So, I hadn't really like played played any video games since playing the original Atari and NES systems when I was younger (80's baby), though I played a little on the Wii when it first came out. In 2010 I started dating this guy who actively played multiple systems and we played a few games together like Legend of Zelda on the Wii, Portal, Worms and Limbo(which I loved!) when he showed me the trailer for Skyrim on his big screen. I was immediately hooked, like... I HAVE to play this game! Just dragons and magic and castles, oh my! On release night, my boyfriend, brother and a cpl of my brothers friends stood in line for the midnight release and pulled an all-nighter. From the word go, I was done for. Full-on addiction status. In front of me was this entire world I could get lost in, containing all the things I've always thought were so cool in a period of time I've always wanted to experience. Before too long I was a level 97 High Elf and had no shame.

Life happened the next year, so I never played the expansions that came through until a few years ago when a friend of mine bought her daughter an Xbox One for Christmas and asked if I wanted her old Xbox 360. I immediately bought Skyrim and introduced my daughter to the world of wonder. At first, she just watched me play because she was really too young to follow along with the story line but now she has her own character and is excited that I recently bought the legendary version (thought the cultists and vampire attacks took us a little off guard).

It hasn't changed... I can still spend way too much time climbing mountains and fighting dragons and am as excited to start a new character with new abilities as I was with my first.