Tag Archives: Elder Scrolls

What is it about Skyrim that turns off some gamers?

Now the dust has settled on Skyrim after it’s explosive release it’s a good time to assess some of the reaction to the game as the hype dies down to a more nuanced view. One of the things I’ve always noticed … Continue reading

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The top five posts on Zombies Ate My Xbox in March, concerning the ZX Spectrum, Necromancy, Windows Phone, Bubble Bobble and Skyrim.

These are the top five posts on Zombies Ate My Xbox over the last month in case you missed any of them: #5 – “ZX Mobile brings ZX Spectrum touch screen gaming to Windows Phone 7 and iPhone“ My review … Continue reading

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A series of unfortunate search engine queries…

One of the fun things about running a website is looking at some of the random search queries people use to end up at your site. Many of them seem slightly odd but make sense due to various key words … Continue reading

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Why necromancy in Skyrim is like dealing crack in 1980s America. A blogpost inspired by @ElderScrolls and @Freakonomics #skyrim

Why would anyone want to be a Necromancer? Not in the real world of course, the benefits there are obvious, but in the latest game in the Elder Scrolls series, Skyrim. Enter any tomb in the land and you’re bound to … Continue reading

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The Classic Game: The @ElderScrolls: Arena by @Bethblog

This is something else I wrote for Retro Gamer for their ‘The Classic Game’ series, about Arena, the first game in the Elder Scrolls series, not realising in-house staff tend to write these sort of single or double page look backs. … Continue reading

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I’m questioning the wisdom of not pre-ordering Skyrim

Well that was a bright idea. In my wisdom I decided that when the latest game in the Elder Scrolls series, Skyrim came out I would hang fire and merely place it on my Amazon wishlist so someone lovely could … Continue reading

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