The photos and screenshots are well-framed and illustrate his points well for the most part. His analysis of how the game designers chose to alter the real world to improve their game is insightful and lucid.

Worth's project is a great read, particularly for those interested in game design. Worth photographed and videotaped them, and then compared them side-by-side with meticulously selected screenshots from the game. The game's developers have long touted the similarity their virtual Vegas bears to the real area, so Worth decided to test their fidelity and research by visiting 34 real-world equivalents of their in-game locations. The Courier is the player character in the game, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic re-imagining of the Mojave Desert area surrounding Las Vegas. Players of Fallout: New Vegas already know him/her well. This March, UK-based marketing director Chris Worth completed a similar endeavor-not by tracing the path of a real-life emperor or explorer, but a humble video game character. Michael Wood famously did so in the 1980's for his PBS documentary and book In The Footsteps of Alexander The Great.

Following in the footsteps of great historical figures is a great way to learn about them.

Fallout video game real life tour