The first order of business this morning at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, was to head on over to the Bethesda booth on the Expo floor for our appointment to play Fallout 3 for a whole hour. By ourselves. In an awesome air-conditioned Airstream trailer, decorated inside with vintage 1950’s accoutrements and furniture for that authentic look. With lots and lots of Nuka-Cola. Needless to say, excitement was very high.
Of course, only spending an hour with a game as expansive as Fallout 3 is hardly a decent taste of such an enormous feast. But this little amuse-bouche was just what we needed from a game that we are really looking forward to sinking our teeth into when it releases in late October. Bethesda’s prior game, Oblivion – which has a similar “flow” to it as Fallout 3, according to Game Director Todd Howard – was a powerfully addictive experience. And we’re old enough to remember how great the original Fallout was in terms of style and tone. So as far as “want lists” go, Fallout 3 is sitting pretty at the top of ours.

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