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"I knew just the NPC for the job"

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Plenty of real people have been modded into games over the years, but relatively few people have made very literal self-insert mods to add themselves into their favorite games. Modder, game-trotter, Twitch streamer, and Skyrim player Orcpics has done just that, getting full mileage out of a personal 3D scan.

The mod bastion that is Skyrim first brought this to my attention. In a post to the Skyrim Reddit, Orcpics shared that he'd modded his 3D scan into Bethesda's iconic RPG as an armor set, which could then be equipped to NPCs or his own playable character in order to dress them up as himself – or at least a PS1-era version of himself. "I knew just the NPC for the job," he said.

This is "how I like to show off my cameras," Orcpics says in the post. The video opens with a quick showcase of the different cameras in his collection, which were rendered digitally using 3D scans. And, well, once you 3D scan a camera, why not 3D scan yourself and mod your appearance into games?

It's like buying a panini press. You've got this kitchen gadget now, so you'd better find an excuse to use it. I'll panini press anything. A sandwich? Frozen waffles? Hell, I'll panini press my clean laundry. 3D scanning myself into Dark Souls is nothing compared to that.

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Austin Wood
Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.

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