So why the hell are u working on TESV if you dont even like fantasy games?

hey devs! TES:3 got me hooked on rpg's. TES:4 stole my life. fallout is....ok. TES:V will surely be the best game ive ever played. and i would like to thank you all for making the only games worth buying. none can compare.i love TES to death. they're the only games i buy now. but after a few years i do start to get bored. although the time put into your games shows in the quality, and quantity. so i would not agree with rushing them. but i would very much like to see them just a little bit more often. meaning that its my wish that a main TES team be formed to only concentrate on TES titles.

my question is this(sorry if its against the rules, or un-answerable): now that your studio is huge. both in personnel, and rep. are there any plans to split into separate teams to work on different projects? or does the number of personnel now, already let people move onto the next more quickly, once they're finished with they're part.

another question: how often do you guys/gals sleep at the office?

thanks again nevi.

What does being a video producer entail? Do you do the editing for trailers or do you have a group of editing lackeys.

Because I work for Bethesda Softworks, so I work on marketing for all of their titles (not just BGS titles like ES and Fallout). And to clarify, I didn't mean I don't like fantasy games full-stop, just that I'm not typically drawn to high-fantasy stuff. Like I said, I'm very excited for Skyrim, and the gameplay of Fallout 3 has made me want to go back and play Oblivion.


For me, usually when I'm up against a deadline and tweaking the last bits of something to be perfect (or encoding tons of files to go out the next day).


Until a few months ago, it was just me. So I did the gameplay portion of the Fallout 3 E3 trailer, and all of the DLC trailers for FO3, as well as the gameplay portion of F:NV's E3 trailer from this year. I also handle assets that we have done out of house (stuff like Brink's cinematic trailer, for instance). However, now I have one "lackey," the very talented http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/user/649072-sal-go/, who just completed the trailer for F:NV's first DLC, "Dead Money." You should watch it and then http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1149958-watch-the-dead-money-dlc-trailer/.

FYI, I think that was a boy singing that part. I'm pretty sure, but I don't have confirmation of that.

I saw that earlier and was really impressed by it. I think I'll have to get some more Fallout: New Vegas in before it comes out. It kind of reminded me of Saw >.<.

edit: Re-watching the Fallout 3 DLC trailers . :thumbsup:

Who did the 3d for F:NV's e3 trailer and who put it all together?

Are you excited for any new series that have debuted recently?

I am thinking Dead Space, Darksiders, Prototype, etc when I ask this.

So, is that part a part of the theme? Or can you not answer that?

It was.

I said boy!... :facepalm: um....

This. :hehe:

Ignoring the fact that killmoms is BS, not BSG:

I think Skyrim would benefit from someone who is not into high fantasy. The field is stale, and by no means isolated. Its good to bring in people who like other things and who aren't invested in keeping to a specific genre. Breeds creativity

https://docs.google.com/View?id=dc4swmp4_286cx3zmkfb, in glorious HTML. I've also added a table of contents

Honestly, I can't remember who did the ED-E 3D for that trailer. External house though. As for who put it all together, that'd be me! In fact, every shot in the gameplay portion is actually me playing the game. B) Then we had a very talented http://www.defactosound.com/ do the final sound mix for it—he also did the mix for "Dead Money," in fact.


If it makes you feel any better, both sal go and I sit upstairs with the dev team. :goodjob:

I had played about 30 hours of Oblivion (a huge amount for any "normal" game) and had done almost all of Fallout 3 before I started here. For the first year or so I played Oblivion over my lunch break until I had done every bit of content in it. (There may have been a few dungeons I missed.)

I keep meaning to churn my way through Morrowind, but it's tough to find time these days....

Oh, while we have you here, what software do you use for video stuff? Also, mac or PC?


Hah, I'm fine with you either way I was just registering my acknowledgement of your post before I went on my tangent.

[edit] ooh, two more questions:

1) Whats the office layout like? I assume theres some sort of entry lobby and then a couple floors of cubicles?
2) Do you have all the TES/FO games available for 'study'?

Isn't it always. Well hopefully you will be able to get around to it, it's a gaming experience that nobody should miss.

edit: Watched the Fallout 3 DLC trailers, I think my favourite has got to be either Brotherhood of Steel or Operation Anchorage, maybe Mothership Zeta. Bah, I can't decide.
I edited a few videos a while back from in WoW days, it was loads of fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUw9AQ1KHAU

Do you guys hire developers from other countries? im from canada and im looking for job as level or game designer in a studio that focuses on RPGs.

I'm bored so I felt like answering these.

1) Wrath of Khan, definitely.
2) Star Wars, best of all of them.
3) Milo, I'm a cat person.
4) Chuck Norris. Just because he's Chuck Norris.
5) Mayo.
6) Regular.
7) Melee. Ranged is too fiddly.
8) Pineapple. Can't stand coconut.

10) GOJIRA!

Well, aren't you the charmer..

You know man you can work on something that you don't like. I mean It's a job after all.

I would love to design games with Bethesda Game Studios.
What are the basic requirements?
Does everyone work on part of a project or is there new people that run around delivering coffee? >.<

I’m a Final Cut man, myself, so Mac for me. Macs at home too, for what it’s worth.


1) Nah, it’s more like a hulking citadel atop an incongruous butte, jutting high above the greenery and strip malls of suburban Maryland, guarded by wolves and loyal footmen, armed with pikes 12 feet long. ...With a parking lot.
2) Every employee is actually required to have the source code from Arena tattooed in micro-lettering on their forehead upon hiring.


Please note: some of the “answers” contained in this “post” may be “fictional.” “Just” “saying.”

I found it "entertaining" and "original".

Killmoms, just saw the trailer for "Dead Money" today... Great trailer! Definitely looking forward to what you have in store for Skyrim.

Whoops, just went back and read that sal did the "Dead Money" trailer. Nonetheless, I love the trailers you guys put out there for us!

You've got a little something on your nose, there, sal. <_<