considered, based upon ficticious circumstances that could never be in reality; radiation does not mutate to the degree portrayed in Fallout, and certainly does not prevent the growth of vegetation, as we've seen in Chernobyl. But the concept of the game is based upon survivability in a highly competitive environment with limited resources, and this appeals to our innermost nature. That is essentially the world as we know it, yet all of our advancements as a civilization, it has been hidden behind such things as education, employment, and funds.

However, at any time, the state of this world can turn into a different direction. Realities such as Fallout, where it is chaos, war, and every man and woman for themselves, can become our reality. And I think most people, sub-consciously, are attracted to that idea in some way, and as a result they become far more aware of worldy events linked to resource wars, nuclear weapons and factories, and so on. There can't be anything wrong with that. This thread is very proof of it.

My thoughts exactly, the sad thing is that this minor event will most likely stop the nuclear power bill in the USA.

Fallout is about the horrors of nuclear war. What is going on in Japan is a problem at a nuclear plant (a very blown out of proportion problem). They are barely related (but they're both nuclear! Well, yes, but very different kinds of nuclear), so the question makes no sense to me. Why should I associate the one with the other, much less feel bad about it?

When I hear of a disaster in Japan, the last thing I would think about would be Fallout. Well, maybe not the last thing. I would probably think of chocolate-based aliens after Fallout. Actually, I should think of that more often; probably the tastiest First Encounter ever.

ever though game is game, I bet japanese right now sure wish there is something called rad-x and rad-away

Simply echoing seemingly popular sentiment here.
I know the difference between fantasy and reality, and have always been able to separate the two.

No, it doesn't say I should feel guilty, but it does ask if I do. I was just curious as to why you would even ask that, considering how silly a notion it is.

(Question #2: "As a Fallout fan do you feel any guilt while playing (re: Japan)")



I was simply remarking on Fox's sheer brilliance at being able to warp poll results to suit whatever message they're trying to get across. The responses cannot stand on their own if you report on the responses in such a way that it suits your agenda. It's really easy and they've done it so many times before. Of course, I never said you were writing a piece for Fox News, I'm simply saying this is something I could see them writing an article about.

No.
No.
No.
Neither.
North America. Canada specifically.

And when it comes to what happened in Japan it doesn't really bother me. I don't really care. I mean it svcks that people died and all but it doesn't effect me. Call me evil but thats how I feel.

You'll be singing a different tune come the second encounter. Soon as they realise their first party were eaten (possibly alive), the nukes will start raining down. And then we'll have a post-apocalyptic world where bottle caps may be currency .


"Video gamers unsympathetic to Japanese disaster.

A recent poll shows that gamers feel no guilt while playing Fallout, a game set in a world devastated and irradiated by nuclear destruction, where the player can kill any civilian at random. Many commented on the question, one saying, 'Why would I care?' -sentiment frequently expressed- another, 'Why should what happened in Japan matter... It's not the USA's Fault that they had to nuke Japan...'.

Poll: Should violent video games be banned for causing increased aggression and other antisocial characteristics?
Yes.
No."

I didn't do it all that well, but I'm hoping I still get a bikkie for effort.

There were certain times when I was wandering about the rubble and wreckage in Fallout 3 where I would feel a real sense of pessimism, that although these were just pixels, the scene they formed was still plausible.
Aside from the mutant killer zombies of course but who knows!? - ha
That said, I hadnt linked any part of it with Japan.