CVG - The Best and Worst DLC

CVG looks at their selections for the best and worst DLC, along with some thoughts on what makes it worthwhile. A snip on New Vegas:

New Vegas was even more ambitious. The six packs added up to one story, told in episodic fashion. Episodic gaming never worked out for Valve but it did for Obsidian, and it let them tell a story that ran from B-movie madness through to a more subdued, philosophical finale. "The New Vegas DLCs were a unique opportunity to do short stories in the Fallout universe," explains New Vegas producer Chris Avellone, "and a rare opportunity to know, for certain, you're going to be able to do a series of adventures with a clear ending."

This is the kind of thinking that gives us DLC worth caring about. It's rule-breaking stuff that uses the game you bought as a launchpad for something so brave and so surprising you never knew you wanted it until you saw it downloadable for eight quid.