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Diary of an NPC - Entry Two
Diary of an NPC - Entry Two
Andrew takes us back into the life of an NPC in the second entry in the
series. See how those in Skyrim live their day-to-day lives.
By Andrew Duncan
I
n every game you play the
main character - the plot
revolves around your every
moment in the game like as
unto a god. Of course, this
means you ignore what’s going
on with the people around who
you’re controlling. The people
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who drive around, go in and
out of stores and generally live
their lives. But did you realise
there are a limited number
of so-called NPCs? To do their
jobs in all of these games,
especially the heavily-populated
ones, they need to be able to
come and go as they please.
These people don’t think it’s
odd to go from deep space
to a land of dinosaurs in the
space of a week - it’s their way
of life. In this series, we follow
one of these people - Nigel
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