{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Bit Shift (bitshift)'s status on Monday, 16-Jul-12 09:28:51 UTC","author_name":"Bit Shift (bitshift)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/bitshift","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1692193","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/10820\" class=\"url\" title=\"Stephan Tanchak\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">renovatedkitchen<\/span><\/a><\/span> Because up until the bombs fell, that area _was_ Las Vegas as it exists today (give or take the Fallout-verse's history diverging from the real world in about 1940-something). And as for why it wasn't completely flattened, well, the story actually explains that, so I won't spoil it, just in case you decide to give the game another chance."}