Skyrim fan works his 9-5 job from within the RPG, battling bandits while tackling emails and facing dragons during PowerPoints: "Work from home became work from Whiterun"

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Skyrim fan works his 9-5 job from within the RPG, battling bandits while tackling emails and facing dragons during PowerPoints: "Work from home became work from Whiterun" News By Anna Koselke published 27 November 2025

He calls it "the worst idea I've ever had"

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Over 14 years have now passed since Bethesda Game Studios released its monumental Elder Scrolls gem, Skyrim, but fans are still finding new ways to enjoy the smash hit RPG in 2025 – including by working their real-life jobs within Tamriel, apparently.

After what he calls "the worst idea I've ever had," YouTuber habie147 – who is known for his amusing and often downright chaotic VR videos – manages to pull off the impossible (or, at least what you would think would be) and do his usual 9-5 office job from within Skyrim. As he so eloquently puts it, "Work from home became work from Whiterun" for him. How did he do it, though? Step one involved finding the perfect spot, of course.

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"There are no office buildings in Skyrim," after all, but there are plenty of nice campsites to work at while taking in the ambience of Tamriel. After settling in one, habie147 pulls up what looks to be a browser tab – work email, Slack, and all – and outlines his "main quest" while working from within Skyrim: to not get fired, schedule marketing emails, engage in "random QuickBooks shenanigans," finish a PowerPoint, and "farm contact information."

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Everything goes well until a bandit pulls up. "The mugging was not ideal, but other than that, it is a great place to work." For his next outdoor office space, habie147 picks… the middle of a creek, with a literal dragon flying above his head. "So," he says, "I figured, okay, I've got to get somewhere where nothing random can spawn in. Something completely off the grid. And I thought the best place for that would be underground."

He heads to my favorite spot then: Blackreach. For a while, everything goes smoothly – in fact, it does for a couple of hours. "I farmed 55 email addresses. I finished my PowerPoint presentation. I talked with my co-workers about stuff. The ancient dwarves of Skyrim left behind the best huddle room ever." But, as is reasonable with the background noise, "after two hours down there, I did begin to lose my mind."

The YouTuber's next location is the top of a mountain, where he uses console commands to change the weather for a beautiful starry sky decorated by the aurora borealis. He takes some phone calls and concludes, "This works." In other words, working within a VR game – in this case, Skyrim – works, and it's pretty great… if it wasn't for the headset bit. "If VR headsets weren't mini Xbox 360s strapped to our faces, I do think everyone would do this."

I agree with habie147, honestly. I would genuinely love to work my own 9-5 while sitting in The Bannered Mare or chilling at the Evergreen Grove – but I do think the headset would get a bit annoying… and maybe sort of sweaty, too.

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After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.

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