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In life, dating and marriage is notoriously fraught with trouble. In Skyrim, things are not so different. Like us, Skyrim's populace pine for romance, but the threat of dragons tends to kill the mood. Not only that, but potential partners always seem to want something fetched.

The Elder Scrolls series has always been a popular ground for modding, so the recent release of the Skyrim Creation Kit should change the trends in the modding community for good. Here’s five ways it will do this.

Some of the results are not terribly surprising: In couples where only one person—usually the husband—gamed, there tended to be higher marital dissatisfaction. Seventy to 75 percent of these couples said that gaming had hurt their marriages.

"Gypsy Joe Trane (http://twitter.com/gypsyjoetrane) playing the theme to Super Mario Brothers on the R-train heading uptown Manhattan..."...

The PC gaming community on the Internet is a strange beast. One second, it's a sea of remorselessly casual piracy, and the next, Double Fine's Tim Schafer's in danger of suffocating, buried alive under an avalanche of generosity.

1UP celebrates the little things we love about video games.

I’ve been a fan of scaring the shit out of myself for years. When I was seven years old, a friend and her older sister were having a joint sleepover party.

Some games expect a lot out of you. They demand practice, lightning-fast reflexes, and the patience of a saint, especially if you’re looking to 100% that particular collect-a-thon.