1980s

"Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?"

The West German nuclear zeitgeist as reflected in two pop songs

Sep 18 •

Alex Wellerstein

Pantex employee photos, 1980s

Team photographs at a nuclear weapons factory offer a glimpse into the mundanity and materiality of the bomb

Aug 13 •

Alex Wellerstein

Why Oregon? Why 1983? Why a game? Why anything?

On the motivations behind the Oregon Road '83 game project

Aug 9 •

Alex Wellerstein

Even if you can "win" some nuclear video games, maybe it's still good advice "not to play"

Aug 6 •

Alex Wellerstein

How does one visualize the scope of a full-scale nuclear war?

Jul 25 •

Alex Wellerstein

The fate of cities

Building a video game model for the impact of a large-scale nuclear war on American cities

Jul 19 •

Alex Wellerstein

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