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The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim®

Released on November 11th, 2011, Skyrim is the fifth major entry in the long running Elder Scrolls series.  Taking place in the fictional province of its namesake, Skyrim trades in the Lord of the Rings aesthetic of the previous game for a more brutal, down-to-earth experience featuring lots of battle axes, horned helmets, mead halls, and other viking themed elements. With a world as vast and deep as Skyrim's, it's likely that even if you started playing it when it came out, you still haven't seen all it has to offer. But even if you aren't looking for more, you might find it interesting to check out what the writers and designers at Bethesda were reading when they were creating Skyrim, and as a library, we can help with that.

Halo

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary boxshot

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary®

Halo has been one of the Xbox and Xbox 360’s premier exclusives since 2001.  A science fiction space opera epic of a first person shooter, Halo has chronicled humanity’s war with the fanatical alien Covenant and the unrelenting tide of the parasitic Flood for over ten years now.  With the release of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition, we’ve chosen this series to begin offering our suggestions.