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Friday Fun Thread for January 9, 2026

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Video game thread! What did you get over the holidays, what are you playing?

Having a blast playing Skyrim modded. Been playing a lot and also just looking through modlists. This is one area I've found AI to be extremely fun and useful to work with, which has been rare for me lately.

Fallout New Vegas (Modded with Viva New Vegas stack).

I'm doing it because season 2 of Fallout is halfway through and its trippy playing through areas and meeting groups that are showcased in the series.

Hah I love that show. How is the New Vegas modding scene? I looked at Fallout mods many years back and was not that impressed.

There are modding tools that will download a stack of mods almost automatically (need to click download for each if you dont have a nexusmods subscription) and load them in the correct order for you which makes things a lot easier these days. The base game sorely needed some QoL, Graphics and UI tweaks which Viva New Vegas does while leaving the story and experience intact. The modding scene seems alive and well.

I haven't looked at any larger story packs or anything, but I'm enjoying the current playthrough. The writing is great as are the branching pathways. You can really wreck things and do horrible things to people.

Yep I just used a mod collection for Skyrim. Having fun. And lol, going all murder hobo doesn't appeal to me much anymore, but I'm glad you're having fun. ;P

I always do the nasty option and reload. Things like selling your companions into slavery, or telling someone you are going to wear their head like they are wearing their hat.

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