Yeah I definitely try to play when Erik is not around, because it's just way too violent of a game to let a five year old watch.

What I would do is kind of wander around until I got bored, then run off and do a quest (which is probably why I finished relatively quickly). I kind of ended the game accidentally. I didn't realize that I was ending the main quest line - the ending is kind of abrupt and I had plans to go back and do other stuff.

I think I'm going to try playing through as an all melee/unarmed/big guns guy instead. Maybe see if I have the nerve to blow up Megaton.

(And bioshock is still sitting on my shelf barely played. I really should try and play that too.)