Micheal Kirkbride

Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:54 pm

http://crimegorilla.4t.com/images/_accordian.jpg

There we go!

Redguard is also largely his work.

Woops, that was poorly phrased on my part. I didn't mean to imply that he started at Bethesda with Morrowind, but that he was Morrowind's original lead designer (or some similar position).

Something I'm interested in: What do you guys mean when you say "he left" and he is a "freelancer"? Did they fire him, but then realized that his work has become too fundamental for the series that they hired him again?

Quiet a few former Bethesda devs have done freelance work for them: Tedders, MK, and Mark Jones come immediately to my mind. Sometimes people go freelance because they want the flexibility, sometimes they move away or otherwise leave but would still like to contributing.

Is he such a troublemaker that they couldn't stand having him in their office? :lol:

You don't have to visit to e-mail work in :)

His drawings were used for as a base for textures of Tribunal Temple iconography. The two Velothi frescoes and the http://www.imperial-library.info/gallery/mw_TAoM_p24.jpg or http://www.imperial-library.info/gallery/mw_TAoM_p23.jpg on the Temple shrines are his (I'm pretty sure).
And if you haven't played Morrowind, you can look at http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=21345.

That's right, I'm a bit muddled at the moment.

There was also a former Bethesda developer that contributed some character work (like the ring mail cuirass) for Morrowind but I can't remember who that was. It wasn't Mark though, he did critters.

That makes me feel all warm inside.

That would be funnier if Tedders said it, then I could dredge up his compsognathus story for the two millionth time. :goodjob:
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Emily Graham
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 9:16 am

http://crimegorilla.4t.com/images/_accordian.jpg

To paraphrase, God himself made that jacket.
http://crimegorilla.4t.com/cgi-bin/i/images/lo_fi_cowboy.jpg http://crimegorilla.4t.com/cgi-bin/i/images/cowboy_copy.jpg
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 8:37 am

Nah, I get a "direct linking is forbidden" message.

Stop Google Image searching for Todd, you creeper you!

Oh. OK then. :evil:

Cowboy hats are intrinsically good. People should wear them more often.
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Post » Mon May 16, 2011 11:58 pm

Right-click on the link. Select "copy address". Paste it in the address bar. If you just follow the link, the server detects that you're looking at this picture from somewhere else and gives you this message. If you go directly to the address without following a link it doesn't.
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Bonnie Clyde
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 2:05 pm

Ah, cheers.

Nice jacket ;)
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Eileen Müller
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 6:41 am

Thanks for the answers! Because whenever I heard the words "freelance" and "left Bethesda", it sounded as if he was still interested in the world he partly created, but didn't have any influence on it anymore, apart from occasionally releasing non-official texts (kind of dev-fic :huh: ).
Now it sounds like he's still having influence, which is very nice. :)

(...feels really weird to talk about someone when you know he's reading the thread as well. but meh.)
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 8:30 am

apart from occasionally releasing non-official texts (kind of dev-fic :huh: )


As I've said countless times before, I'm still waiting for an "unofficial" Cyrus the Restless novella of some kind. That would be sooooo kickass.
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Zach Hunter
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 8:35 am

I'm waiting for Eye of Argonia.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 4:21 am

(...feels really weird to talk about someone when you know he's reading the thread as well. but meh.)


'sokay. If he minded it he'd probably let ya' know. I usually take silence as a form of approval when it comes to these kind of situations. :P
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 1:30 am

I'm waiting for the MK Omnibus which contains the Cyrus novella, the Eye of Argonia and The Mountain Fart Contest: A Drama in Three Acts. It will also contain a bonus CD of his EP, "Morgan Freeman (is Nova Serious)."
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 2:08 pm

I'm waiting for Eye of Argonia.


PayPal me and it's done.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 2:36 pm

What about me? I'll even throw in some chocolate-covered raisins...
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:20 am

I'm waiting for the MK Omnibus which contains the Cyrus novella, the Eye of Argonia and The Mountain Fart Contest: A Drama in Three Acts. It will also contain a bonus CD of his EP, "Morgan Freeman (is Nova Serious)."


Oh snap, I'm so Guinessed I can barely remember that Freeman reference. Help.

It was, in fact, a foreshadowing of Obama. Yes, we can.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 10:23 am

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?s=&showtopic=695997&view=findpost&p=10029723

MK has good taste in stouts, then.

I hope he will have a merry Christmas, though it's early yet to say that.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 8:49 am

PayPal me and it's done.


how much?
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 1:21 am

Just pay pal what you can afford Sironj and add a (modest) barrel of Christmas Guinness by return post on delivery :) then he can start a Stout Cellar
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 2:03 am

Thanks to this thread, I've figured it out. Nirn is that never-quite ending area in the middle of a Black-And-Tan. The Fifth Black-And-Tan, on a round table with seven other drinks, a tall bowl of popcorn in the center. TO THE PUB! MK, this one's on me.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:00 am

Thanks to this thread, I've figured it out. Nirn is that never-quite ending area in the middle of a Black-And-Tan. The Fifth Black-And-Tan, on a round table with seven other drinks, a tall bowl of popcorn in the center. TO THE PUB! MK, this one's on me.


Heh - our roleplaying club used to meet in a pub cellar - made for a heady ambience :D
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 9:14 am

PayPal me and it's done.


I'm sure what I'd want you to write is as much in my league as a paid date with an actor from that other media entertainment industry that advlts like.


Besides, wouldn't Bethesda frown on its artists expanding its intellectual property outside of their company?
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 2:09 am

Somebody pay the man.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 9:30 am

Hey, if we can pay for people's time like that, do I have to include Todd's flight-money or will he cover that? ;)

Why does MK get his own thread anyway? Why don't I get my own thread? I have much better hair. :P

Though I did lose my cowboy hat. :(
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 3:40 am

Why does MK get his own thread anyway? Why don't I get my own thread? I have much better hair.


Did you write any Lore?
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 3:22 pm

Did you write any Lore?

Can you read :P s?
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:21 am

Hey, if we can pay for people's time like that, do I have to include Todd's flight-money or will he cover that? ;)

Why does MK get his own thread anyway? Why don't I get my own thread? I have much better hair. :P

Though I did lose my cowboy hat. :(


:o - you got your own thread, and you closed it and banned yourself for spam - what next?
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 6:01 am

Last time I do something nice for anyone :P
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