The conceptual mind behind the glory that is Fallout 3 and Skyrim’s concept art passed away this week. While I love Skyrim something fierce, Fallout 3 snatch-and-grabbed a big part of my heart this generation, in no small part to its gorgeous art and design.  Adam Adamowicz was a driving force behind it, and so I salute the good lad’s contributions and wish him well in his return to cosmic matter.

For a more befitting tribute, check out this article.

Maybe I’m losing it, but I consider Skyrim rather special. What may have previously been considered only a dorky fantasy game thwacked the gaming cultural consciousness over the winter, ripping the season away from Battlefield Warfare: Covert Ops for the first time in years. It generated memes, produced sprawling personal stories, and was fun as fuck. So I love hearing monuments to its success.

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Much like a dragons, Macho Man Randy Savage has faded into myth. Much like dragons, it has been written (by no one save for me, maybe) that he will live again! Now he does in a pretty ridiculous Skyrim mod.

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I don’t know why I feel pumped and proud that Skyrim is crushing it on the UK charts, but I am. I know it’s another huge installment of a huge franchise, but seeing it trounce more rote experiences like Uncharted 3 and Modern Black Fare 3: Covert Operations gives me a tickle in the taint.

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This is commitment to a fucking meme, right hurr.

The meme of the gaming week! The Skyrim ‘knee’ meme. It’s gone ultra. Broken the plane of non return. Gotten itself a dubstep remix. Hell yeah.

Hit the jump, check the glory.

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The accuracy of this shit is unnerving. The Skyrim. It has…abilities.

Despite having three projects due in three weeks, despite that I could have waited until Christmas and saved cheddar, despite the fact that I haven’t beaten Arkham City, I caved. I couldn’t help it. Bethesda, you devil you.

NMA. Those whacky fucks. This week it’s Skyrim going all spatula and renaissance faire all over the ass of Modern Warfare 3. That doesn’t make sense? You’re g’damn right it doesn’t.

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Its 9 am.   I wake up, I look around, I get depressed.   Something is missing.

Its 11 am.   I’m running errands.   I go to the supermarket, the drug store, and the bakery.   I’m not doing what I should be doing.

Its 1 pm.   I’m eating lunch.   I stare out the window.   Something is wrong.

Its 4 pm.   I start thinking about dinner.   I’ve already blown off the gym.   I need to be somewhere.   Where could it be?

Its 7 pm.   I’m eating dinner.   Its just some mystery meat that I found in the fridge, but fuck it, everything tastes good in a burrito wrap.   I don’t feel like myself.

Its 12 pm.   I go to bed, dreading waking to another day of feeling like there is a hole in my life.   Hopefully tomorrow will hold better tidings.   As it stands, November 10^th was a dull day.

November 11^th started like any other day.   I woke up knowing that today was a day of days.   What would it hold?   Would it be a great day or a terrible day?   Whatever the outcome is, the status quo was about to change.   For today of all days, Skyrim is released.

I hate doing reviews or write ups of game’s I haven’t completed.   Skyrim however is different.   I can’t complete it, it completes me.

Can a game be this perfect?   Lets take a closer look.

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