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# Are we playing enough Skyrim to alter the economy?
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/are-we-playing-enough-skyrim-to-alter-the-economy/
- Published: 2011-12-16T13:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:28:31.000Z
- Description: We’ve all heard it: the unemployment rate is depressingly high, the economy continues to waver, and the world is of course set to end next year. It’s looking pretty grim out there. But in a recent post by Dave Banks for Wired, the blogger makes a bold accusation that has had people talking throughou
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- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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We’ve all heard it: the unemployment rate is depressingly high, the economy continues to waver, and the world is of course set to end next year. It’s looking pretty grim out there. But in a recent post by Dave Banks for *Wired*, the blogger makes a bold accusation that has had people talking throughout the gaming community: that *Skyrim*, with it’s captivating and endless game play, has taken a firm hold over the lives of players.

> In the month since Skyrim‘s release, I have logged more hours in the game than I can publicly admit without embarrassment (my most recent save may (or may not) have three digits in the total hours played). This weekend alone, I forgot about two obligations, blew off a dinner and a concert, and purchased no goods or services.  
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He even goes as far as to say that his social life and hygiene have seen a dramatic decline.

Yikes. Do we have any self control anymore?

At any rate, we’re not so sure that Skyrim will single-handedly perpetuate the economic downturn because, well, we have bigger concerns than a masterpiece video game. There will come a time when we will move on to other games as they will always be “bigger and better.” Definitely work on the hygiene issue, though.

*– Lyndsey Edelman*

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