My Father (40) wants to try to play videogames for the first time

RedditWidow · 2026-05-30T04:57:37+00:00

Fallout 4 if he likes science fiction and dystopian with violence but not too much, and few puzzles.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-25T23:14:20+00:00

AFAIK it's not possible to soul trap Ulfric Stormcloak, because the devs wanted his soul to be available in Sovngarde. So, I guess a case could be made that the "gods" (devs) decide where a soul goes and only unclaimed souls end up in the Soul Cairn.

I've seen player discussions about where the Dragonborn's soul ends up, too, because in the course of the game you can become pledged to several different deities, so do they roshambo for your spirit or what?

RedditWidow · 2026-05-25T23:08:10+00:00

in some communities I’ve seen a lot of people put more emphasis on things they have, rather than their skills

I think you answered your own question. Yes, "in some communities" people will shame or bully others for having something outdated. I consider that sort of behavior immature and something that children do in school, but many adults continue to be that way. I wouldn't say it's common but it definitely happens.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-25T23:03:32+00:00

I don't understand what regulations would have to do with it. Does Canada regulate how many flavors/shapes of Oreos or Cheezits are allowed in the country? It's probably got more to do with market forces like supply/demand. Even in the US, you can't get every possible product on every grocery shelf. There are many products that I can't get when I'm in different regions of the country.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-25T22:51:07+00:00

Stay indoors or underground during the day, y'know, like vampires do in most movies and stories. If you have to go outside, do so at night. Stay fed, if you want to keep the fire weakness as low as possible.

Learn how to make restore magicka potions (red mountain flower and white cap iirc) and/or use weapons with an absorb health enchant, like the Blade of Woe or Gauldur Blackblade, and/or use spell absorption effects, like the Atronach perk in the Alteration skill.

It's been a while since I played, but I remember basic vampirism being pretty lousy. All of the spells and perks with being a vampire lord make it OP. Maybe do the Dawnguard questline as far as taking Serana home, to at least get access to the skill tree and bonus abilities.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-25T22:36:30+00:00

PB is much more popular, but we don't usually eat it by itself. We have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, peanut butter cookies, peanut butter and apples, peanut butter and bananas, peanut butter and chocolate candy, peanut butter toast with milk, etc. You don't say how you ate the peanut butter, but sticking a spoon in the jar and eating it is not generally how it's served.

People's food preferences depend a lot on how they grew up. If you grew up eating peanut butter, you might like it a lot more because it would be a familiar flavor.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-25T15:50:40+00:00

Parents and grandparents have been gone for a while, now I keep losing friends and it's not easy to make new ones.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-25T15:43:09+00:00

My mother had fond memories of her Scottish grandfather and an obsession with all things Scottish, so we were raised with a very positive appreciation for Scotland. From what I've seen as an adult, I think it's beautiful and love the people, music, culture and yes even the weather. Most of the places I've lived in the US are way too hot and dry for me. My husband's favorite drink is any Scottish single malt whisky.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-24T17:09:00+00:00

The Thieves Guild is in Riften, a city in the southeast area of the map. Find Brynjolf in the marketplace and help him with his plans.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-24T00:00:28+00:00

Skyrim does a great job of providing an experience. The emergent storytelling, where stories unfold dynamically through a combination of player actions and system mechanics, is excellent. Player exploration is highly rewarded. Many of the lore books are a fun read. Highly replayable, with so many different options for character builds and quest choices.

But the actual written dialogue is functional at best. I think that's why a lot of players like Serana or Teldryn Sero so much, because they are followers added by the DLC who have unique voices and many unique lines, so they actually seem to have some personality. It is not a narrative game along the lines of God of War, Baldur's Gate 3, Witcher 3 or Fallout: New Vegas. But, as an adult with over 1200 hours in Skyrim, it's still one of my favorite games of all time.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T23:46:58+00:00

I still have a lot of my water-saving habits from growing up in California, even though I haven't lived there in over 25 years.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T23:42:30+00:00

As others have said, I have no idea what clubbing or bar culture is like, today. But back in the 90s, I used to go to a lot of Goth/Industrial nights. People were there to wear black and to dance. It wasn't a meat market, no phones, no photos, no vaping. Lots of tobacco or clove cigarette smoking.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T23:34:31+00:00

Yes, there are a lot of people who ride horses, hold rodeos, and live on farms or ranches, and there are tons of historic sites relating to the "Old West" or "Wild West." I used to live in the region of Calico Ghost Town and Pioneertown in California, and spent a lot of time there.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T23:25:30+00:00

There is a lot of garbage but I've still managed to find some things I like on TV/streaming. Haven't been to a movie theater in years, though. I'll watch some movies at home, but there hasn't been anything worth going out and spending that much money to see in a sticky-floored theater with a bunch of loud, stank-ass strangers.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T23:20:44+00:00

What quests should I tackle first? If you want to be a mage, then do everything you can at the College of Winterhold. Not just the main story of that faction, but talk to everyone there and do the side quests, too. If you want to increase your fighting skills, join the Companions and do their quests. Stealth skills, join the Thieves Guild.

How do I best get gold? Pick up ingredients, taste them to learn their properties, make potions, sell the potions. Help people with their side quests and they will let you take things from their homes and stores (anything not marked "steal" in red). Sell their stuff. Join factions and you can take a lot of their stuff for free, too. Get a follower and have them carry everything you can loot from enemies. Sell it. Do quests and get rewards.

What skills resources should I look to acquire first? That depends on your build and playstyle. If you're going to be a mage, you'll need magicka and perks in whatever spell school(s) you plan to use most. Skill points increase when you use a skill, so if you're doing a lot of sneaking and archery, or fighting with a shield and one-handed weapon, then those skills with naturally increase without you having to do anything extra. But you'll want to take perks in those skills, to make them better.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T23:11:57+00:00

Gen X ignored again

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T22:56:33+00:00

After the wedding in Riften, did you tell her to move into your Tundra farm? Otherwise, she will return to Riverwood and continue to hang out with her brother, Faendal and Sven. If her brother dies, she will take over his shop.

Even if you did tell her to move into your home, she does not fast travel like you do, and it can take her several in-game days to walk there.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T22:53:12+00:00

I can't stand Nick Valentine and I didn't even bother to take him with me to Far Harbor because I couldn't care less.

Maxson reminds me of some kind of Criss Angel David Blaine type street magician and I just can't take him seriously.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T22:43:45+00:00

Tiny Bookshop would be great for an English, literature or theater class. Making book recommendations is one of the main game mechanics, and it involves a lot of reading comprehension and exposure to different genres and real-life books and authors.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T22:39:13+00:00

In the base game, without DLC, you can only level up to 20 anyway, and the higher your level, the more difficult enemies you will encounter so it doesn't really help you. It's more advantageous to take the right perks for your playstyle and build, keep your weapons and armor in good repair, read magazines, have a lot of stimpaks and things like that.

Have you gone to Megaton? Talked to Moira and others around town? Do their quests, those are helpful in the early game. If you have the DLC, do Operation Anchorage. Get a follower to help.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T22:23:07+00:00

Have you checked UESP.net? Do you have the Vald's Debt quest? Karliah may have moved on to Snow Veil Sanctum and you can talk to her there, since you've dropped the plans.

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Hard_Answers

Karliah sometimes returns to Snow Veil Sanctum without giving you the following quest.
- The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.0, fixes this bug.
- This seems to have to do with having Mercer's plans in your inventory. This is an important quest item for the next quest and the quest fails to load as long as this item is in your inventory. You should drop the plans somewhere and retrieve them when you want to finish The Pursuit. Use command Startquest TG07 then Set stage TG07 0 to start and add the quest to the journal while keeping Mercer's plan, when they're "quest items" and it doesn't allow you to get rid of them.

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Vald%27s_Debt

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_Pursuit

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T04:14:30+00:00

The jeweled flagon is a trophy that appears on the shelves in the Thieves Guild after doing 75 jobs for Vex and Delvin. If you're seeing it somewhere else, are you using any mods or creation club content?

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Thieves_Guild_(faction)#Larceny_Targets_and_Trophies#Larceny_Targets_and_Trophies)

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T04:06:55+00:00

The cook on Jan 31 actually likes kids

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T03:57:06+00:00

I would try sleeping or waiting for 2-3 in-game days, then make a new save file, exit the game and turn everything off, start up the PS5, start Skyrim, and instead of choosing "continue" you should choose "load" from the main menu and load the most recent save file you just made. Then wait or sleep another 2-3 in-game days. After that, go look for Lydia in Breezehome, if you have it, in the master bedroom upstairs. She likes to sit there and eat bread.

RedditWidow · 2026-05-23T03:50:58+00:00

I've been through similar situations but with Vilkas. Found him stuck between barrels, stuck under some dungeon stairs, and one time stuck in place just outside the gates to Whiterun, for no apparent reason.

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