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Ornithologist takes a deep dive into the birds of Skyrim

Grant St. Clair
Jan 21, 2026
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Skyrim: Special Edition screenshot

If there’s one thing we love around here, it’s painstaking video game analysis no one asked for.

I’m only kind of joking! Half the fun of giant “go anywhere, do anything” open-world games is pushing the limits of that illusion—hyperfocusing on aspects developers never expected you to notice. Sure, Skyrim presents a convi…

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