Without specifics, are you ever inspired by other gaming worlds or popular culture (movies) in the creation of your games? Not direct knockoffs or plagiarism, just inspired or sparked by another source of fiction your love or admire.

I second that question, though I am more the ESP-guy instead of Jackson... but nonetheless guitars, bass and drums ROCK!!!


So...

1. Do any of you Devs play any Instruments?

2. (Has nothing to do with instruments) How do you devs stay in touch with the other departments of Bethesda? Do you have a lot of meetings with other departments?

3. Do you often have activities with the whole Bethesda team after work?

This and another question attached to that;

What's up with all the hate for Wood Elves, or am I just imagining things?

Do you ever wear tights as pants?

YES.
Seconded :intergalactic:

What do you think of when you hear the word Sweden?

I would love them forever if they named a random town begger "Andy the Redhead Chaser" :celebration:

You don't happen to have a thing for redheads do you?

Questions for Art/Design people:

Did you get where you are today, skill wise, by practicing it by yourself, or taking classes?
Can you show us a work you're proud of?

I believe Ken and Mark in the year before I started, so I don't know those guys. I do know Gavin pretty well, and the last two times we've been in Seattle for PAX, a couple of us have met up with him.


Hockey

Football or Soccer?

Oh my goodness, please put Vinegar Ra in Skyrim.

Already been a convert for a long time Andy.



Thanks for answering vsions!



Another couple of questions if any of you want to answer.

What surprised you most about BGS or the industry in general when you first started working there/in it?

What is the craziest thing you've seen done there during downtime or just to relax/blow off steam?

Can tanks fly?


In other words

Maybe it's just me, but I have rather fond memories of Privateer's Hold. So thank you, I guess

I love both actually. My LTD and Jackson get about equal parts love. I'm debating about a custom ESP 7 string or a double neck one of these days.

Have you ever played http://nehrim.de/?

Is that a trick question?

What is your favorite sci fi film?

Steampunk or cyberpunk?

What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?

What is your favorite aspect video games in general? (graphics, story, physics, etc.) You can go as deep as you like with this btw. (That's what she said.) Like cell shaded graphics, or strong character development.

I liked Privateer's Hold, there were lots of bears for me to kill with my bare hands.

I also thought that the elevator-throne was quite clever, it would be a hilarious way to escape from an assassin.

Are new colleagues required to play older Elder Scrolls games before they are allowed to work on a new title? If not, do they have to read up on Elder Scrolls lore?

Practice, practice, practice. Quite honestly you have to continuously learn and keep an open mind so that you can improve your craft constantly. I am self taught 3d artist for the most part but I did go to school to supplement my 3d with traditional arts. Part of the grind is actually looking at what other people and studios are doing and drawing inspiration from that. I am personally very inspired by the work many studios have done such as the awesomely talented guys at Bioware, Naughty Dog, and id software. There is always something to learn, which is one of my favorite part of the job. The moment you dont think you have anything else to learn, improve or change, is the moment you should get out of the industry and art in general.




Absolutely, I think that probably goes for every one in the field. In my opinion nothing is truly original, its just an original take on something that has already been done in some fashion.




1. I do not sorry..
2. Meetings tend to be department related, but we do crossover quite a bit at time, and we are constantly throwing ideas around to each other.
3. Sometimes. We do tend to hang out and see movies or go out to eat, and avery couple of months we get to do happy hour at the studio and the whole team gets together and causes trouble :celebration:




nope not a redhead

Practicing all the time. Still practicing to this day. and when I get home I try to squeeze in some personal art when I can.
For some of those that have asked for some examples of our work and are also interested in the industry in general, here is a link to some stuff I have done before and one of the biggest hubs for all sorts of cg. You can also see tons of even more amazing artists

http://vsions.cgsociety.org/gallery/

On an entirely related note, Krish was awesome. ADD HIM IN

I don't dare to try and trick the dev's. Before you know, they name the new Fargoth after you.

Wow.