QUOTE(Olen @ Nov 14 2007, 11:45 PM)

I'd disagree with this. How many times have you hear the oblivion lockpicking refered to as the annoying lockpicking minigame. I thought one of the best bits about morrowind was the immersion it gave by avoiding all minigames and cut scenes (with the exception of starting and winning).
I don't think he meant that kind of minigame (at least I hope he didn't). Some kind of card/dice/whatever game that you could play with a selected few NPCs wouldn't we all that bad. Just a little something extra to do, mayhap as a way to gather up some gold if needed or just to test one's luck. A big no to another lockpicking minigame.