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Daily Mail thinks Fallout 3 artwork is terrorist propaganda photo

According to The Daily Mail, the above image is Al Qaeda's "terrifying vision of a devastated America." It was apparently posted on an Islamic extremists' Web site but nobody in the mainstream press has actually twigged that it's videogame concept art from Fallout 3.

Believing them to be "computer-generated images," this supposed terrorists' wet dream has also hit an Australian news site. The Daily Mail, otherwise known as Britain's favorite toilet paper, takes the prize though for this hilarious piece of writing:

U.S. analysts said a lot of effort had been put into the video - entitled Nuclear Jihad, The Ultimate Terror - with graphics, music, and clips of different leaders and groups.

The same expertise seems to have gone into creating this image of a devastated Washington.

Confirmed -- Bethesda uses terrorist expertise in the creation of its artwork? Since The Mail has a long-running vendetta against videogames, I'm somewhat surprised they didn't find out where the image came from -- Videogames Cause Terrorism seems like a story that's right up their alley. Gotta love journalists.

[Thanks Wardrox]


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Sabreman's Avatar
Sabreman at 05/30/2008 10:46
... lost for words.
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 05/30/2008 10:51
This strikes me more as anarchist propaganda.
Holiday's Avatar
Holiday at 05/30/2008 10:52
Considering how man game studios produce video games with post-apocalyptic themes ad nauseum you have to kinda wonder if there isn't some hidden agenda to present our future as smoke, ash and rubble. Oh and don't forget dog eat dog survivalism where law and order is tossed out the window. Perhaps we are being conditioned for some futuristic cataclysmic event already planned and in motion?

Where'd I put my tin=foil hat?
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 05/30/2008 10:55
I blame the vidjya games for Islam. If there were no vidjya games, there would be no Islam.
exodus1925's Avatar
exodus1925 at 05/30/2008 10:56
Permission to face-palm?
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/30/2008 10:57


I swear I didn't have anything to do with this one guys.
ParaParaKing's Avatar
ParaParaKing at 05/30/2008 11:00
We are trained killers by playing the first two games. This one will make us even better terrorists.
Spartacus's Avatar
Spartacus at 05/30/2008 11:00
I tried to post a comment explaining the inaccuracy, but it wasn't published.
Ianidas's Avatar
Ianidas at 05/30/2008 11:01
Oh damn no credit? I spotted this earlier last night and got it on the community blogs to bring awareness all around first and foremost - hell I even had it up here before the NegativeGamer link you put up
Spartacus's Avatar
Spartacus at 05/30/2008 11:05
I must point out that what Lanidas says is the troof.
RAPEGAME's Avatar
RAPEGAME at 05/30/2008 11:07
I think I saw this somewhere on Boing Boing or gizmodo as well
Richaod's Avatar
Richaod at 05/30/2008 11:08
Just so you know, the Australian site that posted syndicates a lot of dodgy Murdoch paper content without much credibility... though it's not quite as bad as the Daily Mail.
Timmeh's Avatar
Timmeh at 05/30/2008 11:09
Daily Mail is awesome, Jim I highly suggest you forward the Daily Mail crap and Fallout 3 addy and stuff to one of the other major toilet rags. I'd bet my balls they would run a piece on it, they love making other papers look retarded.
KamikazeTutor's Avatar
KamikazeTutor at 05/30/2008 11:12
Indeed Spartacus, I did the same, stating that the screen was concept art for a game and it was also filtered out of their so called truth.
Holiday's Avatar
Holiday at 05/30/2008 11:14
Not only but Street Fighter IV promotes homosexuality!

Say it aint so El Fuerte!
garrfunkel's Avatar
garrfunkel at 05/30/2008 11:15
Journalism appears to simply involve makin shit up these days.
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 05/30/2008 11:16
Well at least they would end this horror year of campaigning, amirite? And think of all the dead lobbyists in the streets of Washington!
OrangeGoblin's Avatar
OrangeGoblin at 05/30/2008 11:25
This is amazingly hilarious.
nicojay's Avatar
nicojay at 05/30/2008 11:27
Well with this breaking news that video game art is a vision of the future I perused my game collection and got quite excited. Scared too, the future makes a lot of use of the colours brown and grey.
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 05/30/2008 11:30
Did those journalists study journalism for 5 years in a university.
Really? I can“t tell.
DarkTetsuya's Avatar
DarkTetsuya at 05/30/2008 11:33
Well I'm a firm believer that JT is a terrorist, so I guess it goes both ways, huh?
The Bozz's Avatar
The Bozz at 05/30/2008 11:35
Permission to facepalm granted, exodus.

Launching in 3... 2... 1...



Crunshii's Avatar
Crunshii at 05/30/2008 11:39
well they can go sukanut. the other day I saw a NYC photographer taking naked pics of 13 year old girls as art.

There are so much worse stuff than worrying about fictional artwork.
heretrix's Avatar
heretrix at 05/30/2008 11:42
I expect stuff like this.
It's sad that I'm actually surprised when they get it right.
Mutant Pope's Avatar
Mutant Pope at 05/30/2008 12:23
I also tried to post a correcting comment and it has not been posted. I guess they don't like the truth.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 05/30/2008 12:26
Terrorists don't have computers... Silly journalists.
Rivent's Avatar
Rivent at 05/30/2008 12:40
Have to hand it to the new Fallout for advertising to a wider audience, that image is like porn for terrorists.
Yuphrum's Avatar
Yuphrum at 05/30/2008 12:42
Son many levels of retardedness...
Yuphrum's Avatar
Yuphrum at 05/30/2008 12:42
So many levels of retardedness...
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 05/30/2008 12:51
Fallout 3 is going to be awesome.
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MaximusPaynicus at 05/30/2008 12:59
A.) I blame al-Qaeda for lifting the image without thinking that maybe, just maybe, somebody would notice that it's from a video game.
B.) I blame the anti-terror watchgroups. Are you going to sit there and tell me that an organization whose sole mission is to monitor internet happenings doesn't have at least one motherfucker who reads a video game blog? Give me a break.
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free touch at 05/30/2008 13:34
terrorist groups don't use videogame blogs, they use tmz and cp sites.
guidedbyvoip's Avatar
guidedbyvoip at 05/30/2008 13:42
@Teta

I want the twenty-five minutes of my life I lost to your....shit, there they go again.....your avatar.
Knigge's Avatar
Knigge at 05/30/2008 13:49
Independance Day is the worst terrorist training video of all time.
Dennen's Avatar
Dennen at 05/30/2008 14:15
I honestly found this.... Quite hilarious. But yes, I do believe that there was some form of bullshittery that went through when it was being screened. Something among the lines of "It's not really by terrorists? Well screw it, lets toss it up anyway for a few more sales."

That's how all of this works. If it'll get people to buy it, toss it up there. When the company or group of people that made it calls foul, take it down and issue a SLIGHT apology. Something akin to saying "Sorry you're a bunch of terrorists" but in a nicer way.

That is the sad reality of today. The future is not what we gamers make of it. Even the game developers. The future is what money leads us to. Be it the search for oil as the time passes by. Nuclear arms. Water. In the end it's all related to money. Who owns the most resources to make them the strongest. That is at the forefront of everything that endangers millions. In some situations, it isn't money I admit. At that point it becomes a fight over Ideology and/or Religion.

Is our future a nuclear devastated one? In some parts, it will eventually happen. Is our future one of Global Warming leading into an Ice Age? Could be so. A lot of groups want to tell you to make a difference. Drive hybrid cars and all that and we can avoid a man made global catastrophe. But eh. One person is not going to make a difference, unless that one person is the one calling all the shots. And when so many leaders get into giant cockfights over a difference in beliefs. I sometimes wonder whats the point in it all. Now that's not to say that all wars and conflicts are pointless. Most definitely not. All I am saying is that sometimes - humanity fights for the stupidest of reasons.
Dennen's Avatar
Dennen at 05/30/2008 14:25
I also wonder. What is with terrorists and always talking about what they're going to do.

Daily News seems to insist that Terrorists are urging other people to toss nukes at the US. Are they serious? Do they honestly think that releasing videos of what they think COULD happen is so threatening? Anything more than just propoganda?

It's really quite pathetic if you look at it that way. A bunch of terrorist geeks sitting around making a video, sending it off to the "ooh" and "you got served" calls all whilst touting "Damn scary, huh? You afraid now?"
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Syn at 05/30/2008 14:48
I think our country will look like that in the not too distant future, but I think it'll be the doing of the retarded jackass hacks that are running this place now.
WastelandTraveler's Avatar
WastelandTraveler at 05/30/2008 15:05
"The same expertise seems to have gone into creating this image of a devastated Washington."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH..haha.haha.hha...oh boy..wooo..haha...BAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

You hear that bethesda, you're now working with the terrorists, watch out, the patriot act is coming for you!
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 05/30/2008 15:53
Bethesda: The worst terrorism since September 11, or worst terrorism ever?
wlodi's Avatar
wlodi at 05/30/2008 15:55
Seriously, facepalm. Well, it's Daily Mail, so... should we even care.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 05/30/2008 16:16
Sorry, Jim, but I already made a legit comment (actually, two) on lanidas' blog last night when he posted it on the cblogs.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 05/30/2008 17:22
Wow, I guess this means I sent my resume to al queda
Briosafreak's Avatar
Briosafreak at 05/30/2008 17:23
The plot thickens. Telegraph finally told what happened, first "serious" media outlet to do it, SITE counterattacks, Telegraph takes down the story.

Outside the gaming world everyone still thinks that terrorist propaganda. Oh Boy.

I explain it here.
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar
The Amazing Shenazin at 05/30/2008 17:38
but is there an old guy with a million cats living in there?
sbshootme's Avatar
sbshootme at 05/30/2008 18:24
AHAHAHAHA THIS IS AWESOME

The world would be such a boring place without morons.
Macarello's Avatar
Macarello at 05/30/2008 18:34
Fuckin LOL.

Saw this this morning, explained to my sister, who agreed it was 'supremely retarded'.
ace of knaves's Avatar
ace of knaves at 05/30/2008 18:41
Sure, the Daily Mail's calling it terrorist propaganda now, but I'm sure that when it comes out it'll be another 10/10.
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 05/31/2008 00:43
Man that is the most brilliant game-footage-cock-up in years!
JonDarkwood's Avatar
JonDarkwood at 05/31/2008 01:05
This is awesome. Mainstream journalism is the new Jack Thompson for lols.
Gemsi's Avatar
Gemsi at 05/31/2008 08:10
And there i was thinking the daily mail had not been idiots yet this week.
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