Category: Skyrim

I almost didn’t notice at first. But that Dragon is being ridden by a Giant. I just happened to be able to snap off this shot because I’d opened the favourites menu to switch to bow, with the odd pair just sort of… right there in...

Five Game Challenge – Day 11: Keeping on the Path

by Naithin | Nov 11, 2020 | Skyrim | 2

Amended title: Keeping on the path mostly. I launched Valhalla. So far as the menus. I took a look at the configuration. Went so far as to run a benchmark. (Incidentally, the Ubisoft Benchmark tools in Watch Dogs Legion and Valhalla actually...

Five Game Challenge – Day 9: Keeping Track of the Action

by Naithin | Nov 9, 2020 | Skyrim | 6

I’ve kind of done a lot in Skyrim since the last post. Yes. I know that last post was only yesterday. Sort of. I had written it the day before though, whereas now I’m back to writing for the day. So a lot of time has passed, and some of...

Five Game Challenge – Day 8: Poor Lydia

by Naithin | Nov 8, 2020 | Skyrim | 2

The body above there isn’t Lydia. But I probably should’ve taken it as an omen of things to come. I mean… There is weapon jutting out of his chest. And he is really quite dead. Presumably the two things are linked. In any case, I...

Five Game Challenge Day 4: Staying Awake is the Hardest Part

by Naithin | Nov 4, 2020 | Skyrim | 4

First: Some good news. The urge to play something off my list of five games that struck so hard on day two has passed. For now. I’m sure it’ll be back later but right now Skyrim is really scratching my gaming itch. The problem, as it...

Five Game Challenge Day 3: Modding Skyrim (Again)

by Naithin | Nov 3, 2020 | Skyrim | 0

As recently as yesterday morning, I was questioning the supposed wisdom in keeping Skyrim in my list of five games for another year. I wasn’t quite feeling the desire to jump in and play it, so the prospect of running through the process of...

Five Game Challenge – 2020

by Naithin | Oct 14, 2020 | Gaming, Other Games, Skyrim, Warframe, WoW, XCOM | 0

Last year, I put myself through a bit of a challenge. A Five Game Challenge. You might’ve already gathered that though from the title, even if you weren’t here at the time. Though if you weren’t, possibly the finer points of...

My Favourites of the Passing Decade

by Naithin | Dec 29, 2019 | Assassin's Creed, Dark Souls, Other Games, Skyrim, Warframe, XCOM | 0

These games of the year and decade lists started coming out quite early, and it really stressed me out! THERE WERE STILL MORE GAMES TO RELEASE! And alright, alright — as it turned out, probably not any of them were really anything to write...

Five Game Challenge Day 30: Wrap-up Journal

by Naithin | Nov 30, 2019 | Journal, Other Games, Skyrim, Transport Fever, Warframe | 2

Booyah, final day. Basically done. The padlocks on the game list can be loosened. In fact I’m going to reward myself with a relaxation of the challenge after I get this post done and published. So… Ciao! …No? Well OK. I suppose we...

Five Game Challenge Day 23: Multiplayer Motivation

by Naithin | Nov 23, 2019 | Gaming, Skyrim, Warframe | 0

Poor Skyrim. While it hasn’t quite fallen to the red-headed step-child levels of the other games in my challenge line-up, it has nonetheless played into a second fiddle role to Warframe of late. The thinking going into this is that Warframe...

Five Game Challenge Day 10: Ain’t no Mountain High Enough

by Naithin | Nov 10, 2019 | Skyrim | 9

Or at least, that is certainly the belief. I haven’t tried the ascent yet. Maybe the title should be, “He’ll be comin’ around the mountain” instead. Because that I did do. I took a different route from normal too....

Five Game Challenge Day 6: November Gaming Goals

by Naithin | Nov 6, 2019 | Gaming, Skyrim, Warframe | 5

Alright, true — this post is about 6 days late. But until yesterday I wasn’t remotely interested in setting regular monthly gaming goals for myself. As a means of unwinding and relaxation, who needs that? But I’m not opposed to...

Five Game Challenge Day 3: Becoming Dovahkiin (Again)

by Naithin | Nov 3, 2019 | Other Games, Skyrim, XCOM | 4

I thought this weekend might be filled with simply ‘getting ready’ to play things. As troublesome as extensively modding Skyrim might still be — it still went a lot faster than I remember from the days before mod managers and the...

Five Game Challenge Day 2: Modding Skyrim

by Naithin | Nov 2, 2019 | Other Games, Skyrim | 10

Selecting, downloading and installing mods for a Bethesda game used to be a multi-day process. I remember for Morrowind patches of spending more time in the Mod forums than actually playing the game. And then of course, once you did actually start...

Madness! Picking Just 5 Games for a Year

by Naithin | Oct 30, 2019 | Asheron's Call, Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Gaming, Other Games, Skyrim, Warframe, XCOM | 8

Now, I’m not much of one to partake in Halloween generally. But I came across something truly terrifying that I had to share. No, terrifying isn’t enough. It’s horrifying. Any other time of year, I might’ve had a quiet...