There’s a whole genre of videos out there of people pretending to be playing Skyrim in real-life situations, but it’s been a minute since I’ve seen one this good.
This is Caleb Janssen turning a shift at Chick-fil-A into a heart-stopping fantasy adventure, complete with thrilling NPC encounters and some state-of-the-art stealth AI:
God, the dude standing at the doors was just perfect. And just to save you commenting/thinking about it next, yes, every time someone mentions Skyrim + real life we’re legally obligated to link the King at work:
Update 9/8/2021 4:50 p.m.: The initial TikTok video has been set to private, unfortunately.
Clarification 9/8/2021 4:25 p.m.: This post has been updated to reflect that the location of the video is incidental to a much larger ongoing Skyrim meme. Kotaku, a site led by a queer woman, does not endorse Chik-fil-A’s anti-LGBT stances.