How do you install Skyrim on to Retina MBP without a superdrive?

Hello!
I'm wondering how one would go about installing games (in my case Skyrim) onto one of the new retina display MacBook Pros when it has a flash drive in he place of a superdrive. Would I have to buy an external superdrive to be able to install it? Is there some other way that I'm just unaware of?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

A.) You'll need to have a non-upgrade copy of Windows to play Skyrim, the non-upgrade version of Windows is a tad more expensive. I don't believe that game is supported in Mac OS X.
B.) You have a few options for an optical drive.
     1.) Go out and purchuse an external disc drive (or the Apple SuperDrive).
     2.) See if the game is available via online downloads.
     3.) You can also share the disc drive of another Mac or PC with your MacBook Pro with Retina display on the same Wi-Fi network. It's a fairly easy process.
     Instructions for sharing a disc drive are here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287

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