http://blogs.ign.com/Bethesda_Softworks/2008/09/15/101489/

In what’s become a tradition here at the office, the development team holds a speed run competition near the launch time. With Fallout 3 readying for release in October, the Fallout 3 Speed Run final was held on Friday, September 5th. To the winner: a pie of their choosing.

In the end, Jeff’s trick became Sam’s delicious treat (a strawberry rhubarb pie to be exact). With a time of about 75 minutes — Sam bested Jeff by a matter of seconds. Coincidentally, the victory time was nearly identical to the winning time of the Oblivion champion, Chris Krietz.

A far cry from Fallout 1's 9 minutes speed run, and Fallout 2's 18 minutes speed run.

The fact that Fallout 3's speed run was as long as Oblivion makes me cry of disgust.

I know, ****ing pathetic.

Yeah, oblivion was about this short if you didn't do any of the fluff...

lol. at first I thought it meant the entire campaign was 75 minutes long. After reading the article, I'd say that's a pretty impressive length.