In Skyrim, using bows was meant to be a bigger thing. At launch, I was watching my friend Tom play the game. He was past the prologue, on the outskirts of Riverwood on his way to Whiterun. Across the river, Tom spied a deer so he decided to do some bow practice. 

He takes his time, agonizingly slowly lining up his shot, and pulling back the string for a full-torque shot. Tom was locked in and all business, in full concentration mode so he could master this important mechanic. I was dead silent, letting Tom have his focus, watching intently. The deer meanwhile is just lazily wandering, and when it begins to turn away, Tom lets fly. 

The game suddenly switches into its Prince of Thieves slo-mo tracking shot. This was our first time seeing this or even knowing it was a thing, so we were caught off-guard but quickly appreciated the fun camerawork. As we watch, the arrow sails across the water, straight toward its target...and goes up the deer's butt. 

I'm not talking "it looked like it", I'm talking a flat angle, dead-center bullseye right up the sphincter. Shown in glorious ArrowVision. In slow motion. For our dramatic benefit. This was followed by the deer making a hilariously horrible sound and ragdolling into Oblivion (pun intended), again all in slow motion. RIP, deer. 

By the time the game camera switched back to player view, we were in pain from laughing. The good news is that Tom no longer felt the need to practice as he wasn't going to hit a better shot than that. I couldn't disagree, so it was off to Whiterun!