Is That A Thing?: Gaming for Gamers

So as some of you might be aware, Adventureland 5: Snowday has come out this week. You plebeians know it as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

I, like many others have been finding this newest edition of Adventureland to be quite satisfactory, in spite of the snow motif that has been nearly squeezed dry in the last few years. The combat is solid, the voice acting is good, and the stories are fantastic.

And I'm not just talking about the stories told to you through quests, but all of the stories you end up telling your friends who are also playing the game (if you have no friends playing the game, you have no friends). In my first few days playing, I've had the insatiable itch to talk about the game with people who have played it. Skyrim is just chock full of instances where you just want to turn to someone and scream "DID YOU FUCKING SEE THAT?"

I mean, I really have to hand it to Bethesda and co. for making a single player game that brings people together more than a multiplayer game or MMO. The 2 gaming forums I frequent most have been absolutely exploding with titillating Adventureland stories and screenshots, which serve both to get people to play the damn game, and encourage players already enjoying it to post stories of their own.

This is what I like to call, gaming for gamers, and this is where, I think, Bethesda has improved on its previous titles (though shield bash is pretty damn cool). Anybody can play and appreciate Adventureland, but it's games like this that bring a community of both dedicated, die-hards and new fans together. This coupled with the mod support and editing suite that Bethesda is so known for, gives you a game built with the gamer in mind, which, with the other big titles we've seen lately, namely Call of Duty and BF3, is a welcome gesture.

Anyway, play Skyrim if you haven't already. Trust me. It's worth it.