Quote Originally Posted by MOnk View Post
They really need to move away from a nuclear apocalypse as the only apocalypse, also not zombies. I think at least the Last of Us is doing some kind of virus which kills nearly everyone which leaves most of the buildings and infrastructure in place.
I hate that word... apocalypse and this world ending meaning that been attached to it. Apocalypse from the Greek apocálypsis, is an unveiling of something hidden.

I think the idea of the world ending by nuclear war remains so persistent in media is because its still by large a tangible and known threat to our everyday life. Unlike alien invasion or virus which exists, mostly, purely with in fiction we seen the damage nuclear weapons can do, the idea that rouge dictators or even democratic countries have access such wanton destructive capabilities strikes fear into our hearts. We have places like The Zone around Chernobyl and Pripyat and the disaster at Fukushima has reminded us that this can and will happen. Looking at the Dooms day clock's time line it shows how close we have come to the edge of the abyss over the years. (http://www.thebulletin.org/content/d...clock/timeline)

RAGE tried end of the world by meteorite & we've had the odd robopocalypse... would be nice to have something else I agree.