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Even though Skyrim has been out forever, we still find ourselves booting it up on the regular just to make too many iron daggers, accidentally railroad ourselves into a stealth archer class and one-hit any bandit who dares mess with us. We love the game and we love the torrent of Skyrim memes that fell from it.

We also can't believe this Elder Scrolls game has been out for like 8 years and it's still better than ever. Whether you're in it for becoming a potion-fueled God, living out your kleptomaniac fantasies, forging a relationship with an adopted dog,  or just trying not to accidentally become a stealth archer again, this game has eaten up too much of our time and we love it. Here's some memes about all the time you've wasted in Tamriel.

We've officially made it through hump day. May this assortment of shitposts, tweets, memes, and relatively stupid memes help you get through the rest of the week.

Weird customers! Mean customers! People trying to trade in obviously stolen games! What may have been a haven during your own childhood, and a confusing maze for grandmas trying to find a game in time for Christmas, was a wild land of weirdness and misfortune for the employees who worked there. Here are some more customer service stories from GameStop Employees.

Eric Andre is well known for his ridiculously zany antics on Adult Swim. Whether you watch his show or not, this list should give you a good picture of the extremely absurd things that go on over there. 

EA, the gaming juggernaut that is known for its price gouging techniques and destroying your favorite gaming studios, is making headlines after their disastrous handling of the Star Wars brand. Unfortunately companies like EA have no desire to deliver you a clean and finished product. They're vampires, and they'd rather suck you dry through microtransatcions and pay walls. 

Don't be fooled by the title of EA's upcoming 'Star Wars: Battlefront 2' because the EA 'Battlefront' games are connected to the original games by name only. The games are stripped back, soul-less, shells of the original titles that literally only exist so that EA can cash in on the Disney 'Star Wars' hype.

The most recent dumpster fire lit by EA is the 'Battlefront 2' "progression" system, which is directly tied to real currency.

Before microtransactions progression systems in shooters were tied to experience which was awarded at the end of matches based on individual player performance. EA has decided to replace that instead with a system that awards all players the same number of credits at the end of a round, completely removing any element of skill. Someone could be AFK for an entire match and make the same credits as the MVP.

Here's the kicker though. Players can spent credits on either RNG loot crates or locked content. The loot crates serve as a substitute for normal progression, things that would be unlocked using XP in other games. These can be bought with real money, making 'Battlefront 2' a literal pay-to-win game. 

EA further forces you to spend real money on these crates by locking content behind huge pay walls. 

Want to play Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker? That's going to cost 120,000 credits, which is roughly 80 hours of gameplay. While you're saving up for those two heroes you'll have to buy the normal progression crates with your own money.

TL;DR:

EA sucks and is forcing you to pay money to unlock content that should already be unlocked or should otherwise be unlocked through gameplay. Heroes are locked behind a massive paywall.

The joys of RPG's is getting to live out whatever story you wish. Well, these people had some fucked up wishes.

Everyone has those moments in gaming that were deeply unsetting to them. The one that jumps out to me was playing Dead Space for the first time in my friends basement. The jump scares were all too real in the middle of the night.