Coinciding with the interview, the Washington Post does an editorial on Fallout 3.<blockquote>Industry analysts predict this title, the sequel to some computer games that were popular a decade ago, will be among the top 10 or five bestselling games of the year. While the reviews aren't out yet, I've played a dozen or so hours wandering the streets of this world and would bet you a hundred bottle caps that the reviewers will show their approval soon. The new title hits retail shelves this week.
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Fallout 3 costs $50 or $60 (the PC version is cheaper than the Xbox or PlayStation versions), though Bethesda Softworks and the Fallout game franchise have enough of a following that the company is offering some pricier collector's editions. The deluxe package comes with a lunchbox, a bobblehead figure and a digital clock that's modeled after a wrist-mounted computer device used in the game. The $130 "survival package" is available exclusively at Amazon.
Here's a typical fan: John Terrill, a 25-year-old who lives in Reston, says he's been waiting for this game for, oh, about 10 years. He used to stay up all night playing the original games, when he was in high school, and he's been following the development of Fallout 3 online with keen interest at fan sites with names like No Mutants Allowed.
"The whole retro '50s thing, playing off the fears of our parents, that's just fascinating to me," he said. </blockquote>Thanks Matt Grandstaff.
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Fallout 3 costs $50 or $60 (the PC version is cheaper than the Xbox or PlayStation versions), though Bethesda Softworks and the Fallout game franchise have enough of a following that the company is offering some pricier collector's editions. The deluxe package comes with a lunchbox, a bobblehead figure and a digital clock that's modeled after a wrist-mounted computer device used in the game. The $130 "survival package" is available exclusively at Amazon.
Here's a typical fan: John Terrill, a 25-year-old who lives in Reston, says he's been waiting for this game for, oh, about 10 years. He used to stay up all night playing the original games, when he was in high school, and he's been following the development of Fallout 3 online with keen interest at fan sites with names like No Mutants Allowed.
"The whole retro '50s thing, playing off the fears of our parents, that's just fascinating to me," he said. </blockquote>Thanks Matt Grandstaff.
