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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

BuckGB
December 30, 2011

GB Feature: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review

After clocking in over 100 hours with the game, we’ve finally reached the point where we’re ready to publish our full review of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Make yourself comfortable for a four-page read: Where Skyrim really shines…

BuckGB
December 30, 2011

Eurogamer’s Games of 2011

Things have been pretty quiet around the web during the holidays, but that hasn’t stopped Eurogamer from putting together a series of “Games of 2011” articles that go into surprising detail on many of the titles released over the past…

BuckGB
December 30, 2011

Skyrim and Gaming’s Old School Myth and Legend

There’s a new opinion piece entitled “Skyrim and Gaming’s Old School Myth and Legend” up on Gamasutra, during which the author waxes nostalgic about the experiences we used to have with video games in the 1980s and 1990s before diving…

BuckGB
December 29, 2011

Cliffski on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s NPCs

Positech Games’ Cliff “Cliffski” Harris taps into his indie game development experience to blog about the lack of progress Skyrim has made when it comes to NPC interactions. In short, he finds them “staggeringly stupid” and lacking dialogue, thanks to…

BuckGB
December 29, 2011

Can I Craft That For You?

For a new blog entry on Gamasutra, our own Eric Schwarz provides an analysis of the crafting systems that have been made available to us in both single-player and multiplayer RPGs, including those found in World of Warcraft, Risen, Sequence,…

Shane Scarbrough
December 25, 2011

Skyrim The Best Video RPG Game Ever

I have to tell you that I’m not easily impressed. But from the very moment I first fired up The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on my Xbox 360 I knew I was in for something special. From the game’s opening…

Shane Scarbrough
December 25, 2011

Skyrim The Best Video RPG Game Ever

BuckGB
December 24, 2011

Forbes Picks Deus Ex: Human Revolution Over Skyrim For GotY

Forbes has published two separate articles (here and here) explaining their decision not to choose Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as their Game of the Year, but instead give the prestigious nod to Eidos Montreal’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution. …

Brother None
December 21, 2011

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim UI Mod Released

It’s not perfect by any means, but this SkyUI mod makes enough fixes to the deeply flawed Skyrim user interface to be worth a mention. It’s still a work in progress, with magic menu fixes incoming, but the overhaul to the…

Brother None
December 21, 2011

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC Patch 1.3.10 Released

Bethesda has added a small update for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on PC, updating it to 1.3.10, which adds the expected 4GB tuning. Update 1.3.10 Notes (PC) ‘¢ Support for 4-Gigabyte Tuning (Large Address Aware) ‘¢ Fixed issue with accented…