Fallout 3 Mini-Interview

Gaming Source has published a short interview with Bethesda's Pete Hines, in which the PR rep answers a few questions about their newly announced title, Fallout 3. Here's one of the questions to get you started:
Q: The Fallout series has a large fan following. Was this one of the main reasons for Bethesda confronting Interplay for the rights to the game or were there other reasons (such as a personal love for the series) which sparked the decision to ask for the rights?

A: I think it was more about our internal discussions about what kind of game we thought we could do, and do really well. There are any number of available RPG licenses out there, as well as the opportunity to implement any number of our own original ideas, but at the end of the day we really wanted the chance to make Fallout 3, so that's what we're going to do.