Top 5 Skyrim Mods of the Week: Plumbing the Mushroom Kingdom

 Bieber_Hole_69  How about NO !

 TaronAroyan

 Yes, they really do. Mods are very popular and no matter how ridiculous some of them are, there will always be people who like them or are willing to play them.

 ksdlass

all we need next is a congregation of hippies, ten gallon hat and a B52 then we will be on easy street

 cheese00701

 i liked it!

 GreySeven 

And how exactly has it become a joke? =0

 GreySeven

 a joke how in what way?

 GreySeven

 It's not the way this show makes it seem. There's always stuff out there that's not what most of us would choose, but most of it is quality work, whether helping with framerate or crashes to questing to lore friendly locations  to spells,  etc. Why gs always shows the silliest things available instead of the great mods I'll never understand.

 Tidal_Abyss  GreySeven We've shown all sorts of mods on this show--some silly, some awesome. A mod that fixes crashes or helps framerate, well, there's only so much we can do to make that interesting to watch. "Hey guys, here's some regular Skyrim, and it isn't crashing, and the framerate is stable! Fun times!"

As time rolls on, we pick whatever seems cool or interesting at any given time--and what is entertaining to watch. I wouldn't say any of this week's mods were of questionable value. Everyone stretches their entertainment dollar in different ways. There's nothing about a Mario mod that makes Skyrim a joke. My takeaway is that a modmaker loves Mario, and used the available tools and his own creativity to do something fun. The same is true of any of these mods. 

Perhaps "fun" to me is "joke" to you. Personally, I'd rather have modmakers expressing themselves in whatever way they choose. And if that means Mario mods, awesome self-destructing horses, exploding chickens, Minecraft helmets, and Goonies characters, I am all for it. It makes for fun times in a game, and fun things for our viewers to watch. 

 Kevin-V I think Skyrim is a great game, despite my hang-ups about it and the initial rocky release, and I've put a good deal of time playing it in addition to downloading mods/DLC that make it even better.  Like I wrote, I admire the accomplishment of mod creators for what they can do, no matter what they make, and I got the PC version of the game for the mods.  If we're talking about the dollar value of the game, I don't debate t that it goes far beyond the market price with the constant supply of free user created content.  No matter what is made for Skyrim as a mod, it is/was/will be as the developers intended: limitless.  And that's cool.I also find this show fun, the way you say it's intended, which is why I watch it.  The finding of new content for show that creates interest is obviously an qualifier for being successful.  To clarify, I don't find this show to be a joke, but I find the portrayal of Skyrim increasingly as a joke.  In fact, I found the game quite hilarious with all of the release bugs, and I've agreed with you in the past where you've stated that the meme of the game has gone from the proposed developer experience to the 'arrow to the knee/look at all the bugs on YouTube' culture that truly actually emerged around it.  That feeds into my opinion about Skyrim in my above post.  To build off of what you said, the game is stable and running smoothly.  It's not exciting to talk about stability when Skyrim's legacy went hand-in-hand with quirks.  How many times can you feature new straight characters, NPCs, quests, houses, mounts, weapons, or armor before people lose interest?  I'm not disagreeing with the logic and reasoning for showcasing what is showcased, nor do I disagree that they are fun showcases, but instead I am commenting on the image perpetuated by them that automatically overlays Skyrim. 

 Kevin-V Sorry, I broke all of that text up with spacing but for some reason it didn't post with it.

 Dovahkiinknight Well there's only so much we can do; the mod-makers are the ones that make the mods, not us!

 Richy_G SkyUI http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3863

 Richy_G its SKYUI you need SKSE to play it though :)