Despite production having ceased for almost two hundred years, Nuka Cola is well preserved, although it is commonly warm, irradiated and flat. Nuka Cola was a favourite beverage both pre and post the Great War.
Here is the “101” for re-creating your own Fallout-themed birthday party, along with some miscellaneous trivia about the items used for the party. Without the Space Race to propel the advancement of science and technology, the Great War of 2077 saw the world stuck in a mid-century time-warp, not too dissimilar to the stylised deco of the Bioshock franchise.
The game’s soundtrack features Rat Pack crooning (you can purchase Fallout soundtracks from iTunes, and we used “ Songs from the Mojave Wasteland“), the Nuka Cola bottles represent Coke’s classic style, and the Brotherhood of Steel’s armour bears striking resemblance to the Forbidden Planet’s, Robby.
Players of the game will be familiar with its kitsch representation of American culture, which was heavily influenced by the science fiction anthologies of the early 1950s, featuring authors such as Arthur C Clark, Phillip K Dick and Isaac Asimov. Mushroom cloud cake from our inaugural Fallout Party, 2011
