Meet the Fallout 3 devs - Steve Meister Steve " MrSmileyFaceDude " Meister What is your favorite mod for Oblivion ? BT and other interface mods . What ' s your favorite thing about Oblivion Alchemy and archery . What do you most dislike about Oblivion ? Bandits with better armor than I have . What do you have on your desk ? Do you have any figurines or mascots ? Books ? I have a TON of stuff on and around my desk & stuck on the walls . It ' s what happens when you work in the same place for 8 years . I ' ve got Gundam models , a few varied action figures , cars of various sizes , some funky stuffed animals ( Tamagotchi , a Peep , Duke ( the Java mascot ) , a plush octopus , for example ) , a bunch of programming books , some interesting wind - up toys including ATOMIC ROBOT MAN , a bunch of Bethesda games in boxes ( including some rare Morrowind stuff ) , a Morrowind poster of an Argonian , maps from Morrowind and Oblivion , a hollow wooden frog that makes an extremely loud croaking noise , a few lamps , pictures of my wife & family , and of course my monitors & keyboards & such . This year ' s calendar is Dilbert ; last year ' s was Futurama . Do you have a dresscode ? We don ' t have casual Friday . We dress so casually on normal days that I ' d be afraid to see what people considered as MORE casual . I would like to know where you each grew up . Are any of you from a rural area and if so how you like city life that you now are part of . Have any of you been to my great state of Alaska and if not would you like to visit . Any veterans ? If you could live anywhere in the world , where would it be ? My dad was in the US Air Force , so we moved around a lot . New Hampshire , Maryland , Japan , Texas , Missouri , Massachusetts and finally Virginia , where I ' ve lived for over 28 years . Not a big fan of cities . Haven ' t been to Alaska but I ' d love to go sometime . Not sure where else but Virginia I ' d want to live , though the Pacific Northwest is very nice and I love the Florida Keys . And last but not least , do you drink coffee and what kind ? And I despise coffee : ) Have any of the devs seen ' Forbidden planet ' with Walter Pidgeon and Leslie Nielsen ? I have the collector ' s edition DVD that came with a miniature Robbie the Robot . " Forbidden Planet " is an awesome movie , one of my all - time favorites . If you haven ' t seen it , do so , especially if you like Star Trek . It ' s obvious why Gene Roddenberry calls the movie an inspiration for Star Trek . Also watch for Robbie ' s appearance in the movie " Gremlins , " where he repeats a few of his lines from " Forbidden Planet . " I knew a guy a while back who had the license plate " C - 57D " : ) Any of the DEVs ever been to Europe ? If yes , where to and long did you stay and why ? Did you enjoy it ? Found it to be culturally completely different ? I spent a bit of time in Germany , before & just after reunification . Mostly in Frankfurt , though I also spent some time near Stuttgart and Ingolstadt . Spent several weeks there on various trips between 1988 and 1991 . I really enjoyed it . I became pretty familiar with Frankfurt ( AM ) . Loved walking around the city . Loved the transit system and driving on the autobahn . On one trip I had to drive from SW of Stuttgart to Frankfurt to catch a plane , and I got that little Audi rental car to go as fast as it could go , about 220kph ( 130 + mph ) . Lots of fun . And I loved the food & beer . Got to stay in several gasthauses in different towns too , so I got a bit of the local culture as opposed to staying in " normal " hotels . Learned the important German words and phrases : how to count , how to order a beer , and how to ask where the restroom ( WC ! ) is . Are any of you in the newest teaser art ? No . All of the concept art you ' ve seen on the teaser website was painted by Craig Mullins , a freelance concept artist who lives & works in Hawaii . Must be rough . Source . Meet the Fallout 3 devs - Steve Meister @ No Mutants Allowed