{"id":5672,"date":"2011-02-24T10:13:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T18:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=5672"},"modified":"2011-02-24T10:13:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T18:13:24","slug":"an-aside-first-gameplay-trailer-for-the-elder-scrolls-skyrim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/videogames\/an-aside-first-gameplay-trailer-for-the-elder-scrolls-skyrim\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | First gameplay trailer for THE ELDER SCROLLS: SKYRIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"449\" height=\"283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JSRtYpNRoN0?hd=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I never played <strong>The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion<\/strong>. With its huge, expansive world and sandbox mechanics, it should have been right up my alley. I think, though, I was turned off by the incredibly generic British Isles-inspired setting. It was a pretty rendition, prettier than anything that had come before, but in light of games like <strong>World of Warcraft<\/strong>, it just seemed so&#8230; blah.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <strong>Skyrim<\/strong>&#8216;s snowy, mountainous setting and horn-helmeted, long-bearded Norsemen, <em>that&#8217;s<\/em> something I can get behind. It&#8217;s amazing what a small change in scenery can do to inspire a bit of enthusiasm. Hopefully developer Bethesda can learn from some of the mistakes that plagued <strong>Oblivion<\/strong> (which, admittedly, were also a turn off for me).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim<\/strong> releases on November 11th, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I never played The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. With its huge, expansive world and sandbox mechanics, it should have been right up my alley. 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