

There is one game that is leaving a black eye on the gaming industry and single-handedly keeping us in a recession.

Skyrim is so big and there are so many quests to complete that those millions of dollars in sales are being nullified by players' lost productivity and lack of economic participation in the real world.Yet, in this period of bullish video game sales, there is some decidedly bad news.

During the week following Thanksgiving, XBox had its biggest week of hardware sales ever, moving nearly one million consoles. After a very positive October, video game sales continued to increase in November.

Still, there are pockets of economic hope. Unemployment is higher than it has been in a generation and job numbers continue to be dismal the stock market turbulently boils, destroying billions in wealth and entire continents look to the rest of the world for bailouts. There are 15 different types of artifacts players can gather for their dragon-punching adventures.We live in very troubled times. Inside, you’ll find a trove of items, ranging from weapons that paralyze their victims with a chance to turn them undead to a shield that blocks all magic while lighting your foes on fire. Whether you’ve gotten your fill of the game or you’re just inherently a rule-breaker, the Gifts Of Akatosh mod is just for you! Once you’ve got this mod installed, take a jaunt over to Riverwood to find the chest Akatosh has left for you. Sometimes you just need to flip on god mode and blast your way through things. For the Cheater Top Pick: Gifts Of Akatosh In addition, the glow comes in several different hues, depending on which type of book you’re looking at: spell tomes, skill books, quest books, and regular books. The Unread Books Glow mod helps alleviate that frustration by imbuing unread books with a soft glow. One of the more annoying things in Skyrim is stumbling across the same book repeatedly and having to check to make sure you’ve actually read it. For the UI Tweaker Top Pick: Unread Books Glow The mod even lets you bling out your swords with gemstones so you can cruise the dungeons of Skyrim in style. It replaces the weapon meshes with slimmer, more refined versions. The Better-Shaped Weapons mod fixes all that. For some reason, the weapons in Skyrim are bulkier and less elegant looking. If you’ve been playing the Elder Scrolls games for long enough, you know that the weapons in previous games looked much more realistic. For the Graphics Geek Top Pick: Better-Shaped Weapons A set of sliders let you adjust the volume of thunder, rain, and interior sounds. Players can even enjoy the sound of rain hammering against their roofs while inside. It completely overhauls the game’s storm system, including lighting, new weather, sound effects, textures, wind, and more. Want to make Skyrim even more immersive? Try True Storms, the weather-augmenting mod.
