Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles

Expansion packs dont come much more expansive than this. This is a lot more than just an add-on for Oblivion - this is a 180-degree directional shift for Bethesdas epic RPG. When this 30-hour-long pack is available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace at the end of June, youd better pack your possessions in a box and have a straightjacket on hand, because Shivering Isles will have you foaming like a dog on a boat full of » Read Full Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles preview

Our afternoon spent sojourning in the Shivering Isles was like stepping into the mind of a manic depressive who has renounced lithium. Nurse, prepare a syringe of Thorazine: we're going in. You'll begin your questing on an Oz-like journey to see the Wizard, or should we say Sheogorath, the delightfully demented Daedric Prince of the Shivering Isles. But rather than following the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, you wander through the psychedelic briar-patch of Mania and Dementia to » Read Full Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles preview

As job interviews go, itll be short and relatively painless. Its just you, a disinterested man named Haskill, a bare room, a desk and a chair. After such an imposing entranceway, surrounded by otherworldly vegetation thats leeched through its tableau of linked screaming faces into the lands of Cyrodiil, you were perhaps expecting something a little more grandiose within. Then, as the interview concludes, the dull, featureless walls melt away into a cloud of butterflies. And then it happens: » Read Full Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Shivering Isles preview