Also... I think knives are a good idea...

So, with the release of the third DLC for Fallout 3, Broken Steel, they are finally going to be raising the level cap to 30 and remove the ending from the main game so you can continue... sounds great doesn't it? My problem is... I'm already level 20 and have been some time. I have already completed the first DLC pack, Operation Anchorage, and although I've got a few quests left in the main story line, I have visited around 70% of the locations and completed most of the quests associated with those areas. So, by the time the third installment gets released, those extra 10 levels are going to be a bit pointless unless the DLC contains enough to get me through it!
Judging by the rather troubled release of the second DLC, The Pitt, it may also mean having to wait even longer to play it!
So, for now, I'm going to try and pace myself and leave something to do once the third installment goes live... HA, who am I kidding?!? ;-)

And the winner is... WTF?!

So... last night was was the BAFTA Video Game awards and a number of high profile (and some not-so-high profile) games were looking to pick up an award (or three).
I've read a few complaints in the past about how the BAFTAs are awarded for films but I didn't quite expect the games to suffer... how on earth did Super Mario Galaxy come to win 'Best Game'?! Don't get me wrong, it's a great game but BEST game? Considering it was released in November 2007, can you really tell me that there have been no games released since then that could be considered better? Like the other nominated titles: Call of Duty 4? Fable II? Fallout 3? Grand Theft Auto IV? Rock Band? All inferior to Super Mario Galaxy? Grand Theft Auto IV alone has manage to sell more than 10 million copies and become one of the highest rated games of all time... if only Niko had been a plumber huh?
And the award for 'Story and Character'... Call of Duty 4. R-i-g-h-t... Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic game but I can't honestly claim that the story within is better than any of the other nominated titles (Assassin's Creed, Fable II, Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto IV and Mass Effect). Maybe they considered the sandbox environments of the majority of those games as detrimental to the story, who knows!
That's not to say that they got all the awards wrong. Action and Adventure went to Fable II, Gameplay went to Call of Duty 4, Multiplayer went to Left 4 Dead (which caused quite debate with one of my console-obsessed, Call of Duty 4 loving, staff) and Professor Layton and the Curious Village grabbing the Handheld category (great game).
So not an entire washout, but it could definitely do with a good shake.
Anyway, you'll find the full list here: http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/nominations,664,BA.html