Arm Yourself With Skyrim Info Via Dev Podcasts

In just a few days, pets will go unfed, dishes will go unwashed, and phones will go unanswered. On Friday, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ships, giving fans an excuse to shut out all other distractions and plunge into the game's massive fantasy world. Until 11-11-11 arrives, soon-to-be players can delve into the game's development with a series of official podcasts from Bethesda.

The podcasts focus on a variety of topics, including creating the game's animations, shaping Skyrim's world, forging the audio, and how Bethesda conceptualized the game.

They're all filled with interesting details that you may not have known, such as how animators created motion capture for the game's epic dragon battles (Spoiler: It involves a table.).