I'm not saying they are the best games, but there's a nicotinian quality to Elder Scrolls. Maybe it's because you can play for 20 hours without realizing you haven't done anything for the main story line. Maybe its the inherent random feel of the environment, glitches and all. Maybe it's the inner hoarder, stuffing cabinets and dressers with every imaginable variation of every item. Whatever it is, Elder Scrolls has it. I purposely stopped playing Skyrim because... well, Its hard to imagine why now, but I know it was the right thing to do. I still saw my family and all that, but I did bring it to Thanksgiving. And maybe Christmas. Anywho, I say all that to say this:
There will be an Elder Scrolls Online. I don't know when it comes out, I don't know what it's about, I don't know what I will have to pay to play it or how good or bad it will be. And I don't care to know. Because it doesn't matter. I don't care if its not a logically viable decision in hindsight or even foresight, because this is how I feel about the announcement: