The Insight: Our Thoughtful Writer’s Quest To Curate The Perfect Library in Skyrim Led Her To Collect A Mammoth 123 Tomes – So Far!

By Sarah Doherty Granoff In the frozen waste between Windhelm and Winterhold, in the snowiest and northernmost expanses of the continent of Skyrim, Fort Kastav sits, imposing and gloomy, just off the main road. Once a military structure, the fortress is now home to a collection of conjurers and necromancers, and lashes out with potentially…

Awards! Our Legend Award Goes To Todd Howard!

By Harold Goldberg The New York Videogame Critics Circle is proud to present its Andrew Yoon Legend Award to Todd Howard, the brilliant director and executive producer of Bethesda Game Studios. He’ll receive our Legend Award at the New York Game Awards ceremony on January 24th, 2018 at Manhattan’s Abrons Playhouse. Todd Howard’s landmark work…

Skyrim: Our 15 Year Old Intern’s First Encounter

I contracted vampirism, and in a few days time, I was a vampire; my blood boiled in the sunlight and I became weak. By Kimari Rennis I confess. I’d never played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim before. But it’s finally been ported to the Switch console, allowing one of the most well-known open-world RPG games…