October 2024

Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition Developer: Bethesda Game Studios Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Released: October 13, 2009 (Original Release: October 28, 2008) I saw a commercial in October 2008 (which had to be during a football game, as that’s the only time I watched TV) for Fallout 3 and what grabbed me was that Set the World Afire song (famously sampled in a Megadeth song of the same name). I had no previous experience with the old Interplay Fallout games, but seeing an RPG packaged in FPS form factor definitely looked appealing to me. the only problem was the 2008 season at my then job was brutal and being one of the key factors in that equation I just simply didn’t have time to buy or play Fallout 3. it wasn’t until about a year later a trip to Best Buy changed all that. I came away with Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, and I believe one of those Xbox 360 controller Play kit gimmicks to use it as a PC gamepad (which I returned). as an aside, playing Gears of War 2, I decided to explore the other 360 games I had on hand and it red…