

With Morrowind, I have a cornucopia of storylines to choose from. I buy these not to cheat, but to figure out the storylines that I would enjoy the most. These days, when I buy a game, I also buy the strategy guide. I can keep them installed on my hard drive for years, playing every once in a while, and not feeling too pressured to get to the end. That’s why games like Ultima (not the online version, and I dearly wish they still issued single-player games), Fallout, Arcanum, and the Elder Scrolls appeal to me. What I’m looking for is open-ended gameplay that gives me smaller goals than the overarching quest. When I play games of this nature, I don’t hope to ever reach the end.

A few weeks ago, we bought my husband a new laptop computer, so of course I installed Oblivion, inserted a mouse, and gave it a try. When I heard that Oblivion came out, I bought a copy only to find that my graphics card lacked the horsepower to run it. My husband and I both loved Morrowind and we both bought a copy. I love the single-player role playing game because it seems like in multiplayer games, you’re limited to games like Diablo, which to me seem nothing but hack and slash.

I’ve been a fan of the Elder Scrolls computer game series since the days of Daggarfall.
