About Alex Wellerstein
Doomsday Machines is about the post-apocalyptic imagination in fact and fiction.
It features weekly posts across several categories:
Post-Apocalyptic Road Trips: Discussions of self-consciously fictional media (novels, films, games, etc. ) portraying post-apocalyptic worlds, analyzed for their themes, tropes, and historical context.
Interesting Times: Profiles and analysis of historical documents, events, plans, and so on, relating to apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic conditions, which are not self-consciously fictional (however “imaginary” or “unreal” they may be). For example, discussions of US government nuclear war plans, or nuclear war survival plans.
End of the World-Building: Posts related to the development of the Oregon Road ‘83 post-apocalyptic video game, ranging from things that are very strictly in the category of “game design,” as well as things that are really about creating a coherent conception of the underlying world of the game.