I have exactly the same issue ! Basically it has to be something that is blocking Bink video from playing on our machines and the game hangs I believe . I can sometimes hear half a sec of the video sound playing , but ususally it is just the black screen and the back ground noise of being on the ship with a completely black screen . I read somewhere that it might be dual monitors so I tried turning that off to no success . I also turned off Skyrim DLC , HiRes texture pack , no mods , Steam overlay . Running out of ideas . <| sep |> haha . i really loughed out loud when i read it . Yeah , i am with you , but i actually think it also looks really really cool . and i also thik it is cool . but i do think it could be a little bit of a diva . we will see . and i dont get you wrong . tastes are different . and thats really fine with me . thank you anyway .