If you’re as hooked on Oblivion as I am you may not have ventured out onto the internet to seek some of the excellent mods for the PC version. And if you’re running the 360 version, well, the rest of this post won’t interest you much. Here are some of the best ones I’ve found (or you can browse here and here for others to your liking):

BTMod - Essential. Worth it for the expanded map view area alone, though it also shows you more from your inventory and quest list at once too. Suddenly it doesn’t feel like a console port (though to be fair, Oblivion is hardly the worst offender when it comes to that kind of thing).

Ultimate Archer - Don’t let the name fool you, this really does make playing an archer fair and fun. Whereas before you had to kite enemies endlessly and were constantly buying arrows, now it feels like a much more balanced affair while still presenting a challenge.

White Glass - Green glass looks silly. White glass looks lovely. Yes.

Landscape LOD Normal Map Replacement - Makes distant terrain look much nicer.

Dark UI 2.0 - Sounds lame, but it in fact replaces the interface with a dark red stitched leather look - very nice!

I also noticed on ShackNews that you can put your own face into the game. I might just have to do that on my inevitable second play through. I think, between this game and Guitar Hero, I may never have a spare moment ever again.

Bonus Link: Young Chuck Norris in Oblivion video. Very silly, likely to raise a grin rather than a chuckle though.