Damn!  The creep-in-the-suit, Burke, (I waited for him to say "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help you.") killed the sheriff.  Of course it IS my fault since I ratted him out to the sheriff.  Now what?  Rhetorical.  I was surprised that a major character got offed so early, and one who was going to pay me a lot of money, too.  Hmmpphh.

I reloaded when he got killed, but I believe you can complete the quest with the sheriff's son. The story will play out a bit different in the future.

Truly, Helmut?  Did you really nuke Megaton.  How did that work out for you?

Pokey: the son told me as much.  I figure that I'd have to make up at least 2 hours of progress to "save" the sheriff.  I'll dig around on the internet to see if I've made a huge blunder.  If not, I'd rather play from where I am. 

I got those pipes fixed and learned to jump.  Either me or the game, it was surprisingly easy to jump accurately.  Good to have a steady source of income, as scrap metal is all over the place and I have several bits stored in a locker in Springvale.

Are all those tin cans I keep leaving behind ever going to worth picking up?

I'm looking forward to taking a look at that bomb so I can see how that plays out.

Those bomb worshipers are just too loving to be the real deal.  I wonder what they are really up to.

I've put the Guide away.  It leads the player from place to place, quest to quest, and I'm not a linear kind of woman. Plus, a big minus to the Guide, in my book, is that it has no index.  What kind of non-fiction book has no index?  Just sayin'.  Impossible to look up something.

When I played,  Burke killed the sheriff also.   And then I killed Burke.  But I had already disarmed the bomb and gotten the key to my Megaton house.   I believe, however, that you can get the key from the sheriffs son if the sheriff is dead.   Having a house in Megaton made life ever so much easier.   I, like you Spike,  tend to hang on to more stuff than might be necessary. But I like my stuff organized so I can find it.  What I liked about my Megaton house was it had lockers and I could have a looker for "this sort of stuff" and a locker for "that sort of stuff" etc.  Later in the game I was able to tell what sort of stuff was really useful and could then sell the other.

One of the things I like about Magaton and also the ship were that they were "safe" places to be and one could sell and buy there.    My main piece of advice for Megaton is make friends with the bartender ghoul at Moriarty's.  If you do,  you can get useful "subtances"  at a discount.   kay

Spike,   At this point,  do not go backwards.  Just go forward.   I think this is a well designed game.  We make choices and those choices put us on one path or another. And most of those paths will work.   I don't think our choices shut the game down.

Do not worry about which path you are on.   Just keep playing. 

kay

Each trip to Super-Duper gets a bit harder.  More raiders to attack me, and mostly be killed by me.  But afterwards I realized what this recent trip to the Mart reminded me of...the news stories I've seen about crowds, pushing and injuries at big box stores on Black Friday.  [Image Can Not Be Found]  I knew there was a reason I NEVER do any shopping except possibly for groceries on the day after Thanksgiving.

What I did today was wander E/SE from Megaton and discover a wharf with a female trader (forgot her name).  Learned from her that some guys are looking for a newly arrived Vault resident (gee, wonder who that could be). Also found a male trader on a pier not far from the woman.  Found my first Metro entrance and enjoyed following the tunnels for a bit and killing a couple of ghouls.  To save ammo I decided to try using a lead pipe because its damage spec was better than my guns.  It took care of a few molerats in short order, and the ghouls as well.

Then I headed to Greyditch to complete the "Find Bryan's Daddy" quest.  Greyditch did me in.  I only took one big gun with me, and the giant fire-breathing ants took me out.  After dinner I will go get better weaponry from my home lockers and head back to try the ants again. 

In my wanderings early in the game I came to a section of the river where there was at least one boat.  That was SE of Springvale.  I had little in the way of weapons and aids, so felt vulnerable and left.  I will go check that out again after I finish with Greyditch.

I'm having lots of fun, but have so many things that need doing that I wonder when I will find the time to decorate my house the way Yapette did.  [Image Can Not Be Found]  But I did put all my foodstuffs in my refrigerator, although I doubt that food so highly irradiated could support salmonella or e-coli.