Comments on: Fallout 3 is invading the DC metro http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:12:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: You knew this was coming… « http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-59 You knew this was coming… « Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:07:00 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-59 [...] write a letter to the editor at The Washington Post about the Fallout 3 metro ads first mentioned here at Digital Metropolis a couple of weeks [...] [...] write a letter to the editor at The Washington Post about the Fallout 3 metro ads first mentioned here at Digital Metropolis a couple of weeks [...]

]]> By: digitalmetropolis http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-48 digitalmetropolis Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:07:39 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-48 Douglas: did you ever get a chance to check out the ads? also, i highly recommend getting the 360. having owned a ps3 as well, i think the 360 is the clear winner between the two, particularly with bioshock and the orange box -- both are better games on the 360, without a doubt. Jason: the house is probably 100-110 years old. I doubt it would be in the game, but I live near the Capitol and thought it might be possible. it could blow my mind if i could walk around in my house in the game while sitting in my house playing it. the world might collapse. ShineDog: does eastern market count as an iconic landmark? ben's chili bowl? now THAT would be cool. chryse: i only played the first fallout. worth getting for the pc? well, macbook? i put xp on it and can give it a try... Douglas: did you ever get a chance to check out the ads? also, i highly recommend getting the 360. having owned a ps3 as well, i think the 360 is the clear winner between the two, particularly with bioshock and the orange box — both are better games on the 360, without a doubt.

Jason: the house is probably 100-110 years old. I doubt it would be in the game, but I live near the Capitol and thought it might be possible. it could blow my mind if i could walk around in my house in the game while sitting in my house playing it. the world might collapse.

ShineDog: does eastern market count as an iconic landmark? ben’s chili bowl? now THAT would be cool.

chryse: i only played the first fallout. worth getting for the pc? well, macbook? i put xp on it and can give it a try…

]]> By: Chryse http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-47 Chryse Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:26:05 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-47 I go through Metro Center every day and, yes, every ad spot in the cavernous underground station is taken up with Fallout 3 ads. I enter and exit through the 13th Street escalators and over there they have a line of ads with a paladin of the Brotherhood of Steel helping up a fallen Uncle Sam against the backdrop of a (modern) U.S. flag. On the far wall near the underground entrance to Macy's they have a series of repeating "Sugar Bombs" cereal ads and "Abraxo" cleaning powder ads. They get quite a few looks from passers-by. I was a big fan of both Fallout and Fallout 2 on the PC and the third installment is on my list of must-get games for the Xbox 360. I go through Metro Center every day and, yes, every ad spot in the cavernous underground station is taken up with Fallout 3 ads. I enter and exit through the 13th Street escalators and over there they have a line of ads with a paladin of the Brotherhood of Steel helping up a fallen Uncle Sam against the backdrop of a (modern) U.S. flag. On the far wall near the underground entrance to Macy’s they have a series of repeating “Sugar Bombs” cereal ads and “Abraxo” cleaning powder ads. They get quite a few looks from passers-by.

I was a big fan of both Fallout and Fallout 2 on the PC and the third installment is on my list of must-get games for the Xbox 360.

]]> By: DoughStreet.com - A Blog About Everything » Fallout 3 Ads Freak Out DC Metro Riders http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-44 DoughStreet.com - A Blog About Everything » Fallout 3 Ads Freak Out DC Metro Riders Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:08:32 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-44 [...] riders don’t quite know what to make of the marketing campaign. digital metropolis reports: In the four minutes I had to waste while waiting for the metro to come, I counted 37 [...] [...] riders don’t quite know what to make of the marketing campaign. digital metropolis reports: In the four minutes I had to waste while waiting for the metro to come, I counted 37 [...]

]]> By: ShineDog http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-43 ShineDog Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:19:17 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-43 Kind of - the concept behind FO is that history diverges during the fifties, its set around... 2270 give or take. The fallout setting is essentially the atomic nightmare of the 50s come true, complete with communist invasion and massive nuclear exchange. (Long in the past by the time of the game.) Since the game is based on a 50s worldview, you see lots of fun 50s themed architecture, and a lot of the styling of DC will be themed after the 50s version. That said, its also set 270 years in the future, so they can take as many liberties as they want. Expect any really iconic landmarks to be present and correct. Kind of – the concept behind FO is that history diverges during the fifties, its set around… 2270 give or take.

The fallout setting is essentially the atomic nightmare of the 50s come true, complete with communist invasion and massive nuclear exchange. (Long in the past by the time of the game.)

Since the game is based on a 50s worldview, you see lots of fun 50s themed architecture, and a lot of the styling of DC will be themed after the 50s version.

That said, its also set 270 years in the future, so they can take as many liberties as they want.

Expect any really iconic landmarks to be present and correct.

]]> By: Jason http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-42 Jason Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:22:01 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-42 It's post-apocolyptic, but the bomb dropped here sometime after the original end of WWII...I think early '50's or so? So, depending on how old your house is, I'm guessing they're taking a lot of liberty with that type of stuff. I did read that they were going back to that timeframe to see what was or wasn't built, and determine how it would withstand a nuke and still keep it recognizable as DC. It’s post-apocolyptic, but the bomb dropped here sometime after the original end of WWII…I think early ’50′s or so? So, depending on how old your house is, I’m guessing they’re taking a lot of liberty with that type of stuff. I did read that they were going back to that timeframe to see what was or wasn’t built, and determine how it would withstand a nuke and still keep it recognizable as DC.

]]> By: Douglas http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-41 Douglas Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:00:37 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-41 digitalmetropolis: Yeah, it was a smart move to start pushing the game out in this fashion. And it's uber cool to see them advertising upfront right here exclusively. I seriously may try to ask if there's going to be some way to obtain this ads locally, by giveaway here or buying, for the fact that all are pretty cool, killer ads. I'm glad that right after I type this, I'm heading to Union Station so I'll make a small detour and finally see the ads upfront. What I HATE about this, for me personally is that I don't own a 360 but I've been entranced and tempted into picking up a 360 this holiday season to play this game (And Bioshock, among others) and having this here DOES NOT help my restraint at all =P. Bioshock) digitalmetropolis: Yeah, it was a smart move to start pushing the game out in this fashion. And it’s uber cool to see them advertising upfront right here exclusively. I seriously may try to ask if there’s going to be some way to obtain this ads locally, by giveaway here or buying, for the fact that all are pretty cool, killer ads.

I’m glad that right after I type this, I’m heading to Union Station so I’ll make a small detour and finally see the ads upfront.

What I HATE about this, for me personally is that I don’t own a 360 but I’ve been entranced and tempted into picking up a 360 this holiday season to play this game (And Bioshock, among others) and having this here DOES NOT help my restraint at all =P.
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]]> By: fallout3 invades the Metro Center « whatever happened to ms. pacman? http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-40 fallout3 invades the Metro Center « whatever happened to ms. pacman? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:58:44 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-40 [...] It still makes me smile to walk past someone in a three piece suit puzzling over a fallout ad, much like this guy. [...] [...] It still makes me smile to walk past someone in a three piece suit puzzling over a fallout ad, much like this guy. [...]

]]> By: digitalmetropolis http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-39 digitalmetropolis Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:29:10 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-39 Douglas: thanks for visiting. I love anything with a connection to DC; you don't really see a lot of games tied to DC like this, so I really enjoyed the ad campaign at Metro Center. Very smart. Heather: Seeing Pip Boy on the way to work makes it so much harder not to run for shelter somewhere, thanks to the impending nuclear disaster. Thanks for stopping by! Douglas: thanks for visiting. I love anything with a connection to DC; you don’t really see a lot of games tied to DC like this, so I really enjoyed the ad campaign at Metro Center. Very smart.

Heather: Seeing Pip Boy on the way to work makes it so much harder not to run for shelter somewhere, thanks to the impending nuclear disaster. Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Heather http://digitalmetropolisblog.com/2008/10/06/fallout3/#comment-38 Heather Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:46:12 +0000 http://digitalmetropolis.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-38 Heh, I'd been amused by this all week. Still sends some nice little shivers seeing the Pip Boy everywhere interspersed with all the ads showing the devastation. Heh, I’d been amused by this all week. Still sends some nice little shivers seeing the Pip Boy everywhere interspersed with all the ads showing the devastation.

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