Terrorists Using Fallout 3 Concept Art?

4:50PM May 29, 2008 | Logan Booker

News.com.au is reporting (though the story is sourced from The Australian via Reuters) that the “computer generated” image of the city that appears above was posted on an “Islamist forum”, apparently to show off what Washington DC would look like after a nuke strike. Which I guess is kind of right, seeing as that’s exactly what it’s supposed to be. It was supplied by SITE, a group that monitors Islamic websites.

Wait a minute…

That’s no CG image! That’s concept art by Bethesda for Fallout 3. I tell you, those terrorist groups are getting sloppy. They should spend more on artists and less on AK-47s. Stop stealing stuff off Google Images! It’s bad!

[Thanks JamesC]

Comments

RagnarokPwnage

May 29, 2008 at 5:29 PM

I suppose it could happen, if Al-Qaeda convinced the world to nuke themselves… And if mutants actually could exist. :P

Ben

May 29, 2008 at 6:34 PM

NOT “washinton” DC!!!

Wombat

May 29, 2008 at 6:40 PM

I just find this so damn amusing.

Bob

May 29, 2008 at 7:18 PM

Heh, I saw this when I was at work and was thinking “Hey… wait… isn’t that Fallout 3 concept art? No…couldn’t be. They wouldn’t post that, would they?”

Thanks for the confirmation o’ great ones.

nomet

May 29, 2008 at 10:03 PM

“Stop stealing stuff off Google Images! It’s bad!”

Hahahhahaha!!!! Like you can talk Kotaku! You’re the worst of them all!

Xenomorph

May 30, 2008 at 7:04 AM

Made the 2nd page of thelondonpaper. Hehe. Caption: “A computer generated image of Washington DC after a nuclear attack. The image was discovered on al-Qaeda affiliated forums, along with discussion on the possibility and risks of a nuclear strike on the West.

tsengan

May 30, 2008 at 8:25 AM

Wait wait wait. Bethesda are a terrorist cell?

Everybody panic!

Dave

May 30, 2008 at 10:22 AM

Al-Queda is in for it now, kill our people, destroy our buildings, BUT DON’T SCREW WITH OUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL!!!

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