Fallout 3 - FAQ & Indirect Interview @ NMA

If you're overwhelmed with all the Fallout 3 previews, NMA has constructed a FAQ from preview quotes, which works quite well and is easy to read.

In addition, they have an interview with Critical Hits' Bartoneus who attended the demo (their preview was linked yesterday) to dig further into some points:

VATS. Ok, so I can pause to aim. Does that mean where I aim in RT doesn't matter, i.e. if I click on the head I'd still hit the torso, in RT? Also, when in VATS, can any actions be taken, or is it just cuing actions to happen?

Correct that VATS is a pause to aim idea, but from what I saw and heard at the event the Realtime play is like any other realtime game with shooting, if you aim and actually hit the head the same effects would apply as a called shot. Again, I'm not certain, and anything about that is conjecture based on the gameplay that was shown. From what I can tell, VATS is purely a system for queuing actions and that is all, we did not get to see if your inventory can be accessed/used while paused or if that would use action points also.