The part about learning to play Skyrim is relatively irrelevant to me, as I've had enough hours in videogames that the playing is natural to me and I don't have much to learn there. Instead, I'll try to focus on the additional genres of art hidden in this game instead as Skyrim is rich full of them.
One of the neatest things in Skyrim is the mostly fully fleshed-out dragon-tongue language, Dovahzul. Various websites exist for learning how to speak or use this language, such is the depth of its integration by Bethesda. There is even a website, called Thuum, that takes you step by step through the process of learning the language and even includes excercises. It also seems it was deliberately structured to make the creation of new words easier, since there is only a limited vocabulary in game.
There is additionally a large amount of literature in the game, from journals and diaries to small short stories. I don't believe there are any actual novels but there at least a few short stories that appear multiple times in an episodic format. Some of these fill in background lore, others are historical anthologies that tell the story of various places, locations, or people. Some of these even provide hints to solve puzzles or where to find treasures, as was the case in Bleak Falls Barrow.
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