A Twitter thread from April 28, 2021, in which I determined that nope, still not ready to leave Riverwood. But this was also when I discovered how to take screenshots, and that I really needed to set the Invert Y setting in my game!
Today I got the add-ons I ordered for my Switch, the stick extenders and the precision rings to improve my ability to control motion on the JoyCons. I definitely feel an improvement in Animal Crossing, where maneuverability matters when you’re diving to catch undersea creatures.
10:41 PM · Apr 28, 2021
But the main point of extra toys being Skyrim, I fired that up again tonight. Quickly learned a few things: 1) nope still not ready to leave Riverwood, I tried and promptly got my ass kicked by a wolf; 2) I’m apparently one of those people the “Invert Y” setting is for?
10:43 PM · Apr 28, 2021
I turned that on and suddenly found the ability to look around much less random; 3) I might actually like third person view better? I don’t know yet. I need to experiment with that more.
10:44 PM · Apr 28, 2021
The main point of experimenting with third person view though being, getting a snap of my character! Behold, Alarrah the Wood-Elf (and unknown baby Dragonborn)!
Alarrah in Riverwood10:44 PM · Apr 28, 2021
(P.S. I know a lot of people have said this before me, but now _I’m_ playing it, so I’ll say it again: _holy crap_ Skyrim is gorgeous.)
10:47 PM · Apr 28, 2021
(HAH and I just figured out why the Invert Y setting is apparently what I need. It’s because of scrolling and swiping gestures! In macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, the two-finger gestures for scrolling are reversed from what you might expect…
11:13 PM · Apr 28, 2021
… Swiping up with two fingers means you scroll down. Swiping down with two fingers means you scroll up. This is reversed on my PC/Linux laptop and it _regularly_ throws me off, so I’m pretty damn sure that’s why i need the Invert Y setting in Switch Skyrim.)
11:13 PM · Apr 28, 2021
Notes
This post was written on 3/13/2022, but backdated to the date of the Twitter thread for organizational purposes.
Edited on 12/26/2022, to reconstruct the Twitter thread and remove links to Twitter.
The Twitter thread from April 22, 2021, in which I lamented that boy howdy was I not good at the game controls yet. I derped my way into Riverwood, but completely missed the Guardian Stones! Because I’d totally failed to realize that I was supposed to follow either Hadvar or Ralof out of Helgen to get to safety after Alduin’s attack.
Further adventures in learning the Switch: poked around some more with Skyrim last night. Note: this is the first time I’ve tried to play a first person game AT ALL so boy howdy do I need to practice the controls. 😳 I am NOT good at them. But at least I made it to Riverwood!
10:13 AM · Apr 22, 2021
And apparently I completely missed the Guardian Stones? I gotta swing back and do those. But also take a lot of time wandering around Riverwood, practicing the controls, and learning WTF I’m doing before I try to go to Whiterun. This will be a challenge. Fun, but a challenge!
10:14 AM · Apr 22, 2021
Notes
This post was written on 3/13/2022, but backdated to the time of the tweet thread for organizational purposes.
Post edited on 12/26/2022 to reconstruct the Twitter thread here, and remove the actual links off to Twitter.
This is the first of several posts to reconstruct Twitter threads about Alarrah’s playthrough, which dated from before I started documenting her action directly in WordPress.
Here, I had the very first kickoff tweet for buying Skyrim for the Switch, as well as a 400GB SD card!
Also accomplished on the Switch:
1. bought Hades
2. bought Skyrim
3. bought me a 400GB SD card so I can actually have enough space to play Skyrim!
2:34 PM · Apr 17, 2021
Notes
I created this post on March 13, 2022, but I’m backdating it to the time of the tweet, just for organizational purposes.
Post updated November 21, 2022 to change embedded tweet to a textual reproduction, and remove the link to Twitter.
Updated again December 26, 2022 to tweak the wording to reconstruction of Twitter threads rather than linking to them.
