Sep 23 2011
A Tome of Oblivion
As much as I like it when studios like Bethesda or Bioware try to expand the universe of their games by including various stories and codex entries around the world you can find, I’ve always wondered who actually takes the time to write that stuff? There is a TON of material found in these games, but until now, I didn’t quite realize how much there really was.
Some intrepid gamer went through and somehow printed out every book in Oblivion, and put them all in a leatherbound tome that you can see above. I’m bad at estimating page length, but I would put it at over 1,000, unless those pages are crazy thick. There are more pictures of the book below which you should definitely check out. But seriously, my question still stands. You’re making an epic game like Oblivion and you guys find the time to crank out a 1,000 page book for the fun of it?
Alright, so who is going to transcribe the Mass Effect codexes to my Kindle?
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God dammit they don’t let me the time to make my own ! WHERE CAN I BUY THIS PRECIOUS ARTEFACT ????!!!!!!
That’s pretty awesome. Needs to go into print
THAT IS AWESOME.
that’s awesome
Some guy just did this on his own time, it cost him $130 and roughly 4 weeks worth of work. Last I heard he was trying to get a hold of Bethesda to see if they wanted a copy, hopefully they don’t turn around and sue him for it.
Whoa, that is an insane labor of love there.
Answering your question, most of the books in oblivion are just updated versions of books that appered in previous elder scrolls games, the majority of the lore was probably written for daggerfall.
I want one I want one I want one oh so very badly. I’d put it in a glass display case with a very hard lock.
I don’t want one. I NEED one.
“You’re making an epic game like Oblivion and you guys find the time to crank out a 1,000 page book for the fun of it?”
Yeah its not like they took like 980 books from Morrowind?
Finally! I can own a copy of the Lusty Argonian Maid to display! Where do I send the check to?
That is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, much to my girlfriend’s chagrin. I want one for Christmas!