One such landmark is the city of Miami, a quintessential part of America and a popular vacation spot with its sandy beaches, flashy art deco-style architecture, and bustling nightlife. Working individually or within expansive teams made up of as many as 100 members, the modders are reconstructing simulacra of American landmarks and states-only it's seen through the Fallout goggles of nostalgia, kitsch, and satire. So what about the rest of the country? That's where passionate modders come in, putting together a patchwork of a post-apocalyptic America set in the Fallout universe. to Massachusetts, Fallout has captured the zeitgeist of America in the 1950s, albeit one that achieved incredible technological advancement, then torn apart by the ravages of war.
But more than this architecture is the nuggets of American ethos and jingoism buried among the detritus of the Wasteland, like the genteel Enclave president John Henry Eden in Fallout 3, who broadcasts patriotic speeches over his radio station while reminiscing about the national pastime of the good ol' days: baseball. Likewise, the historical monuments of Fallout 4 are some of the most famous historical sights from Boston. In Fallout 3, you can spy the battered remains of the Washington Monument-the obelisk at the center of the National Mall-from almost anywhere in the Capital Wasteland. Few other games have captured the essence of Americana quite like Fallout.
