The Ongoing Adventures Of A Skyrimmer: Intro.

   Although I somehow don't think the stories of my time in Skyrim will match up to any type of great literary adventure, I only wanted to share some of my expliots and observations of my time spent traveling throughout the amazing world of Skyrim.

   First off, this game is a kind of gaming 'crack' the likes of which few games can compete with. It's almost impossible to not think about this game, no matter where you are, or what you're doing. I drive Winter(y)/snowy roads, and still find my mind wandering to Winter(y)/snowy Skyrim. I'm having such fun in the game, it makes me almost not mind the cold crappy weather we have up in the mountains here. So, by comparison, I guess I sorta/kinda live in a 'type' of Skyrim. Just without Dragons and Draugr. I think.

   Every time I play this game I never cease to be amazed at the scenery, I really feel a part of this land of Skyrim. And it's much more than just graphics, it's the interaction that takes place and the myriad of ways one can participate/interact with this world. For example, in one of the earliest quests (retreiving the dragons claw), rather than follow the road, I do what I usually do in an Elder Scrolls game and check my map to strike out cross country and make a bee-line directly for my destination. Part of the fun for me is in dealing with the obstacles I find along my direct-as-possible route, and in trying to scale the cliffs and mountains that would 'seem' to block my way. And that's just what I did as I approached my destination and the entrance to my underground adventure. I took the seemingly unapproachable way, using a combination of jumping and running, and to my surprise 'scaled' the mountainside to approach the entrance from a way the bandits guarding the entrance didn't expect. As I sat there peering over the top, snow quietly drifting down all around me, the almost tangible feeling of having 'climbed' the mountain to catch my enemies unawares made me smile diabolically. And at that point I KNEW there was so many more of these moments I was going to experience in this game, and that this was just the very beginning of something I hadn't quite experienced before, or as deeply, in any game to date. So to say the bandits were surprised when I launched a few arrows into them as they patrolled the area is an understatement! One of them had managed to locate me crouched down and sneaking behind one of the stone structures, while the other one, bow in hand, ran furiously searching the area. I realized the jig was up and dispatched the one bandit with my sword, then crouched back down to unfortunately launch some volley's of arrows at the remaining bandit that missed entirely and only seemed to piss him off even more. I just stood up, grabbed my sword and charged as directly toward him as was possible, taking some arrow hits from him as he backpedaled himself into a corner. His fate was sealed.

And all of this happened on my approach to the 'beginning' of this quest, I still had yet to enter the underground tomb and experience a whole other amazing/crazy adventure that kept me glued to my console far past my bedtime! This little story is from the earliest beginnings of my adventures when I was still wet behind the ears and wide eyed at the enormity of Skyrim. Well I'm no less wide eyed now, and still marveling at the world Bethesda has created for us to immerse ourselves in. I'm sure anyone who is currently playing this game has there own wonders and achievements that has made them shake their head, smile, and want to share with anyone who is as consumed by Skyrim as they are! 

   I hope to share some more (mis)adventures and cool observations about Skyrim in the near future! Thank you very much for your time and for reading this post! And I'm pretty sure there's no Dragons,Draugr or Giants around here. …But I think I just saw a Skeever snooping around my trash can! Yikes!