The Daily Mail posted this article on Friday, claiming that this image was take from a “terror forum”. Actually, it was lifted from the video game Fallout 3 which will be released later this year.

“This computer generated image posted on terror forums depict what would happen if a nuclear attack took place in Washington D.C. So far that is only a dream … or, as this picture suggests, a nightmare,” reporter Barry Wigmore said.

Here is another image from the game:

Perhaps this Daily Mail reporter had never been to a video games forum before and genuinely thought he had stumbled across a “Terror Forum”. The fanatical following that some video games claim would make Bin Laden jealous.

This article has not been edited for a good two days which leads e to think Barry did not realise that the image he had found was being badly misrepresented.

Spreading a little fear never hurt anyone. Looks like a good game though.