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How Skyrim Helped Me Cope With My Father’s Passing

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released on November 11, 2011, a week before my birthday. I purchased it at midnight from the local GameStop, took it home, played it for awhile, and then put it aside for a while. Because of what was going on at home I didn’t have much time to play video games anymore. I would play it occasionally, but never for more than an hour or so. I enjoyed it, it allowed me to transport myself to another place, away from what was going on in the real world, my dad’s cancer. He had been diagnosed with it that February and was given six weeks to live. He beat out the diagnosis by nine months, finally passing away in December of 2011 at the age of 60.

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Ripsta7th3661d ago

Sorry for the loss of your father article writer. Games do help with emotional pain , but you know fox news says it just teaches people to become more violent and never talk about the positive

jollygoodchap83661d ago (Edited 3661d ago )

Certain news stations sicken me.

The edits they do to positive clips to spin it into completely negative clips is atrocious.

Its like N4G articles...Make up garbage or spin it completely to get hits.

On topic...Oddly enough RE:Code Veronica helped me through when my brother died. He watched me play it for hours...he didn't see how it ended but he was so immersed it the story when (spoilers) Steve died. I play it every once in while as a remembrance.

TheSaint3661d ago

I know, it amazes me that the world coped when violence was introduced after Pong launched.

jazmac3661d ago

Too much gayness...must stop cringing....no! can't! stop!......arrrrgghhh!!!!

Rimgal3661d ago

Dafuq is wrong with you?

He's talking about his father died and you felt the need to make a stupid comment about that? Seriously grow the f%ck up. And I hope no one acts like an asshole when someone close to you dies.

jazmac3661d ago (Edited 3661d ago )

I hope they do joke if someone I know dies, it always annoys me that people feel the need to tip toe around certain discussions.

My philosophy is no holds barred on any topic.

Rimgal3661d ago

Oh I'm sorry, how many times did your parents drop you when you were a baby?

Studio-YaMi3661d ago

By the way he thinks,probably a LOT.

TheFirstClassic3661d ago

You are one messed up individual.

thepluggy3661d ago

i can totally relate to this story,Mass Effect helped me get through the passing of my mother,its great that games can be an outlet to help us cope with our grief.

DragonKnight3661d ago

This is just continued proof of how much games can help people, while no proof has been linked to games hurting people.

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Forget Elder Scrolls 6, Skyrim Can Easily Be Made Into A Next-Gen Game

ScreenRant's Stephen Tang writes, "The Elder Scrolls 6 won't be releasing for a while, and in the meantime, the modding community has been making Skyrim into a next-gen game."

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GhostScholar20d ago

That’s just laughable to me. I think they’ve squeezed all they can out of an 12 year old game

mastershredder20d ago

"Easily" because they see mods, says the gamer. To heck with licensing, terms agreements conditions, etc. all you need to do is belive in mods. Yeah, so real superficial BS yo.

CrimsonWing6919d ago

Do people not want to play a new game? Like, I’d rather see 6 than just a prettier version of a game we’ve been playing since the 360/PS3 gen…

Popsicle19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

Yes please. Did pretty much everything there was to do in this game. Took a very long time and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Skyrim is one of my all-time favorites, but I would prefer a new experience.

anast19d ago

They might as well. So far, it looks like ES6 will be mostly developed by AI.

Smellsforfree19d ago

I don't want a next-gen version of a game I've already played to death. Skyrim was a great game, but I'm over it.

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Interview on Fallout 4 with the Actor for Nick Valentine, Codsworth & Mr Handy (Stephen Russell)

Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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I'm Replaying Skyrim (again), and So Should You

Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.

anast79d ago

I tried, but it's a poorly made game that insults its customers.

lucian22979d ago

nah, only mods make it decent, and even then it's bad, and this is after i modded for at least 3 years

Nittdarko79d ago

Funnily enough, I'm about to play it for the first time in VR with 1000 mods to make the game playable, as is the Bethesda way