^_^ Awesomeness.

Working at Bethesda would be awesome, but i would piss off too many people with my http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1180578-optional-parser-system/ .

I feel like they didn't forget fishing though, even if it's not in. If it's not in, they must of decided it didn't fit.

Fishing would definitely fit the atmosphere of Skyrim IMO though...

Broom = Two handed weapon

Left Trigger = Sweep
Right Trigger = Attack

i wanna do remedial tasks that i hate doing irl
maybe if i do it in-game i'll learn to like it irl

Can't wait.

Let's go a step further. Brooms should be mounts!

"Everything" is a tricky word. usually it means mostly everything, concerning its fun, has gameplay value, and makes sense. So I doubt we will sweep the floor.

Good call

Lute= two handed weapon

Left Trigger = Play
Right Trigger = Attack

I'll totally make an http://sonofgeektalk.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/el-ka-bong.jpg character

I can see it now...

You've purchased a cozy little shack in the hills outside of Riften where you spend most of your time growing herbs and concocting potions of one sort or another. It's a sweltering summer's day -- the peak of Sun's Height, and you're outside sweeping up the front stoop; a freshly baked sweetcake cooling on a nearby windowsill. It's delectable aroma wafting through the air and blending with the pungent odor produced by the many fisheries, which line the shores and streets of the nearby town. Suddenly the peaceful day is disturbed by a young Bosmer who comes rushing up your path and arrives at the foot of your porch, flushed, fevered and out of breath.

He swallows hard, quickly wipes his brow dry and proclaims in a panic, "The town is ablaze...dragons have attacked...not one, not two, but three have come to wreak havoc on this day. Surely you, our dragonborn hero, will quell this threat, save us from this horror and alleviate the town's dismay."

You continue with your menial chore as you glance up at the Wood Elf and say, "I'm sorry my young friend, but besides sweeping; the dishes need doing, the hedges need trimming and I've yet to begin to bale the hay." :blink:

Just then, a dragon comes down from the skies, and burns you garden, your hedges, your bales of hay, and your house to a crisp...

I guess it's time to kill those dragons...

If you're going to put "words of Todd Howard himself" in the topic subheading you should at least make sure it's actually words of Todd Howard. What you quoted were the words of Jake Gaskill, who last time I checked wasn't Todd Howard

Man... HUGE error on my part... is there any way to change the subtitle?

I think he meant we can do the same jobs as npcs. This means we can perform woodcutting and fishing among others. I don't think he meant that if a npc is dusting off the counter of his shop, so can we.

Don't think so, just add an edit to the OP

yeah i just did that.

Hey man, Harvest Moon is a fun game

YES i can sweep the floor!
thank you so much bgs!

Other, I don't specificly look forward to sweeping the floor, but I look forward to wood cutting and blacksmithing.

Excellent. Part of creating a coherent world is having things to do that *aren't* stabbing enemies with your face, or whatever adventurers do these days.

I've been promised floor sweeping by golly I better get it...... :toughninja:

looking at this thread now... i may have over-hyped this aspect even though it could just be an exaggeration or something the journalist reported wrong... I created a monster. hmy:

It'd be nice if a dev or something could clear this up so we can know for sure..... or if another, more detailed news article came out...

Yes. You could sweep the floor in Oblivion with mods, but hopefully in Skyrim mods aren't needed to do the same things as the NPCs can do. It's needed for roleplaying purposes.

And a fitting screenshot: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b148/ActionDragon/Oblivion/Sweeping.jpg