Although I was not nearly the fan of The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind that Desiree was, I am nevertheless very happy to learn that Bethesda Softworks has licensed the Fallout franchise and will begin work immediately on Fallout 3. (Thanks for the link go to Jason at Loonyblog, who appears as excited as I am about all of this.)

Let me make one thing clear - I love the Fallout franchise. Wasteland had a profound effect on me back when it first came out for C=64. I’m amazed that I can still remember that Wasteland’s gaming system is based on Stackpole’s Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes pen and paper system (and that I also ran a campaign of MS&PE in high school), that designer Brian Fargo put himself in the game as “Faran Brygo”, that you never wanted to be on the business end of a Meson Cannon, and that I once ran a BBS called “The Temple of the Servants of the Mushroom Cloud”. It’s a testament to the lasting impression this game (and the series) can leave on you.

If I’m willing to thoroughly date myself and expose my inner deep-geek by talking about things like pen & paper RPGs and BBSes just to praise an (offline!) RPG, then you know the love affair is serious. See if you can find some remnant of the Wasteland/Fallout legacy to try for yourself before Bethesda delivers the gooey, irradiated goodness of Fallout 3.