Earlier this week, Bethesda released
Fallout 3 after a long campaign of defending and protecting the game's reputation from claims that it contained inappropriate content. Ads for the game in Washington DC's subway system were pulled after they
upset some touchy travelers over the depiction of post-apocalyptic Washington landmarks. Shortly before the game's release,
early trailers were removed as well. Earlier this year, the game was
banned in Australia for its in-game use of morphine, causing the drug's name to be changed to Med-X. On the issue of sensitive content, Bethesda's Emil Pagliarulo wrote in Edge Magazine about the design decision to
disallow the killing of children in the game. Gamasutra ran an
opinion piece on the same subject, and the Washington Post discusses
the role of Washington DC in Fallout 3. On the DRM front, the game does come with SecuROM, but Bethesda says it's
only used for a disc check. Reviews for the game have been
overwhelmingly positive so far, despite reports of bugs with the
save system and
occasional lock-ups.