Good to hear you're fine! I'm quite OK, too.
I've never played Oblivion so I can't say anything here, but I guess F3 is pretty much alike it. Yeah, the wonderful black humor of the original game is rendered fantastically, as well as the style of the 50's! GNR radio station is the pinnacle of both, I guess. "Today's weather is extremely violent, with the chance of dismemberment" - yay for DJ Three Dog! Combat is nice, sure, especially when the world all around you is fighting in real time mode. I still expected they would let me throw spears and knives and Molotovs... Ahh... Well, OK, the locations rule, especially those with high radiation levels. You can't protect yourself completely with a "nice boost of Rad-X", which is closer to reality. A very wide personal approach to the solution of the game - thanks, Bethesda, you did it! And they really introduces a whole series of hand-made PA style weapons. Railroad spike gun is my favourite!
Well, at first I didn't like the VATS at all, but later kinda got used to it and even came to be fond of it. When you are aiming at an Enclave soldier's head with Lincoln's repeater, you want accuracy, and VATS is all here for you!
My biggest complaint is the experience cap at level 20. It pisses me off, really. Less relevant, but still important is the partial loss of Fallout language. It wasn't common spoken English, it was a whole new language with long and cool words like "Whatchagonnado naw?" or "Whazzat?" or "Arencha robot?" I liked it so much... such a shame this language is lost.
I've been drawing, but haven't been posting for some time. I'll take care of it soon, if I have enough time, though.
Wish you inspiration! Let's draw a lot of great stuff!