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Posted: 2018-06-11 18:00:21
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Bethesda has brought its wildly-successful RPG The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim to basically every platform, from the PS3, PS4 and PC to the Nintendo Switch. It's been ported and remastered so many times it's become a joke that where there's an opportunity, there's a port of Skyrim.

At its E3 2018 press conference Sunday, Bethesda laughed at its own success with a trailer for Skyrim on Amazon Alexa. Featuring comedian, actor (and CNET magazine cover star!) Keegan-Michael Key, the ad runs through the obvious jokes about performing dragon shouts via voice command, vocalized combat with crabs and eating the endless cheese a player has stocked up on.

But here's the craziest part: it looks like the game actually exists.

"Bethesda Game Studios is proud to present Skyrim... for Alexa. Yes, that's right, the version of Skyrim you never saw coming has finally arrived on the platform you never asked for," the Alexa Skill listing declares. Just what does Skyrim on Alexa include? Don't expect any dynamic combat or world-changing decisions. Instead, it's more of a text adventure that you can control with your voice.

Bethesda also joked about Skyrim is also coming to other platforms, but as far as we know, so far none of these more ridiculous examples of Skyrim ports have yet to materialize.

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An Etch A Sketch!

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A pager!

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And a Samsung smart fridge!

Watch the full trailer below.

E3 2018: Everything you need to know

E3 2018 coverage at CNET: All of our E3 2018 coverage in one place.

E3 2018 coverage at GameSpot: Wall-to-wall coverage of the show from our sister site, GameSpot.

E3 2018 coverage at Giant Bomb: Still more commentary and news from E3, from our colleagues at Giant Bomb.

First published, June 10 at 7:43 p.m. PT.
Update, 9:53 p.m. PT: Adds that Bethesda might have actually made this thing.

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