George Bass

George Bass is a feature writer who contributes to the Financial Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Times Higher Education and the New York Times. He is based in Kent.

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Atomfall: the game inspired by Windscale Pines’ near nuclear disaster

Archive film of rural British life has inspired a new video game, though the world it depicts is far from idyllic. Atomfall imagines an alternate history where the 1957 accident at Cumbria's Windscale Pines nuclear plant (since rebranded Sellafield) leaves the player wandering through a violent post-nuclear dystopia.

By George Bass

Atomfall: the game inspired by Windscale Pines’ near nuclear disaster
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