Video Games

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

After days away from Skyrim, I could have played for hours and hours and hours — especially as I'd just arrived in a whole new area, replete with new things to do — but I cut myself off at 4½ hours, having done a few (but by no means all) of those new things, including buying my first piece of land and beginning to build a house of it. Along with all the crafting and smithing stuff, I seem to be enjoying that side of things more than I thought I would. Despite the endless praise it receives, I always thought I'd find Stardew Valley boring and/or like work, but maybe I should try it after all...

For those keeping track ('future me' only, I suspect), said new 'area' is the city of Falkreath, the third city I've visited out of ten cities in the game. It isn't as big as Whiterun or Markarth,* but I still kicked off a good few quests as soon as I arrived and spoke to everyone.

* I keep saying the game has ten cities, but they're really split into two types: major cities (when you enter them, the game loads it as a separate area) and other/small cities (effectively big towns/villages, which you can just walk into as part of the overall open world of the game). There are five of each (one was added by an expansion, but the Special Edition includes all expansions), with Whiterun and Markarth being examples of the former and Falkreath the latter.