I don't really understand it. Last fall I clocked in my 250th hour into Fallout 3. I realized that I have honestly done every single thing you can do in that game and that it was finally getting a little stale. It was time to return the copy I borrowed from a friend of mine ( and by borrowed I mean took without asking and ignored texts/phone calls/threats asking for it back ) and move on with my life. I had to plenty of games to look forward to anyway, Modern Warfare 2, Assassins Creed 2, Mass Effect 2... I didn't need that game anymore, I can move on to better things. I can quit anytime I want, I'm in control. Or so I thought.
 
Recently I've been feeling an itch to get back into Fallout again, just out of the blue. Of course I can't play it because I reluctantly gave my friend his copy back. Which might explain why I want to play it so bad. You always want what you can't have you know? I'm not entirely sure why I loved it so much in the first place. I mean the shooting is terrible, the graphics aren't great and it's buggy as hell. Just tons of overall jankiness. Jeff's review  is completely accurate. It's not by any means a perfect game. But none of those things really bothered me that much. The capital wasteland is just a fun place to be and I wanna go back.
 
This is all perpetuated by the fact that Fallout: New Vegas comes out in half a year. It's kinda sad that even if that game was equal in brokeness to the first one I would still love it. I mean hardcore mode, customizable weapons, how can't it be awesome? But I'm just gonna have to wait I guess. Maybe I'll gamefly Fallout 3 next just so I can get my fix. Ugh.. Fallout, why cant I quit you?

As I ponder to go back in for 5 trophies to achieve Platinum glory, I wonder this too. I got so pissed when they game would straight up freeze my PS3. But I would just restart it and keep on playing. Crack cocaine!

because fallout is fucking awesome.

I know what you mean.  I played so much Diablo II that I finally got sick of it and sold it.  Now years later, I'm looking at the D2 collection and wondering if I should buy it.  Fortunately I'm currently hooked on Mass Effect 2 and realize that I don't have any time for an old game.

I got about 80 hours into it and that was enough for me. It just didnt feel like there wasnt much to do anymore. I quit at lvl 29 lol. So in the wordsof the famous Fawkes
"IM A SCARY MUTANT LOL"

Well sad as it is, I purchased 2 DLC packs...... rented from gamefly a combined amount of about 9 or ten months ......AND I STILL HAVENT PURCHASED THE GAME!.. hmmmm might just put it in my game que.. again. I have a lvl 30 goody 2 shoes with a large amount of hours invested and a lvl ... i dont know somewhere between 12-15 bad guy I was going thru the story with last thing I remember doing was.. i dont remember.