Meet the Devs #8 : V - Skyrim

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:01 am

Is the office pumped up about the Ravens visiting the Steelers this weekend? Such a big rivalry. Should be a great game. Are sports bantered about in the office in general? Being in technology, I find some offices really get behind sports, while others seem to disregard it. Thanks.

We have a lot of big sports fans here. I'm cheering for the Ravens in that particular match up, but ultimately I'm a Packers fan.

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:35 am

We have a lot of big sports fans here. I'm cheering for the Ravens in that particular match up, but ultimately I'm a Packers fan.

Oh yeah!

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:03 am

A very common prejudice about gamers is that they (we, you, us) don't like sports. Obviously that isn't altogether true considering some of you practice martial arts and I'm sure that a lot of other people here at the forums (including me) are interested in different kind of sports. My question is as follows: How many of you guys and gals are interested in sports, is there any truth in the prejudice? What favourite sports teams do you have? (preferably ice hockey :wink:

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» Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:17 pm

Do any of the people at Bethesda still play Morrowind?
Do the new big improvements that have been made possible with the Code Patch and the Morrowind Graphic Extender revitalize the game for the creators themselves? (it sure has for us)

Thanks

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:11 am

saw it you guys are awesome. Do any of you compete in fights?

We mainly do it for sport fun and excercise. Its an awesome way to relieve stress. We do how ever have some pretty intense sparring matches which are always fun

Have any of you pulled down that laser rifle from the wall and had a little BoS moment when no-one was looking?

I totally have... and I enjoyed it I cant lie. We also have a fatman in the lounge and Im not talking about one of the devs. It is awesome

Which one are you?!?! Are you the guy getting beat down in the basemant? :wink_smile:

Unfortunately mister worm was not in it that day but we did try to convince him to come down

That video was great! It looks like you guys have a great place to work at. Todd seems like a nice guy too.

Todd is the coolest boss Ive ever had.....

Spoiler

(Hopefully he wont beat on us today..)

What is your favorite food from the menu? I noticed the specials were mexican themed, do you have different themes each day?

Chicken Fajitas are awesome, so is the Cajun Salmon

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:43 am

Saw in the GI video that one of the conceptartists had a skateboard lying around on a shelf.

Does anyone of you skate?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:00 pm

I loved the video...

So if someone made you another prop would you take it or ask us to make one just for you all?

Would you take something if it was BAKED like a prop? For example: a detailed cake/map of Skyrim?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:01 am

My favs:

Cajun Chicken Pasta
Pizza (believe it or not, rarely served)
Cajun Salmon
Gumbo
Club

Of course there's other times when Kenny makes crazy stuff you don't expect -- like ribs. Mmmm, ribs

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:39 am

I'm getting hungry now...

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:03 pm

My favs:

Cajun Chicken Pasta
Pizza (believe it or not, rarely served)
Cajun Salmon
Gumbo
Club

Of course there's other times when Kenny makes crazy stuff you don't expect -- like ribs. Mmmm, ribs

This is making me want to work at Bethesda even more and more, mmmm. Do you guys hire computer scientist right after they finish their degrees? I'll be looking at you guys in a couple of years or so if thats the case :hubbahubba:

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:11 pm

Favorite movie? I'm sure that's been asked before, lol, but mine is probably either The Shawshank Redemption or Back to the Future. Any thoughts on those?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:56 pm

My favs:

Cajun Chicken Pasta
Pizza (believe it or not, rarely served)
Cajun Salmon
Gumbo
Club

Of course there's other times when Kenny makes crazy stuff you don't expect -- like ribs. Mmmm, ribs

mmmmm Ribs :drool:

Anyways question for yas. I see you have a gym in the studio. Besides being incredibly epic, any real reason why? Oh and why Bob Ross?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:53 pm

How long ago did you know that TESV would take place in Skyrim?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:14 pm

Check out this vid...

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/01/10/video-behind-the-scenes-of-skyrim.aspx

That vid was friggan awesome!!! Loved the huge Skyrim map on the wall!!!

You guys have to license Elderscrolls out for a pen&paper RPG!!!

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:35 am

Can I get a recipe for the Cajun Chicken Pasta?

...that sounds so good.

Then I could cook up a big pot of it before the Skyrim release and have something to nuke when playing for the "full Bethesda experience".

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:47 am

Arakane Studios works for you guys as well right?

Any of the Arx Fatalis team working on Elder Scrolls now? I LOVED that game. The cooking part was awesome so if it is true that you are adding a cooking element to the game, you ought to talk to them as that was really a cool part of their dungeon-crawler!

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:45 am

Anybody noticing the devs are mostly answering the girls' questions?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:03 pm

Anybody noticing the devs are mostly answering the girls' questions?

I didn't notice that, no. :-)

(Maybe they ask better questions? I honestly didn't even know there was a way to see gender on the forums.)

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:55 am

on a different note afther watching the video I have to ask what is the absolutely best thing that is served at work?

The stir fry always seems popular. I know it's a no-brainer for me on days when they're serving it. And once I brought it upstairs for a lunch at my desk and three different people cheered as they saw me carrying it by.

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:13 am

Is the office pumped up about the Ravens visiting the Steelers this weekend? Such a big rivalry. Should be a great game. Are sports bantered about in the office in general? Being in technology, I find some offices really get behind sports, while others seem to disregard it. Thanks.

We have a picks tournament going every year for the last few years. This year one of the artists got off to a strong and insurmoutnable start (I accused him of using a copy of Grays Sports Almanac, of which I still suspect him), so the rest of us were competing for second place.

In the real world, I'm a Jaguars fan. One of the few, the proud. Ravens-Steelers is going to be a great game, though. Excited to see who comes out of it alive.

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:12 pm

Anybody noticing the devs are mostly answering the girls' questions?

No one answers mine

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:28 pm

Did you guys started working Skyrim right after Oblivion?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:36 am

Is there anyone at Bethesda Game Studios that was hired straight out of college, and if so, what did he/she major in and what is his/her job at BGS? And if possible, where did he/she go to school?

Edit: I mean hired straight out of college to work at BGS, of course.

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:20 am

What about the Hobbit:P?

The Hobbit isn't part of The Lord Of The Rings though. It's a seperate book. What I was referring to was that Tolkien always intended The Lord Of The Rings to be one book, with three parts: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers and The Return Of The King. He fought tooth and nail to keep it that way but eventually it was released as three seperate books, because the lone book would have been too huge.

Anyway, on the same subject, I'd like to know that too. Do the devs like LOTR?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:22 am

The Hobbit isn't part of The Lord Of The Rings though. It's a seperate book. What I was referring to was that Tolkien always intended The Lord Of The Rings to be one book, with three parts: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers and The Return Of The King. He fought tooth and nail to keep it that way but eventually it was released as three seperate books, because the lone book would have been too huge.

Anyway, on the same subject, I'd like to know that too. Do the devs like LOTR?

I think you'd be hard pressed to find nerds who don't like Lord of the Rings. And even though we're all super cool over here, we're also pretty big nerds.

It's kind of like asking an English major who their favorite writer is -- the assumption is that you're asking who their second favorite writer is, since everyone's answer would be Shakespeare otherwise. You might find some folks here who think LOTR isn't the best thing ever, or they might prefer some other fantasy world instead, but I think there's a pretty strong baseline appreciation for both the books and the movies.