How did they know?

They didnt, The game developers knew the bombs would go off: so they named it thusly.

War fever gripped the nation during the resource wars, and many corporations decided to capitalize on it, including Nuka Cola.

Just my guess

Really! i thought it was just the game developers making a cool name!

Probably that too

lol:)

I'm assuming that there was an obsession with nuclear fission power from things such as the cars of the time (Corvega and Chryslus offerings IIRC were fission powered), unlike today where anything using nuclear fission is seen as taboo probably due to the Chernobyl incident. Just a guess.

Yeah, it's just part of the whole retro-future-50s "Nuclear = GOOD!" setting that Fallout is based on. Nuclear cars, Nuka-cola, "Radiation King" appliances, etc, etc, etc....

Nuclear power and atomic bombs were popular in the 40ies and 50ies.

Thats how the bikini got its name.

Plus, thats what it was called in the original fallout games...

:icecream:

Yep, every kid had one, and if you didn't then you weren't cool

i like to think of the "nuka" or any pre war nuclear ref in this as the equivalent of things like "EXTREME!" that we have

Jokes aside, child chemistry sets came with radioactive elements back then. (in real life not the game world). Everyone was obsessed with nuclear technology and radioactive materials, so yes they put cancer causing radioactive material in a child's toy. And yes, many people got cancer as a result.


Also, if you pay attention to the subtle details in Fallout 3 a lot of companies/products were named after nuclear stuff. My favorite is the home appliance company called Radiation King that made ovens and refrigerators and stuff.

If you pay careful attention to the story elements of the game, such as old newspaper articles on computer terminals and the diaries of people who lived before the Great War, you will notice that the world knew nuclear war was coming for decades before it happened. Similar to how everyone in the 50's thought Mutually Assured Destruction would happen. Except in the case of Fallout, it actually did.

Not at all ironic or even anachronistic.

In the Fallout 3 era Nuclear was considered a positive description. It is meant as a symbol or progress and power. So it's a very apt name. It wasn't named for the nuclear war.

Even in this universe radiation wasn't always a negative: http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/medalsmementoes/dimes.htm.

Thanks for the incites guys

Yup, as I said above, toy chemistry sets for kids came with radioactive elements.

As already states, that was the culture at the time. They didn't know they'd be nuked... They just used nuclear power in everyday things like food and appliances.

That goes for every product except the 'sugar bombs' cereal. I don't think that just had to do with daily radioactive stuff.

A fruity soft flavour and a kick that makes you forget all competition.

Nuka Cola. Go with a bang.

Fallout 3 era? o_O

In the Fallout 3 era everything had been obliterated, and there was no corporation trying to cash in on a holocaust with warm, flat soft drinks.

I'm talking about the culture and popular references in Fallout 3. Nuka Cola fits into that.

Nuka Cola has been a staple of the series since Fallout 1, though. The pop-culture has also been a series affair. I would think then, that Nuka Cola doesn't fit into FO3, rather that FO3 fits into Nuka Cola

But yes, I am aruguing semantics, and isn't really relevant, I just wanted to be apart of the discussion ^_^

to me its a "stop reading so much into things" discussion.... Just sit back and enjoy the game, and stop questioning everything.