Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics are free the next 48 hours on GOG: http://www.gog.com/news/free_games_fallout_fallout_2_and_fallout_tactics If you have any interest in RPGs, you owe it to yourself to play the first two.
I don't remember this. Are you refering to what happens later in Fallout 3 or newvegas? I always quit halfway for various reasons.