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Shirley Curry (born April 2, 1936), also known by her nickname Skyrim Grandma, is an American YouTuber and gamer. She gained popularity for her The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gameplay videos. [2]
Curry was born on April 2, 1936. [3] She worked as a secretary in a candy factory, and for several years as an associate in a women's clothing department of Kmart before retiring at the age of 55 in 1991. [2]
Curry got into video games after her son taught her how to play the 1996 turn-based strategy video game Civilization II . In 2011, she joined YouTube to follow gaming channels, and in 2015, she uploaded her first Skyrim gameplay video. By 2020, she had over 900,000 subscribers on YouTube. [2] In 2022, Curry surpassed 1 million subscribers and was awarded a Gold Play Button by YouTube. [4] After followers started a petition to include her in the following game of the series, the studio creator of the Elder Scrolls franchise, Bethesda Softworks, promised to include her as a character in The Elder Scrolls VI . [2] [5] [6] [7]
In 2022, Curry suffered a stroke while sleeping, forgetting many details of her experiences in gaming. Despite expressing frustration for its impact on her video game play, she began to recover from the stroke and expressed hope for the future. [6] [7] After the news broke, many of her fans united to wish her good health, and Bethesda Softworks sent her a bouquet of flowers. [8]
On September 22, 2024, she published a video announcing her retirement from gaming videos, citing age, physical health challenges, and creation burnout as factors. [9]
Curry is a widow and has four children, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. [2]
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Todd Andrew Howard is an American video game designer, director, and producer. He serves as director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, where he has led the development of the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series. He was also the game director for Starfield.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dawnguard is a downloadable content add-on for the action role-playing open world video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The Xbox 360 version of Dawnguard was launched in English-speaking territories on June 26, 2012, and in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain in mid-July 2012. It was released on Microsoft Windows via Steam on August 2, 2012. Due to performance issues, the PlayStation 3 release of Dawnguard was delayed until February 26, 2013.
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"Dragonborn" is the theme song for the soundtrack of the 2011 role-playing video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda Softworks, composed by the American composer Jeremy Soule. The composition is Nordic-influenced classical in style and features a chorus singing lyrics in a fictional language, Dragon-tongue, that was created by Emil Pagliarulo for the game. The composition borrows heavily from "Nerevar Rising", the theme from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, as well as elements from music in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, both of which were also composed by Soule. "Dragonborn" was lauded by critics and audiences alike. It is featured in orchestral performances and spawned numerous covers, many of which combine the song with an in-game, English-language composition "The Dragonborn Comes". One such cover, by Lindsey Stirling and Peter Hollens, holds the Guinness World Record for most viewed cover version of a video game soundtrack.
