Fallout Three in a Row

Let’s start with Gamersglobal interviewing Pete Hines:
GamersGlobal: Pete, at E3, Fallout 3 seemed to be rather easy to play by due to the V.A.T.S. mode. By queuing up all those headshots or shots into the legs, I could win nearly all fights very easily. I was playing in normal difficulty, by the way. Is this [...]

New Fallout 3 Interviews and Gameplay Footage

Uploaded by Bleenk-2ICE, from a Bravo report. Really new gameplay material, you have to take a look. The embeded video is broken, so just head to GameTrailers to watch it.
There’s also a very big and quite thorough video interview with Pete Hines on Gamers Universe, highly recomended.
Finally yesterday I saw a Fallout 3 preview and [...]

Fallout 3: E3 Awards and Opinions

IGN gave Fallout 3 his Best of E3 Award:
While I knew that Bethesda could deliver in terms of story and convincing world creation, the big unknown for me has always been the actual gameplay. Fortunately, I got to play through a good bit of the game at the show and I was really impressed with [...]

More Fallout 3 At E3

Some more previews, most of them spotted at NMA:
Tom’s Games:
If you don’t have enough Action Points to attack using VATS you can still fight as if it were a standard first or third-person shooter. After a couple VATS fights with wild dogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Dogs we tried approaching it as a straight-forward shooter and found that [...]

The Shazzam! Roundup

So let’s have a small roundup of miscellaneous stuff, starting with news of the pre-E3 Judges Tour, a gathering of gaming journalists that moves around looking for what’s going to appear in the decadent convention.
N´Gai Croal went to see Fallout 3 and had this to say:
Only one word can describe Fallout 3’s visuals: hawt!
Stephen Totilo [...]

Fresh From The Fallout 3 Forum

More tidbits from the Bethesda Games Fallout 3 forum, with Matt “Gstaff” Grandstaff talking about the upcoming E3:
Yeah, some folks were able to get their hands on the game last year. As you said, part of that criteria was that judges had to be able to see that the game was “playable.”
Talking with Pete, at [...]

Fallout 3 Is For Grownups

Pete Hines talks to CVG about extreme violence in Fallout 3:
When questioned over the extreme violence seen in screenshots so far, Hines responded: “We don’t want it to be the focal point of the game, but it is what it is. It’s a violent world, and so the combat should be violent as a result.
“I [...]

Fallout 3 Talk of the Town

Mr. Handy, found by Lexx
A few quotes about Fallout 3, let’s start with Matt “Gstaff” Grandstaff:
Anyhow, I just chatted with Emil on the matter and he had this to say:
Emil: We don’t have full dialogue options for characters with low intelligence. That is to say, you cannot simply “Ughhh” and “Agghh” your way through dialogue. [...]

Fallout 3: Previews Galore

Starting with Gamespot:
Our updated tour of the game started with the very beginning–how you create your character by being born to your mother, Katherine, and your scientist father, James (voiced by actor Liam Neeson). Through a hazy first-person cinematic sequence from the perspective of the operating table, you can choose your character’s gender and name, [...]

Getting Back, Misc. Edition

Jeff Green
After these images were posted 117.308 people visited this blog. Wow.
Games For Windows is no more. All the best for Jeff Green and the crew in their new endeavor and all the luck for the artists that were laid off.
Word in the street is that the embargo on pics and info about Fallout 3 [...]

Misc. Stuff For The Day

Altered image from Andir at the Obsidian Forum
Let’s go through some miscellaneous stuff I got on the weekend, starting with the announcement of a new Obsidian game on Game Informer:
If you love RPGs but are tired of swinging swords or slogging around in spacesuits, you’re in luck. Obsidian Entertainment is drawing on its [...]

So Much More Than That

Just saw on RPGWatch that Bit-tech.net has posted an editorial column by Joe Martin on the perils of fanboyism that mentions the Bethesda Games Fallout 3 forum:
This portrayal is mostly true of console fanboys and, as I mentioned before, I’ve run into a few of them since I started here at bit-tech. It isn’t [...]

Emil Talks, People Talk About Emil

Discussions about Emil Pagliarulo’s interview with Next Gen and his thoughts as posted at the Bethesda Games forum continue, with NMA reporting on diferent reactions at qj.net, Destructoid and Evil Avatar.
On the Bethesda Games Fallout 3 forum Matt “Gstaff” Grandstaff had this to say:
Speaking with Emil this morning, it sounds like it’s something he’s [...]

Misc.: The Bunker Edition

Image Deutsche Welle 
Some quick notes now, starting with Matt “Gstaff” Grandstaff confirming what we already expected about new info coming out soon:
The OXM cover story will be an opportunity to see several new screens. In regards to these, I’m looking into the terms of their exclusivity — how long it lasts, etc.
When the exclusivity [...]

Misc. Fallout 3 Stuff For The Day

This is the movie with GameTrailers 10 most Anticipated Games of 2008. Fallout 3 is number three on the list, spotted at the BethBlog.
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In other news if you are Portuguese you can find Fallout 3 featured on BGamers list of Games for 2008, on page 65.
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Finally a remark from Matt “Gstaff” [...]

More Fallout 3 on the Gaming Media

More Fallout 3 tidbits from the gaming media, first on the Eight Games for 2008 feature at Gametap:
Why It Made the List: Bethesda’s smash hit The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivions proved that hardcore PC franchises can also be successful on consoles. This year the developer is looking to repeat that success with a series [...]

Monday Is a Good Day

A few things that I saw on the weekend, first for the Brazilian Fallout fans (and Portuguese speaking world) news that Vault13, the Brazilian fansite now has a pretty detailed page about Fallout 3. Thanks for the heads up istrupador.
Also if you are interested in discussing the classic Fallout games mechanics head on to [...]