Anyway after watching the http://www.gameswelt.tv/19748/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/video-interview-mit-todd-howard.html by some German magazine I finally reached the point of achieving the state of being over-hyped
How do I know...?
Skyrim is now invading my dreams - there I was last night walking through a forest and Todd was describing how each area was set up for mage, stealth and warrior game-play - I'm thinking in my dream this is so cool as he describes the scene and then some monster (which kinda looked like a blue-haired goblin with surprisingly 2 goblin kids ) ambushed me - as I threw my knife - 3 things crossed my mind - damn that knife is going too slow, secondly I didn't know throwing knives were in this game and thirdly why the heck did Todd let goblin kids get involved in fighting how am i going to deal with them?
At that point I realized I was dreaming and woke up thinking I've got to spend less time in the Skyrim forum.
Now I never dream of gaming - but that just blew me away - thanks Bethesda your marketing skills are more powerful than you can have ever imagined