Fallout 3 is a 2008 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The third major installment in the Fallout series, it is the first game to be developed by Bethesda after acquiring the rights to the franchise from Interplay Entertainment. The game marks a major shift in the series by using 3D graphics and real-time combat, replacing the 2D isometric graphics and turn-based combat of previous installments. It was released worldwide in October 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Kemmer, Matthias. “The politics of post-apocalypse: Interactivity, narrative framing and ethics in Fallout 3.” Politics in Fantasy Media: Essays on Ideology and Gender in Fiction, Film, Television and Games (2014): 97-118.
Pichlmair, Martin. “Assembling a mosaic of the future: The post-nuclear world of Fallout 3.” Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture 3, no. 1 (2009): 107-113.
Piittinen, Sari. “Morality in Let’s Play narrations: Moral evaluations of Gothic monsters in gameplay videos of Fallout 3.” New Media & Society 20, no. 12 (2018): 4671-4688.
Schulzke, Marcus. “Moral decision making in fallout.” Game Studies 9, no. 2 (2009): 1.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Bosman, Frank G. “The incarnated gamer: The theophoric quality of games, gaming, and gamers.” In Boundaries of Self and Reality Online, pp. 187-203. Academic Press, 2017.
Pozderac-Chenevey, Sarah. “A direct link to the past: nostalgia and semiotics in video game music.” Divergence Press 1, no. 2 (2014).
Other games in the franchise
Fallout 3 (6)
Fallout 4 (4)