Zee Delicacies of Skyrim
Some tasty things you might enjoy in Skyrim. http://killscreendaily.com/articles/things-i-ate-skyrim
A monarch butterfly.
Descending a sunlit mountain path just after exiting the cave at the beginning of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, I found myself at a crossroads. I could follow the stony trail toward Riverwood, the game's first village, or I could take the road less traveled. That's when I noticed the lovely insect floating above my head. The butterfly lit upon a large rock, then took to the air. I looked up, plucked the creature out of the air, and checked my inventory. I'd already plucked its wings from its body—presumably to be mixed into a potion. Rather than waiting to find a use for this strange reagent, I ate the wings. A golden aura…
More Pc Gamer Info? Yes.
http://theskyrimblog.com/?p=1971 has more info for us. Some bits very interesting.
I don’t really get how the December issue of a magazine can be available in the first week of October…but, anyway, the digital issue of PC Gamer has landed in subscribers inboxes – and juicy details about Skyrim were amongst its content.
Perhaps the most important aspect of the feature was that it was the first-time we have a journalist playing on a PC rather than an XBox. so for those of you who will be playing on your PC, here are some details that we learned:
- graphical quality was described as ‘impressive’, even though he was playing an early build and it will have been further tweaked
- trees, vegetation, rocks and plants look ‘near photorealistic’ and there w…
Russian Game Informer info (small spoilers)
Once again theskyrimblog.com has some info for us. http://theskyrimblog.com/?p=2021
For those of you hungry for every last morsel about the forthcoming Skyrim game, this post is going to give you a few morsels – but very tasty morsels, for sure! If you’re looking to avoid spoilers, leave this thread now, because it will stuff you definitely don’t want to be seeing…
The source here is – believe it or not – the Russian edition of the forthcoming Game Informer magazine. Talk about a roundabout information route! The info has started to filter out onto various sites, so the translation seems fairly accurate. Here goes
- You won’t be joining the Dark Brotherhood in the same way as Oblivion i.e by killing a random person. Instead you’ll be picking u…
Even more Pc Gamer info
After cruising around theskyrimblog.com, I noticed that the site owner actually purchased the pc gamer magazine. He added a few more bullets of info at http://theskyrimblog.com/?p=1763, so I figured it's only fair to share this with my fellow cultists.
- The reporter describes the pleasing effect of dual wielding a flame spell and a lightning spell – and getting a mingling of the two streaming from his hands in a blend of fire and light.
- Grindstones sharpen existing weapons for extra damage; forges enable you to break down ore and create weapons and armour – but only after you unlock the requisite perk
- He comes across The Rift Guards – the standing militia of one of the Holds – who do not recognise his infamy with the Imperial Legion. Later, af…