Random: Skyrim Player Ascends the 7,000 Steps to High Hrothgar on Inclined Treadmill | Push Square

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Taking realism and immersion to exciting new levels, one dedicated Skyrim player has used step-tracking tech and an inclined treadmill to simulate the Dragonborn's ascent up the Throat of the World, climbing the 7,000 steps to High Hrothgar. Previously, the fitness addict walked from Riften to Solitude, which took about three straight hours.

YouTuber ShakeMistake has carved out an unlikely niche, combining fitness and gaming, and took up the ordeal (thanks, IGN). As the technical limitations of 2011 meant there aren't actually 7,000 steps to Skyrim's High Hrothgar (instead around 700 to 800), ShakeMistake reduced their character down to a third of the size. Further, they calibrated the treadmill to simulate the incline and began the journey, which you can check out at high speed for yourself below.

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Is ShakeMistake taking the concept of realism and immersion in video games to bold new places, specifically in the realm of walking? Don't give Kojima any ideas in the comments section below.

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

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@Psofo Gender neutral pronouns have been used interchangeably in English for years. It’s not a big deal, I didn’t even notice until you pointed it out. It’s possible that the streamer is non-binary but it’s also possible that it was just written that way, the use of ‘they’ is 100% accurate at all times for all people. I mean, Shakespeare used the singular ‘they’. Is Shakespeare woke now?

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I hate Skyrim

Someone other than Bethesda should totally do a faithful remake of Morrowind

@Yagami are Bethesda not the Percival creators pf this universe?

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