Early cold-war Americana.
The first scene pretty much sums it up. Children's birthday party in a large mid-century style home in the Hollywood hills overlooking L.A.
Everyone on edge with a permeating existential dread over nuclear war.
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Cold-war Americana.
I think that fits.
The pre nuclear blast aesthetic would also fit in the "atom punk" niche.
Never heard of that one before.
Not sure if it's just algorithms doing it, but I've been seeing more chatter on the different types of punk aesthetics.
(Probably due to the relative success of the cyberpunk revival)
Steam
Diesel
Cyber
Atom
Solar
On and on ad nauseum.
There's pretty much something for everyone.
The technology is effectively just a fun sci Fi twist on what could have been if the tech in the books of the 50's had come to be produced.
The earlier 2 PC games were full of more nods to pre digital technology.
The series is more rooted in the more modern game aesthetic.