Interesting Fallout 3 Facts

Found this nice compilation of facts from nerdballoon.com not only about the game itself but facts about the developer. Check out the link at the bottom of this post!

Here are a couple facts that I found interesting:

• In the world of Fallout, the bombs fell on October 23rd. Bethesda tried to coincide the release of Fallout 3 to that.
• The sound that plays when you enter VATS is the combat turn sound from Fallout 1.
• The dog in Fallout 3, Dogmeat, also appeared in Fallout and Fallout 2
• The very first piece of Fallout 3 art was created by Lead Artist Istvan Pely in 2004. It was the power armor image that became the game's cover.
• The Fat Man is based on an actual nuke launcher, the M-388 Davy Crockett Tactical Nuclear Recoilless Rifle which was made in the 1950s.
• The cars in Fallout 3 are based on the Ford Nucleon, a concept car built to run on a nuclear generator in the 1950s.
• The downtown DC area in Fallout 3 was twice the size at one point and the team decided it was too large and confusing and cut half the space out. Though the wasteland area was half the size, and the team felt it was too small, so the wasteland doubled.
• At one point, Fallout 3 featured a surgery minigame, where you had to cauterize your own wounds while watching your character scream in pain. The team felt it slowed down the game's pace to just heal your limbs.
• If you sneak up and activate a Brahmin, your character will tip it over.

Source:

http://www.nerdballoon.com/andrew-blog/things-you-didnt-know-about-fallout-3