Atomic Gamer have snatched Bruce Nesmith away from the Bethesda studios for a short while to talk about the upcoming expansion for Oblivion; Shivering Isles. Here's a snippet:

Jeff: Is Sheogorath going to be playing some sick jokes here like he did in Oblivion?

Bruce: He's got a few tricks up his sleeves. Early on he forces you to experience the Mania and Dementia for yourself. After all, you need personal experience with these things if you are going to serve Sheogorath. He also has a tendency to ramble on about cheese. To say any more would be to give away the plot.

Jeff: The downloadable content has been great so far, but there have also been some excellent user-made mods. Do you have any favorites? Are thereany mods where the development team went, "We need to do something like this in Shivering Isles"?

Bruce: I don't personally use any of the user-made mods, but I've seen a numberof them on other people's machines. There is a great mod that customizes the inventory interface to allow for smaller type. The mod that replaces all the distant landscape objects with the up close, higher res versions produces some amazing views, although you need a very high end machine to run it. That said, no, there really wasn't anything we saw and felt the need to include or replicate in Shivering Isles.

I look forward to seeing what the user community comes up with for the Shivering Isles.

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