What’s in a playthrough? A playthrough is considered starting a fresh game and completing the main objective or at least the critical path of progression. For some, known as completionists, it is about finishing every single game task before reaching an end condition such as the final boss. For others playthroughs are simply means of…
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Pom Pom the Illusionist – part 2: Practice
I wrote about my return to Skyrim in my character article Pom Pom the Illusionist – part 1: Inspiration. In today’s article I expand upon the development of my character Pom Pom, and the process I went through in defining her playstyle. Old habits During my initial leveling stages with Pom Pom, I used Fury from the Illusion…
Chasing perfection & fearing failure: the problem with relying on guides
In need of guidance We have all at one point or another, looked up how to defeat a boss, or where the final key was for a chest that would give us the perfect sword for our build. Whatever the circumstances, sometimes we don’t feel like figuring out the most challenging problems on our own…
Pom Pom the Illusionist – part 1: Inspiration
In today’s article I am describing my past experiences with the Elder Scrolls franchise, and the change in approach I am using to create compelling characters and for my playthroughs of Skyrim Special Edition. This is the first of many character articles I will be producing about my own personal character builds in Skyrim; we begin with Pom Pom…
Experimentation: gaining freedom from failure
Experimentation is a core element of gameplay, it is what gets us from our skillset before a challenging level to what we are capable after completing it. Failure grants us freedom if we can learn to see failure as we do in games; not as the end but as a new beginning. Failure is an…
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