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Last year, Wizards of the Coast announced that when the three core books that formed Dungeons & Dragons’ updated 2024 ruleset were out, the essence of those rules—the System Reference Document, or SRD—would be made available under a Creative Commons licence. And now, it has. This is a big deal because, while D&D’s 5th edition…
Following revelations about the Israeli military’s use of Microsoft’s AI and cloud-computing systems in its bombardment of Gaza, as reported by The Guardian, the BDS movement called Microsoft “perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians”. When some of Microsoft’s own employees publicly protested against…
Fan-made remakes of popular games are a risky thing. You never know when you’re going to sink years of your life into a passion project, only to eat a cease and desist letter from an expensive lawyer representing a faceless corporate overlord that forces you to either change it up or shut it down entirely….
(Image credit: Green Tree Games) As much as I’d call myself a strategy enthusiast, it’s always been difficult for me to get into the really crunchy, grognardy, rivet-counting wargames like Gary Grigsby’s War in the East or Combat Mission. Of all of the recent Paradox grand strategy games, Hearts of Iron 4 is the one…
Lockpicking in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion can be a hassle since it’s so different from the lockpicking minigame in later Bethesda RPGs. There’s one item that can make your life a whole lot easier: the Skeleton Key. If you’re fed up with breaking lockpicks all the time, the Skeleton Key is what you need….
There was a big question hanging over the launch of Oblivion Remastered: Will mods work? The news from Bethesda support was not good: “Mods are not supported for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.” But it looks like “not supported” doesn’t mean much to a community that’s been taking apart Bethesda games for decades at…
Thievery is a big part of every Elder Scrolls game and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is no exception. A thief needs lockpicks, though, and Oblivion’s tricky lockpicking mechanics mean that you’re going to need a lot of them if you want to get your sticky fingers on the possessions of Cyrodiil’s citizens. Thankfully, lockpicks…
It’s only a matter of time before somebody mods a game to be more horny. Whether it’s a remaster, remake, or new release, every game’s Nexus Mods page will eventually ensure that, if you’re the type of individual who can’t spend a moment without seeing something lewd, your condition won’t become critical. What ramifications this…
Cyrodiil is a dangerous place in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and disease can be just as much of a threat as bandits or Daedra. Most diseases are just minor afflictions that sap your stats or cause small debuffs, but the Porphyric Hemophilia is a condition that can ruin your day, literally, because it turns…
Note: This guide works for both The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Oblivion Remastered. In Oblivion, no guild is as secretive or as deadly as the Dark Brotherhood. This ancient assassin’s guild isn’t like the other factions in Oblivion in that you can’t just walk up to their front door and ask to join—it’s pretty…