This week’s headlines include: “First Look at Gathering and Exploration Video w/ Paul Sage”, “Ask Us Anything: Gathering and Exploration” and the Dev Question of the Week “Whats the most disgusting ingredient you’ve tasted?” The Crafting Table and NEW crafting table challenge, your emails and live phone calls, plus a new feature our “Twitter Question [...]
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Episode 68: Hmm Professions
This week’s headlines include: “First Look at Gathering and Exploration Video w/ Paul Sage”, “Ask Us Anything: Gathering and Exploration” and the Dev Question of the Week “Whats the most disgusting ingredient you’ve tasted?” The Crafting Table and NEW crafting table challenge, your emails and live phone calls, plus a new feature our “Twitter Question [...]
ESO – Gathering and Exploration Video
In a video posted on Bethblog yesterday, ESO’s Creative Director Paul Sage describes the experiences you have while exploring the world of Tamriel. One of the greatest aspects of the Elder Scrolls games has always been the interactable environments. You are able to pick up books, food, etc all throughout the world. In the video, [...]
Stealth: My Old Friend
It is perhaps odd that I haven’t written about this topic until now. But, it is with great excitement and, dare I say, pride, that I write about it now. So, what better time to talk about stealth, my old friend. Source: IGN The odd thing is, I’m not sure I can pin down [...]
Elder Scrolls and the Real World: Part 1
I had a rough weekend. If you don’t already know, my wife and I had our second baby in September, and while that may seem like a long time ago (and is eons in the technology world), it feels like it’s just been one long month for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love my [...]
Episode 67: Fail Week
This week, Kyle from ShoddyCast joins us and we sit down and discuss ZoS’ Ask Us Anything: Variety Pack 4 article. Gameplay this week features Oblivion, Skyrim and even the Dragonborn DLC. Your emails, MP3 calls and LIVE phone calls from that chat room bring us some great topics as well. The Elder Scrolls features [...]
If I Were Emperor
We all know in ESO, you have a chance to rise up and become Emperor. As I thought back to my amazing time in Oblivion and Skyrim, I couldn’t help but wonder what I would do if I had that sort of power. Now, I don’t mean “what would I, the player, do”, but rather, “what would [...]
Exploring With Purpose: Top 5 Quests in Skyrim
One of the great things about The Elder Scrolls : Skyrim is the ability to explore to your heart’s content. Within Skyrim’s boundaries lie some of the most complex, beautiful, and amazing caves and dungeons you’ll ever encounter in a videogame. Whether you want to explore the country’s deepest darkest secrets, or seek out screenshot opportunities from [...]
ESO All Stars Episode 1
Join Joe, Evarwyn, shoddy cast, tamriel foundry, guild umbra, game skinny and jesse for the first episode of the monthly ESO All Stars podcast. ESO All Stars Episode 1 Subscribe to ESotR by Email iTunes Subscription RSS Feed
Episode 66: Calling ESOtr
This week we discuss the new Coldharbour video, this week’s Dev Question of the week: “What Daedric price would you follow”?, and our in game play from Oblivion and Skyrim! We cover TARDIS and Dovahtracker on The Crafting Table. Lou brings us “The Pocket to the Empire” on The Elder Scroll! We answer your emails [...]
My Perfect Elder Scrolls
Well, well, well. What can I possibly have left to say about Elder Scrolls? No doubt I’ve compared mechanics of old games to new ones and even gave a wishlist of what I want to see in TES VI. However, as I walked to my car from the office at the end of the day today, [...]
Introducing: Elder Scrolls All Stars!
Introducing the “Elder Scrolls All Stars”! A monthly podcast that will rally some of the most trusted Elder Scrolls Online personalities, together, in a round table format discussion, to tackle the most controversial topics surrounding Zenimax Online Studio’s MMO, due out later this year. Joe “The Wigit” Wilson and Evarwyn of Elder Scrolls Off The Record [...]
How I hope ESO bucks current MMO trends
With The Elder Scrolls Online coming out this year, I’ve been getting really excited at the possibilities of what this game could bring. With the promise of freedom, epic scale, and combat that feels like an Elder Scrolls game, ESO has a chance to be a truly revolutionary game. I’m not saying I know for [...]
Episode 65: Knights of the Nine
In this Episode Evarwyn gets heavy into his play of the Knights of the Nine, Loue presents a fantastic lore segment based on the Knights. We get into the latest ask us anything from ZOS as well as their question of the week. Plus much much more. Episode 64: Knights of the Nine Subscribe to [...]
Legendary Edition of Skyrim Available in June
If you have been waiting to get your hands on Skyrim, or simply have to have every piece of Elder Scrolls product you can get your hands on, June will be a good month for you, as Bethesda announced the Legendary Edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will available June 4. Available for PC, [...]
Once You Turn to a Life of Crime in Skyrim, It’s Hard to Go Back
My plan was innocent enough. I decided I wanted to take the “scenic route” from Riften to Solitude, (Riften to Falkreath, to Whiterun, to Windhelm, to Winterhold, to Dawnstar, to Morthal, to Markarth, and finally to Solitude). I wanted to do this somewhat just to say I’d done it, but also to see if I [...]
Episode 64: Take Two
We’re back! We welcome Makardia of MCOTR as our guest while Shank is vacationing with family! This week’s headlines include: “Skyrim: 1.9 Hits PS3/Xbox360″, “Bethesda Moves On From Skyrim”, “Round 2 of ESO Beta Invites Come and Go”, “Elder Scrolls Online: As Us Anything: Variety Pack 3″, “ESO Beta Footaged Leaked”. Also, our ingame play [...]
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