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Skyrim's dragons started as giant birds

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Bethesda’s creation engine is essentially held together by duct tape and prayers. When they needed majestic, terrifying dragons to fly smoothly around the open world, they didn't write new flight physics from scratch. They literally just took the AI coding from the ambient birds, scaled the models up by a thousand percent, and added fire breath. Yes, Alduin the World Eater is technically just a spicy pigeon.

Skyrim's dragons started as giant birds
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