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"Like Skyrim With Guns" is a memorable quote by Adam Kovic of the Machinima YouTube channel comparing the open world first-person shooter game Far Cry 3 with the action role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which was widely mocked by the online gaming community.

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At the Gamescom conference in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany held in August 2012, Machinima host Adam Kovic interviewed Far Cry 3 producer Dan Hay, saying the game was "like Skyrim with guns."

Adam Kovic: I didn't realize what you guys were demoing and it's open world… and I've already told you this, but it feels like Skyrim with guns.

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On August 17th, 2012, Kovic tweeted that he hoped Ubisoft used his "Skyrim with guns" quote on the Far Cry 3 game box.

On November 13th, IGN Forums^[3] member Shaggy_Drew posted a thread questioning why the Machinima quote "Like Skyrim with guns" was featured in advertisements for the game Far Cry 3 (shown below). On November 29th, the game developer Ubisoft released Far Cry 3 for the Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms.

On November 30th, Machinima's Adam Kovic posted a video defending his "Skyrim with guns" quote (shown below). In the first two years, the video garnered upwards of 190,000 views and 2,100 comments.

On December 6th, Redditor ronasd4 submitted a promotional image for the 2008 roleplaying game Fallout 3 titled "This is the original 'Skyrim With Guns'" to the /r/gaming^[1] subreddit (shown below, left). On December 12th, 2012, redditor "thedz" submitted a screenshot of a Far Cry 3 character walking up the side of a mountain titled "Wow, Far Cry 3 really IS Skyrim With Guns" to the r/gaming^[2] subreddit (shown below, right).

On June 6th, 2013, YouTuber Peckett uploaded footage of a modded Skyrim game which allows the player to dual wield revolvers as functional weapons within the game (shown below).

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