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The What If Machine - Re-creating Skyrim

Cam investigates whether modern science could help make our boring Mammoth-free world more like Skyrim.

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Spending hundreds of hours in Skyrim can do weird things to you. No, I don't mean the bed sores or the loss of all meaningful human relationships. Playing the game that much can make you start to wonder -- what could we do to make our boring real world, more like a fantasy game?

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