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Ever wondered how much money in video games and science fiction movies would be worth in our world? Well, thanks to the Intergalactic Exchange Bureau, you can now convert between a number of fictitious currencies.

Developed as a promotional stunt by Money in Advance, the Intergalactic Exchange Bureau can convert currencies from Star Wars, Star Trek, Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire and a couple of others. Whether you’re paying in Gold dragons, Septims, Creds, or Galactic Credits, you’re covered. Though don’t try and pay in Rupees. They don’t take Rupees.

Of course, they didn’t have actual exchange rates to work from, and they came up with their own estimates based on their independent assessment of the value of objects in the various fictional universes. That said, real-world currency relationships were based on actual market values. Though what the price of frozen concentrated orange juice in New York has to do with the price of lightsabers in the Dagobah system, I don’t know.

Bethesda has released The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Legendary Edition for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Remember that break-apart DualShock 3 idea for motion control Sony had five years ago? A new company named Mad Genius Controllers has surfaced with a working prototype that shows such a contraption working in spades. The setup uses a splittable controller and a processing unit to enable seamless motion control and spacial tracking on any title and system. Because Mad Genius doesn’t use any accelerometers or cameras like the current consoles, its creator notes that accuracy of up to 1/100th of an inch is possible.

In a video demo with an Xbox 360 version of Skyrim and a modified Xbox gamepad, certain gestures and movements even automate menu selections like a macro. One instance shows the controller being split and held like bow and arrow, highlighting that both sides are tracked in relation to each other — not to mention that the in-game character’s weapon automatically changes without any menu-digging by the user. The current version is merely a wired proof-of-concept, but Mad Genius plans to eventually make it wireless and hit Kickstarter for funding. In the meantime, you can build up anticipation for yourself by checking out the nearly 10-minute long video demo after the break. All that’s left is the inevitable Oculus Rift tie-in (like we’ve just done with this post).

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Source: Mad Genius Controllers (YouTube)

Here’s some exciting news: Skyrim, the game where you hunt and murder dragons, is relatively playable on the Oculus Rift VR headset. Rather, it’s workable, and should you have an Oculus dev kit (they’re shipping out right now), it’s not terribly hard to make the game play nice with the headset. Now here’s the sad news: navigating menus is nigh impossible, according to the Penny Arcade Report. Here’s PAR‘s Ben Kuchera on the issue, which he says goes deeper than Skryim:

“The Rift does not do well with menus, in-game text, or any user interfaces that aren’t purely graphical. It’s a major shortcoming of the hardware, and it makes games like Skyrim that throw many menus of that kind at you intolerable to play in a serious way. You’d have to remove the headset every time you need to read anything, much less compare weapons or assign skills.”

In our experience with the Rift headset, menus weren’t an issue — but that’s because it’s something we never encountered. Given the development nature of the device, demos were always very guided experiences, with games being loaded independently on a separate PC and not something press had to deal with while trying to use the headset. It’s possible that games like Skyrim will receive mods that make the (many, many) in-game menus usable, but it’s certain that support won’t come from the game’s publisher, Bethesda Softworks, as it recently finalized production on the game. For a taste of Skyrim running with the Oculus Rift, head past the break.

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Source: Penny Arcade Report, YouTube

Just the other day we learned that Skyrim would no longer be receiving new DLCs as the team would be moving on from the game, but if you’re just getting into Skyrim and you don’t want to have to bother downloading the DLCs one by one, Polish retailer Ultima might have let it leak that a Skyrim Legendary Edition could be announced in the near future. Basically the Legendary Edition will pack the original game and all three of its DLCs – Dragonborn, Hearthfire and Dawnguard. Bethesda has yet to announce this Legendary Edition pack, so for all we know this might not be real. In any case considering that the team behind Skyrim will be “moving on” and that no new DLCs will be made, we wouldn’t be surprised if they try their very best to milk whatever they can out of the franchise, and what better way than with a Legendary Edition, right? We’ll keep our eyes peeled for more info, so check back with us later for more updates!

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