Christmas 1968 with The Going Thing

I came across this recently and thought that it was oddly fitting for the type of music featured on Fallout 3’s Galaxy News Radio, especially the track The Christmas Waltz.  When I first heard it, I couldn’t help but conjure up images of walking the wastes in power armor, with radioactive, glowing snowflakes falling all around… (a tip of the hat to my brother Jonathan, who featured the track as part of his “christmas creep” radio episode on KLC radio)

As you could probably have guessed, I’ve been spending more time that I had ever thought possible playing Fallout 3 – despite its flaws, there is just something about it that draws you in – and the combat just gets better the more time you spend with it.  And the game is truly massive – after two near-complete playthoughs of the main plot, with plenty of supplemental wandering, I think I’ve uncovered perhaps half of the total locations in the game.

I’m working on a more complete accounting of my various experiences in the game, as well, and I promise that I’ll get over this Fallout 3 obsession soon – I have plenty more games to write about, such as my experience being a not-so-elite beat agent in Sonic Chronicles, among others…