Tag: Skyrim
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My Personal Video Game Awards, Pt. 1
At the end of the year, I like to do a wrap-up post of all my favorite things from video games that came out that year. It’s not a top 10 list of games, it’s to talk about what different games did best — like which game had the best combat, which had the most…
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What Comes First: The Story or the Open World?
Video games seem a little infatuated with open world design these days. You get a great open world game like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and suddenly everybody wants to show off how engines can now produce gorgeous, sweeping, detailed landscapes with no (or very few) loading screens. It’s like an epidemic. I mean, I’m…
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Screenshot Safari: A Selfie from “Skyrim”
Today I’m posting a screenshot for the Screenshot Safari challenge. C. T. Murphy issued this challenge to me as part of his Newbie Blogger Initiative. All month long, he’s challenging bloggers to post their favorite screenshots that go along with the contest’s themes, and at the end of the month, he’ll pick a few winners —…
