http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1161746-meet-the-devs-10/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1157772-meet-the-devs-9/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1154710-meet-the-devs-8/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1151553-meet-the-devs-7/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1151230-meet-the-devs-6/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1150155-meet-the-devs-5/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1149548-meet-the-devs-4/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1149314-meet-the-devs-3/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1148935-meet-the-devs-2/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1148850-meet-the-devs/

What are your plans for Skyrims release? Will there be a big party with popping corks off of oversized wine bottles or is it much more modest?

I have some questions:

1: Who DID come up with the Cliffraicers?
2: Dragon Age or Mass Effect?
3: Gameplay and Freedom or Story and Characters?
4: HALO or Gears or War?
5: Fallout 3 or New Vegas?

One question, is Todd Howard a demi-God or am I just strangely attracted to him....in a non-platonic way :whistling:

Todd Howard is far from being a demi-God he makes alot of mistakes when he desing games you just have to see all the rants in the forum to see it.

Packers or Steelers? (obviously Packers)

these very same people complain about no longer being able to exploit core gameplay faults, so this isn't really a credible argument.

when you guys name characters in TES games, do you have like an internal name generator, or do people come up with them on the spot? the nomenclature is really impressively consistent.

I'm no dev, but I can already tell you the answer to that question.

After all, there was a reason they choose to make The Pitt in FO3, rather than some other cities.

It has already been answered that there's alot of Steelers fans among them in one of the previous threads.

What is your favorite James Bond movie? :ninja:
I, personally, am a fan of "The World is Not Enough"

Which Rambo movie is your favorite? :gun:
Tie between "First Blood" and "Rambo III" for me.

Do you have any random stuffed animals (or anything else) near you while you work that you look at whenever you need inspiration?
I don't... :turtle: :frog:

Do you have any weird habits that you do while you're on the computer?
I always have to hold and click a pen. And I sit down on the chair with my legs on the chair and my keyboard on my feet. I'm not sure why... :brokencomputer:

What would your last words be?

What were your first words?

Do my questions svck?

Hi Bethesda crew,

You guys are awesome. I'm not entirely sure why I haven't joined this forum since I've been a massive fan of all the Elder Scrolls. I think my usual excuse was I'll get around to it. O_o Anyway, I was wondering, and this question goes out to all devs and members, if you lived within the elder scrolls universe, what race would you be?

Recently, another coworker and I discussed our list

here is mine
1) Goldfinger
2) casino Royale
3) Goldeneye
4) From Russia With Love
5) The Spy who Loved me
6) Live and Let Die
7) Liscence to Kill
8) Quantum of Solace
9) Diamonds are Forever
10) View to a Kill
11) Man with the Golden Gun
12) On her Majesty's Secret Service
13) Dr. No
14) For your eyes only
15) Tomorrow Never Dies
16) Die Another Day
17) The Living Daylights
18) Thunderball
19)Moon Raker
20) You only live Twice
21) The World is not Enough
22) Octopvssy

What's the worst prank that you've pulled on somebody in the office.

A question about Skyrim I hope you can answer (it's not about unveiling gameplay/features/etc, and it's more to help me decide how and where will I buy it).

I don't know about the other translations, but the Spanish one for Oblivion was pretty..... (how would I say it?) ...BAD (to the point that http://academia.clandlan.net/index.php?page=academia/view&id=95, fixing hundreds of translation mistakes) Will Skyrim take a little more care for all of us non-english speakers out there?

Any advice for a computer science major looking eventually to get a job in the industry?

What is your favorite TES race?

I prefer the Altmer myself.

Just two questions:

AD&Dv2 or Rolemaster ?
Daggerfall or Oblivion ?

I endorse this question.

Have you played a Gothic game?
What do you like/dislike about them?

I'd like to know (from the sound guy if possible) what software he's using for creating the sounds of skyrim.

And do you have like a pattern you follow while mixing the voices of everything, like a preset eq and compressor etc. where you always start with each voice or do you always do everything from scratch?

Which effects/tools do you use when you mix simple voices?

How do you pitch down the dragon voices so much (I suppose they dont have leprechaun voices) without making them sound low-quality?

and finally- What effects+tools do you use while mixing dragon voices.


I found the sound parts of the GI interviews very interesting. I'd like to join you there at bethesda and become your trainee/intern/"Practical Occupational Experience" in the sound-parts. That's probably impossible I guess, but still, it would be cool. I'm currently studying at an audio engineering (mixing, recording etc.) school and it would be fun to join up to get some experience etc.


Appreciate answers and I hope that the sound dude is on the forums

Thanks.

The feeling i had when playing oblivion for the first time was pure epicness, but when i began my second playthrough i began the things that could've been done better. Combat didn't have enough variation in it, faces weren't drawn realistic enough, shops didn't stock up on better items you could save up for when you leveled your character. I could think of a lot more of these things, but these were the main ones that kind've annoyed me . (It's still my number 1 game though)

I just think it's weird how developers such as yourselves don't seem to notice these things while you're constantly working with the game. It often seems like the developers don't play their own games so they don't really notice some of the crucial things that could've been done so much better with their game (*cough* combat *cough*).

Could you perhaps explain to me how this is possible? I'm sure it's got something to do with the tight schedule you have to create the game in or with the limited technology available at that time.


And perhaps a more random question now: do youguys at BGS ever have any problems with youngsters knocking on your door begging for a tour around the game studios hoping to meet their gods? If yes, has this ever worked for anyone? If yes, brt.

Enough talk, i'll let you get back to programming the life we'll live in a few months.

Thanks in advance for answering my questions!

If it's anything like Fallout 3's release party, it'll be...well, pretty epic. Much debauchery was had. We all had trouble meeting any of our co-worker's eyes for a week or so after that one...



1. I have no clue. Well, I guess it depends. For any of our creatures, it starts in Todd's / a concept artists head, goes to a character artist, then to an animator, then to a level designer to place it in the world. Some designer is responsible for its AI. Programmers pop in and out as needed to fix bugs with the creature. So, in short, a lot of people. Was there a particular feature of the Cliff Racers about which you were curious?
2. Mass Effect. I just can't get into DA. It's not a bad game. I just...it just doesn't mesh with me.
3. As long as the game's fun, I don't care either way.
4. Halo, although I haven't played much of either.
5. New Vegas, just because I was able to actually approach it with fresh eyes.



A little from column A, a little from column B.


This man has the right of it. From what I've observed, the office is pretty vociferously pro-Steelers. If there are any Packers fans, they've (wisely) opted to wear their jerseys underneath their clothes.



I have a similar thing: I need a pen nearby that I can chew on. It's always in my pocket, and when I misplace it, I waste minutes looking for it before I can start coding again. I'm nomming it right now!



- "Ow."
- "Apple juice"
- Just this one.



I usually create myself as a Breton Conjuration wizard. Just cast my highest Summon spell and sit back and chillax while enemies die.



I stole the lead programmer's chair. It was an accident, and I eventually gave it back, but still: not the best way to start my first week at my new job.

:lmao: "Problem, boss?"




What's your favorite pre-1997 computer/video game?

Since the Mass Effect vs Draogn Age question was answered now we have to know:

Favorite over all squad mates; Mass Effect 1 or Mass Effect 2? And who is your favorite squad mate? (Mine would be Mass Effect 1. And Garrus)