I never read, watch or play a book, movie or game more than once. I do know plenty of people who do but I cannot bring myself to do it. I do these things once and don’t want do to them again even if I really enjoy them, until now.

As I sit here with Vault-tec bobblehead looking at me I cannot decide if he is shaking his head, nodding in agreement or laughing at me playing through Fallout 3 again. I can’t help myself though, I’m like some sort of crazed up junkie. I played through the game, reached the end, thought there must have been some sort of mistake and even though I was in denial I eventually decided the best option would be to start again.

On starting again I found myself thinking about what type of character I would play, what would I make them look like and what would my goal be in the game this time? I was only level 14 when I completed the game the first time and I had hardly skimmed the surface. I did hardly any side missions, didn’t concentrate on what character skills I really wanted to improve, never made any new weapons from schematics and didn’t wander the beautiful wastelands in search of deathclaws and super mutant behemoths.

I know this appears to be turning into a post-review review and I don’t mean it to. I find the game so more-ish like a packet of Pringles and I cannot put it down, so much so my wife is away to another panto. Take from that what you will.

Back to the point!

During a time where there are so many good games that I should be playing, I am repeating my experience. Out goes the need for more games and gamer points because I have a new found appreciation for what developers and publishers are doing. A great deal of effort goes into the games we play but how often do you sit down and appreciate what they have done or what they are working on?

Bethesda have revealed that the first DLC pack, Operation Anchorage, will be available in January where they will bring new weapons, possible new perks and lots of Red Army to face. This will be followed by The Pitt which will be based in Pittsburgh and finally Broken Steel where there is talk of raising the level cap. Of course I will probably have sickened myself of the game by then.