Meet the Fallout 3 devs - Matt Grandstaff Matt Grandstaff is the Community Manager of Bethesda Softworks . On Bethesda Game Studios Forums he uses the nickname " Gstaff " . The following are some of Matt Grandstaff ' s posts from the Meet the Devs threads on Bethesda forums : Matt Grandstaff ' s posts . What ? You don ' t think this thread has the utmost importance to the making of our game ? Shame on you . He [ Tom Hanks ] seems nice . . . probably not the nicest ever . Best Dramatic : Saving Private Ryan Best Comedic : The Burbs Favorite Hanks Movie : probably The Burbs Will Smith Anyone looking forward to " I am Legend " ? : I ' ll probably go see it . I really liked the trailer the first time I saw it . But after seeing ads a few times , I ' m not so sure . If you like him / have seen his movies , what ' s your favorite ? : I thought Enemy of the State was pretty interesting . Most of his movies , I feel like he just goes around yelling , " AAAAHHH . " I guess I haven ' t seen any of his dramatic roles , like Pursuit of Happyness and Ali Do you find him likable ? : He seems likable . Do you like his music ? : I liked his music when I was 7 Better at music or acting ? : He ' s definitely multi - talented , but I think I suppose since he ' s had a couple of Oscar noms , I ' d say he ' s a better actor ( I think that ' s trickier than getting a Grammy nom ) Best Batman ? : Bale , then Keaton , then West . The rest don ' t matter to me . Best actor / actress as Batman Villian ? : Nicholson . . . that ' s pretty easy . I did think Cilian Murphy was good as the Scarecrow . . . but he wasn ' t in the film enough . Worst ? : Tough one . I ' d say it ' s between Tommy Lee Jones as Two Face and Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy . Best movie starring Jack ? : The Departed . Yeah it ' s recent , but I ' ve seen it probably 5 - 6 times and I like it more and more . His best role ? : One Flew Over the Cuckoo ' s Nest , though my personal favorite role was in fact The Joker . ( On the Christmas party ) : I think most everyone had a good time . There was good eats , casino activities , and more . My only regret was leaving earlier than most . I thought things were wrapping up . Apparently , I was wrong . Favorite professional sports team ( s ) ? : 1 . Detroit Pistons 2 . Detroit Lions 3 . Atlanta Braves ( I like the Tigers , but before I moved to Michigan , I was already a Braves fan ) 4 . Detroit Red Wings Second Favorite teams or teams not in Detroit ? : Sorry , that doesnt exist . Maybe the Redskins , though I have to cheer against them if the Lions are to have any chance of making the playoffs . PLAYOFFS ? ? Notice how everyone ' s wriggled out of showing pics of Friday ' s party ? : Outside of the professional photographer that would take a picture of you when you entered the party , I dont remember a lot of pictures being taken . . . hmm . ( On Donnie Darko ) : I think it ' s a very good movie , but I ' m bit puzzled how it got such a cult following . There used to be a theater by where I live in DC that played the movie every Friday and Saturday night . Of course , it ' s got Swayze . . . so it ' s gotta be good The Swayze thing was a joke . . . I just dig him because this music video is hysterical . ( YouTube link ' She ' s Like The Wind ' removed by Viacom ) Is Bethsoft shutting down between Christmas and New Years ? Will most everyone be on vacation anyway ? : We ' re closed on Christmas Day and New Years . Other than that , folks will be in and out of the office depending on what work they ' re trying to wrap up for the year and how much time off they still have to use . By depending on " how much time they have to use " , are you refering to vacation days that won ' t carry forward into the new year ? Will Bethesda be having a New Year Party ? And for any dev with time to answer ( I ' m hoping they are all busy building this game ) where will you be spending your holiday ? Will you be traveling ? And name your favorite traditional holiday food or drink . Yeah . . . something like that . I don ' t think there ' s any plans for a New Year ' s party . In terms of the holidays , I ' m leaving for Vegas ( where my GF ' s family lives ) on Friday and return to the office on my birthday . . . the 27th . Current Fav [ TV ] : well . . . everything ' s on hiatus , but I love the show Weeds . All - time : Sponsored by the letter S : Sopranos , Six Feet Under , Seinfeld On working hours : I believe our " core hours " are 10 - 4 , but you ' re supposed to be around the office for at least 8 hours . I think a lot of folks here are working even more than that . Typically , I stroll in around 9 : 25 and leave anywhere from 5 : 30 - 6 : 45 . On the new London office : Ahem , care for some crumpets and tea ? ? Sorry . . . that was terrible , and possibly offensive . Anyhow , my understanding is that it ' s a new publishing arm . I suppose time will tell . On favourite foods : My top 5 ( though I ' ve hardly scratched the surface on choices ) Cajun Chicken Pasta ( extra spicey ) Club Sandwich Bacon Cheeseburger Some broiled chicken ( I think it ' s broiled ) that comes with mashed potatoes pizza Favourite cult character : Both are great roles . Boba Fett might be my favorite cult character , even though he doesnt really do that much . Nope , you ' ve found a Star Wars fan in me . I ' m definitely eager to see what they do with the animated series and live - action series . Also , it ' s becoming pretty obvious that I need to check out the Sarah Connor Chronicles from reading this thread . In forum speak , how would you guys rate it ( example Battlestar Galactica > Lost > Heroes ) Hmmm . . . that might still get relegated to the " maybe bin . " Of course with my new ipod touch , i suppose i have time to watch some shows on the way to work . This week it ' s been all about It ' s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 2 . On getting to work : Metro train . . . then a 25 min walk . On movies : No arguments there . I was dumb enough to try to accept the Phantom Menace ( though it ' s not nearly as bad as say Alien Resurrection ) As for the Oscar picks , I ' ve only seen Juno and No Country for Old Men ( I ' m hoping to see There Will Be Blood this weekend ) . Juno was good , mostly because of the performances , but it didn ' t stray too far from the " We ' re Having a Baby " type comedies - like Knocked Up or Nine Months . I ' d be happy to see No Country for Old Men win . . . but more than anything , Javier Bardem needs to win . Anyone still watching the Wire ? I can ' t believe next week at this time , I will be done with the series . I ' d be honored if Vernon Wells played me ( in a movie ) . Congrats again ( to Briosa ) on the 1 year anniversary . I know you mentioned at least once that the blog will end when Fallout 3 is out . . . what would you do with all the extra spare time ? On cookies : I drown them until they ' re soggy . I ' d prefer Skim when possible . On best advice : For Roulette , Wesley Snipes told me to always bet on black ( Passenger 57 ) Ok , that ' s the new best advice I ' ve ever gotten . On " The basic gameplay of Fallout 3 is similar ( to that of Oblivion ) , which is one of the reasons we really wanted to do Fallout in the first place . " I can tackle that one . . . I was actually a bit confused on the matter myself until I emailed Todd . To be clear , here ' s the answer Todd actually wrote : " The overall gameflow feels like Oblivion , in that you make your character and then explore a huge world and do whatever you want , so the basic - nut of the game is similar , which is one of the reasons we really wanted to do Fallout in the first place . " So again , Todd was comparing the gameflow of Fallout 1 with Oblivion . He never wrote , " gameplay of Fallout 3 . " One time while my brother and I were in the car waiting for my dad who was buying something , he kept hearing a lot of car brakes screeching and explained to me : " Matthew , everytime you hear a screech , a vampire takes another step closer to finding you . " I think I was 5 and he was 7 , but even then , I just thought it was ridiculous . Maybe a decade later , we were at some ski resort in Colorado ( in the summer ) to try one of those mountain luge rides . Outside of the luge line , there was a Merry - Go - Round - ish thing with real ponies that people could ride . I made some comment to my brother that there eyes looked so real . I was kidding and thought he realized they were real horses . When we left the place , he said , " Wait a minute , those horses are real " after seeing one relieve itself . My brother actually is a pretty smart guy , but I give him crap about these two comments all the time . I wish I could share my favorite quote of his , after he sliced my leg open with a shovel . Just going to keep the language clean , " censored " options or not . At his wedding last year , i did get quite the applause when I warned all the children there to put on their " earmuffs " before I quoted it . Not sure if the one in this pic is metal or not , but the one we had had sharp edges . . . it was probably a bit jagged from use too . Next week in story time , Gstaff tells the story of when someone put a pencil on his chair as he sat down . I think the pencil was relatively dull . But the experience did bring a new meaning to the expression , get the lead out of your . . . ahem . . . backside . Yep , I ' ve still got a nice chunk in there .