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	<title>Global Nerdy &#187; Vault Boy</title>
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		<title>Vault Boy Goes to D.C., and It Doesn&#8217;t Look So Bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fallout 3]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Katharsyss” took a “Vault Boy” bobblehead (Vault Boy is the graphic mascot of the Fallout series of games) on a trip to Washington, D.C., and took photos of the city’s well-known sights with it in the foreground. It’s amusing because Fallout 3 is set in a future postapocalyptic version of D.C., which is a radioactive [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35743955@N08/">“Katharsyss”</a> took a <a href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_Boy_Bobblehead">“Vault Boy” bobblehead</a> (<a href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_Boy">Vault Boy</a> is the graphic mascot of the <em><a href="http://fallout.bethsoft.com/index.html">Fallout</a></em> series of games) on a trip to Washington, D.C., and <strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35743955@N08/sets/72157614254988313/">took photos of the city’s well-known sights with it in the foreground</a></strong>. It’s amusing because <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3">Fallout 3</a></em> is set in a future postapocalyptic version of D.C., which is a radioactive wasteland crawling with crazed super mutants, feral ghouls, radscorpions and raiders.</p>
<p>In case you&#8217;re not familiar with Fallout 3, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxSdbSNckTQ">here’s the teaser trailer for the game</a>:</p>
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<p>And <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/420-Fallout-3">here’s the <em>Zero Punctuation</em> review</a>:</p>
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