On 11/11/11, this beautiful, glitch-filled, masterpiece was released. Skyrim is the fifth of The Elder Scrolls series following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It's set in the province of Skyrim, Tamriel in the year 4E 201. You play as the Dragonborn who goes on a bunch of quests to essentially destroy this "evil" dragon, Alduin. I put quotes around "evil" because in the very beginning of the game he pretty much saves your life by interrupting your beheading. But other than that, he's a pretty bad dragon. Dragons haven't been around for quite sometime; in fact, they died out a long time ago. Alduin's suddenly bringing the dragons back to life in the middle of a civil war between the Stormcloaks and Imperials. Like wow, dude. Cool timing. You're really cool (But seriously the dragons are really cool). CustomizationAfter the introduction, you get to customize your player. There are ten races, and they are all put into three separate categories: Human, Mer (Elven), and Beast. The human races are Breton, Imperial, Nord, and Redguard; the mer races, Altmer (High Elf), Bosmer (Wood Elf), Dunmer (Dark Elf), and Orsimer (Orc); the beast races, Argonian (Reptiles) and Khajiit (Felines). You can customize the gender, weight, skin color, face, and hair. Unlike previous Elder Scrolls games, gender doesn't affect gameplay, but race does (barely). Race basically determines how people talk to you, but it doesn't affect whether or not they will talk to you. Race also determines your skills, but in the end you could either be a sneaky Orc or a sneaky Nord; skill bonuses shouldn't determine which race you choose, but special powers should. Each race has their own special power or "shout." A shout is a group of three words from the Dragon Language that the Dragonborn uses to do a certain thing (eg: Unrelenting Force (FusRoDah) pushes/throws people, Dragonrend (JoorZahFrul) forces dragons to land). FactionsThere are so many factions you can join:
Attributes and CombatThere are three attributes: Health, Magicka, Stamina. Health is the amount of damage you can take before you die; Magicka is the energy you can use for spells; Stamina is the energy you have for sprinting and power attacks. Every time you level up, you can choose to also level up one of the three attributes; each time you do, the charge of whatever you chose goes up by 10 points. If you level up stamina, then your carrying weight (how much you can carry) goes up by 5. Unlike previous games, you can equip something in both hands; you can have a weapon in one and a spell in the other, or you can dual wield with either two spells or two weapons; you cannot, however, dual wield anything with a bow equipped. That'd be cool, though. Other Things You Should KnowThis game is really glitchy, but some of the glitches don't affect the gameplay; some are just things like people flying. Also, warning: this game is really good and you might become obsessed with it and play it nonstop for multiple days. So go play it. You can also learn more about Skyrim at the official website or the "unofficial" (it's totally official) wiki site.
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RWBY is a web series that's made by Roosterteeth. Before the actual show started, each of the main characters got their own trailer; the trailers were just scenes of them fighting people/creatures. Each character in the show is based off of a fairy tale, myth, etc. The protagonists, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, go to Beacon Academy. Beacon Academy is where they are taught to become official Huntresses. They're "team name" is RWBY, and each letter represents the first letter of their names (and, coincidentally, their designated colors). RWBY only has one season so far, but so many characters, conflicts, and creatures are introduced in only 16 episodes. Ruby RoseRuby Rose is the team leader of RWBY and the main protagonist. She's very friendly, but she can also fight like it's her job. Ruby has a special power, or "Semblance", which is her speed. She can move so fast that at appears as if she can teleport. She named her weapon (a scythe mixed with a sniper rifle) "Crescent Rose." You can probably tell that her "color" is red, considering her name is a red jewel and a red flower. Ruby is based off of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood," and in her trailer, she's shown at first as just a red hood and cape. So it's pretty obvious that it's alluding to Little Red Riding Hood. Weiss SchneeWeiss Schnee is very proper, and she makes it clear that her father is the boss of "Schnee Dust Company" (Dust is something that is used against the Creatures of the Grimm). Weiss' Semblance is her glyphs. She can create them to manipulate objects, or she can even use them as a platform. She carries around "Myrtenaster," a rapier with glyphs that channel the Dust inside of her rapier. It's very clear that her "color" is white because her first name is literally "white" in German. Her character alludes to Snow White; her name means "white snow," and her necklace has an apple on it. The very beginning of her trailer shows us that she's very preserved and very proper. Blake BelladonnaBlake Belladonna is super quiet, but when she does talk, she's usually very sassy. Blake's Semblance is called "Shadow," and it allows her to make clones of herself. Her choice of weapon is a folding katana with a pistol in it's handle attached to a long ribbon, and she calls it "Gambol Shroud." Considering that "blake" is an Old English term for black, Blake's "color" is black. Blake has two meanings: deadly nightshade and beautiful woman. Blake is both of those things, so that makes sense. She's supposed to be influenced by Belle from Beauty and the Beast, but I can't see a similarity. Her trailer is the first trailer to have someone talking in it, and it shows that she has a lot of dexterity and swiftness. Yang Xiao LongYang Xiao Long is Ruby's older sister (they don't have the same last name, but that's not relevant), and she's very straightforward and confident. Her yellow gauntlets, Ember Celicia, act as shotguns that have exploding bullets, and they project flames. Her "color" is yellow, and it goes hand in hand with her name, Yang, which means "sun" and "light." Yang is inspired by Goldilocks because of her "gold" hair, and in her trailer, the DJ at the club she goes to is wearing a bear hat. The trailer shows Yang to be very energetic and confident. Long story short: RWBY is a really good show and you should watch it. Just like Red vs Blue, RWBY isn't on Netflix, so you can watch it on Crunchyroll, Roosterteeth's Youtube Channel, or on the Roosterteeth Website.
If you haven't seen Game of Thrones, you can just read this and maybe it'll be the same, but probably not.
Warning: This post contains season 3 spoilers; click the "Read More" in the bottom right-hand corner if you want to be spoiled (unless you've seen it already) *Reader discretion is advised* Also (sort of) Warning: I only care about two things during this season, so those two things are all I talk about. Whoops. If you haven't seen Game of Thrones, you can just read this and maybe it'll be the same, but probably not.
Warning: This post contains season 2 spoilers; click the "Read More" in the bottom right-hand corner if you want to be spoiled (unless you've seen it already) *Reader discretion is advised* Another Warning: I don't remember a lot from this season. Whoops. If you haven't seen Game of Thrones, you can just read this and maybe it'll be the same, but probably not.
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