And though a lot of great games came out in 2011-Dark Souls, Portal 2 and the full release of Minecraft, among others-I don't think we see those in the same nostalgic light as Skyrim, even if we like them more.

It seems like the world agrees, because nine years later there's no shortage of nostalgia toward a game that isn't as old as it should be one that came out on the same day as Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill (no, really). It wasn't that long ago, right? Yet I can't deny that it somehow feels like Elder Scrolls 5 has always been there that arrow-to-the-knee memes were found carved next to cave paintings of mammoths. Oh Wabbajack, when did Skyrim become old? I remember buying a copy of the game the day it came out, a pimply-faced teenager excitedly studying the free map on the train back home.