I usually select outfits from games I play the crap out of as my OC’s Halloween costume. This year, I gave Fallout 3 another try and after a very rough start, I did manage to become good at it and spent hours on it. Now that I only have the main story and two DLCs left, my enthusiasm has stalled, but I still plan to play it again after I finish to do the other Karma path.

One area well remembered is the Bethesda ruins, where the FAQ informed me of a raider who carries a Flamethrower Manual (+1 to Big Guns) who will respawn after a few in-game days, so the player can eventually max out their Big Guns skill this way. Along the way, I slaughter around a dozen other raiders, who once gave me trouble, but now I mow them down. I take delight in humiliating them by looting even their clothes from their corpses, and frequently going past my carry limit, where I then stash the extras in a nearby dumpster to come back for later.

Unfortunately, the armor degradation can be a bit of a pain when you can find similar armor to repair it with. Just look at poor Leon’s diaper!

Visual Description: Leon, clad in a blue Vault Tec jumpsuit-styled onesie that is unpopped, stands there with his back to the camera as he looks over his shoulder. He is wearing a gray colored diaper with two tears in the outer layer, causing white absorbent material to leak out. He holds up a hunting rifle and the back of his shirt says “101”. He stands by an old building with a dumpster and the arm of a deceased reptialian raider. He says “Do you know how hard it is to salvage diapers out here?!” and thinks “If I find the politicians who caused all this, I’m gonna shove a bottlecap mine up their-”