UPDATE: Now includes video embed.During his keynote at the DICE 2012 games industry convention in Las Vegas, Bethesda's creative director Todd Howard showed a sizzle-reel containing various ideas his team have put forward for the future of the game.

The ideas had come from a company-wide creative session at the end of last year called Game Jam. Howard had asked his team to go away and create ideas that could be added to Skyrim . He stressed that they were all "experiments" and added that he has "no idea if they will be released as DLC," adding, "maybe. we don't know".The ideas shown included:SpearsKill cams for magicWater arrowsGiant mud crabsParalysis runesSeasonal foliageSpeedy water currentsDark dungeonsAdoption of childrenAdvanced home buildingEpic new mountsFast travel portalsKinect dragon shoutsEnhanced water visualsIce and fire arrowsLycanthrope perk treeVampire imp minionsGoblinsWe'll have more info from his speech later tonight.