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Top Skyrim Player Home Mods: Mansion Edition

KeenGamer: ''Player home mods are a huge part of Skyrim endgame. Additionally, they are mostly conflict-free so you can have dozens of them without needing to worry about those pesky CTD's. With that in mind, we decided to bring you a larger list of player home mods to check out and enjoy. This time we scaled back on the grandeur of castles and decided to focus on mansions, estates and some unique homes where your Dovahkiin can kick off his or her dragon-slaying slippers and call it a day.''

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How Oblivion sparked a level design revolution that gave us Skyrim's Blackreach

From USA Today: "It might seem ironic given its status as one of the world’s most ubiquitous games, but there’s quite a lot we don’t know about Skyrim. Up until now, we’ve never heard many details about what changed between Oblivion and Fallout 3 — and subsequently between Fallout 3 and Skyrim itself — for Bethesda’s fifth Elder Scrolls game to achieve the acclaim it did. Of all these details, one of the strangest things to learn is that Blackreach, one of Skyrim’s most famous locations, was never supposed to exist. There’s a story behind that.

This is according to former Bethesda lead level designer Joel Burgess, who joined the company in June 2005 and worked there through Fallout 4. While that’s an impressive tenure, it’s interesting to note that Burgess wasn’t always a level designer at Bethesda — at the time he joined the studio, that wasn’t even technically a job. Dungeon artists built locations using a small suite of basic assets, while quest designers wrote all the dialogue and implemented all the quest logic. The concept of ‘level design’ in the modern sense just wasn’t in Bethesda’s head yet. "

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Skyrim Beautify - Top Most Beautiful Character Presets

KeenGamer: "Why struggle when trying to create a beautiful Skyrim character when there are a ton of talented modders that already did it for you? Today we bring you some of that in what we feel are the absolute best, most beautiful character presets you can find."

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Top 10 Skyrim Cheat Mods for a Fun Time

KeenGamer: "Here are the best cheat mods for Skyrim that will grant you untold powers and control over your game experience. Get ready to roleplay a god-like character and have tons of fun while doing it."

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