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Rookie of the Year
Ysolda standing in a stone-lined street, wearing a fetching peasant's frock.

Mysolda: Renewing My Wedding Vows … with an NPC

By Matt Marrone • February 13th, 2024

In many ways, my exploits in Skyrim remain the greatest achievements of my pathetic little life.

This Mortal Coyle
A close-up of Andreja from Starfield, looking suitably goth with black hair, downturned eyes and a soft, elegant expression. She poses behind a spiky metal structure that gives the impression of dead tree branches.

I Married My Goth GF in Starfield but I Feel Nothing

By Deirdre Coyle • December 28th, 2023

Starfield is Bethesda’s biggest game to date. More to explore, more dialogue options, more NPCs. So why don’t I feel attached to any of the characters?

This Mortal Coyle
A screencap from Skyrim shows Serana and the player character having a nighttime walk along a snowy path.

Skyrim and Existential Angst Redux

By Deirdre Coyle • March 29th, 2023

Why can’t I marry Serana? I would like to take this up with Todd Howard personally.

This Mortal Coyle

On Organizing My Skyrim Library and Living in a Human Body

By Deirdre Coyle • December 2nd, 2022

Organizing books makes me not care that I’m a decaying meat-coated skeleton living by the light of a dying star. I love skeletons! I love stars! Who cares, just let me read!

Revving the Engine
A dramatic close-up on a golden roman statue stoically gazing past his extended arm.

Mods & Mythology

By Melissa King • November 24th, 2021

The Australian Writers’ Guild Award-winning and critically acclaimed The Forgotten City had humble beginnings as a Skyrim mod.

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Expanding Worlds with Video Game Tabletop RPGs

By Scott Roepel • April 2nd, 2020

Unlike in roleplaying videogames, for tabletop roleplaying, all you need is an imagination, a good storyteller and a set of dice.

Pets Feature

Seven Videogame Chickens, Listed from Least to Most Likely to Kick My Ass

By Melissa King • June 7th, 2019

Look at all these chickens.

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Climbing the Virtual Mountain

By Rowan Evans • August 23rd, 2018

When rendered in videogames, a mountain becomes more than an obstacle. They’re living sites, where introspection, healing and learning take place.

This Mortal Coyle

Farkas

By Deirdre Coyle • December 13th, 2017

Deirdre Coyle carries the full weight of her marriage to Farkas, the lycanthropic warrior from Skyrim. Or not, actually.

I Am Tank: A Tribute to Gaming’s Great Bruisers

By Matthew Byrd • January 19th, 2017

“I can’t help but feel that it’s hard for video game tanks to get a little love…”

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