You can thank my friend Dana for such an entertaining question.
I traded in a few of my old N64 games and picked up a copy of Mass Effect for the 360. It sure is a pretty game, and it's been a lot of fun so far. It has the right amount of methodical tedium that I look for in an RPG. It also has auto-aim functionality, which I require in an FPS. I dig it!
I was hoping to get a copy of Fallout 3, but they wanted 55$ for a used copy (you can get it new for about 5$ more). If anyone has a copy they want to loan me, I'll pay for shipping. :-D
Cache has been a ton of fun to have around the house. He spends most of the work day hanging out with me in the office, sleeping. He's sleeping, not me. ;-) I really enjoy having a dog around the house again. After Charm died, I wasn't certain if I'd get another dog. But I'm glad I have. The cats are starting to handle life with Cache better. Miikka is still scared of him, but Pixel got over the changes pretty quickly. He's very gentle with the cats -- mostly curious, but never aggressive. So far, so good!
It sounds like I'll be heading back to France later this month for work. I'm hoping to take Lis with me on this trip so she can stop being so jealous of me. :-P Oh yeah, and it would be fun to have my wife along too!
Noooo, don't buy Fallout 3 yet!
Wait for Fallout 3 GOTY edition to come out (it should have DLC's as part of the game) - game has 5 DLCs released (last one came out yesterday), and I consider them essential part of the game. For example, Anchorage one gives you stealth armor, which completely changed the gameplay for me. I love being able to sneak around and see what AI does. There are also some fun non-scripted faction skirmishes to see that way.
@Rudi -- ooh, thanks for the info! That's a good idea -- do you know if they're coming out with the DLCs as part of the game for the 360? Or is that PC only?
I enjoyed Fallout 3 much more than Mass Effect, partly for the reasons you mentioned in another post. You should really give it a try; I think it's worth $55 myself. You can always buy the add-ons later if GOTY takes too long to come out.