16 minute interview between Todd Howard and Notch (Minecraft : V - Skyrim

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:13 am

That was... awesome.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:01 pm

Just finished watching(was coming here to see if someone posted the link) interesting. Todd seems to really want to get mods on the consoles.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:46 pm

Wow, thanks for that. It was a little awkward at times, but it was great to see them discuss random stuff.

We even managed to learn that dragons will show up even if you don't pursue the main quest.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:21 pm

Lmao, recreate Skyrim in minecraft

I was just thinking about this 1 hour ago! How about we all get a server and craft a minecraft skyrim?

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:28 pm

Yeah, that's what I thought. The way they were talking seemed rather scripted. :whistling:

Not that I'm saying you're wrong, but Todd ALWAYS sounds scripted.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:55 pm

That was pretty interesting.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:10 am

I was just thinking about this 1 hour ago! How about we all get a server and craft a minecraft skyrim?

Don't you need to play Skyrim first?

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:07 pm

I was just thinking about this 1 hour ago! How about we all get a server and craft a minecraft skyrim?

Some time ago, inspired by Skyrim, I made a mead hall in Minecraft.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:41 pm

Don't you need to play Skyrim first?

Well, i saw a 6~10 minutes preview from g4tv. That's enough.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:11 pm

I'm suddenly in the mood to play through RDR again after hearing them talk about it. ^_^

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:48 pm

Wow, thanks for that. It was a little awkward at times, but it was great to see them discuss random stuff.

We even managed to learn that dragons will show up even if you don't pursue the main quest.

True. I somehow actually enjoyed watching some of that teenage-on-a-first-date-like awckwardness.

Like dragons in Skyrim:
Not scripted, except for them showing up.

:D

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:01 pm

When Notch said "Microsoft want everything to have kinnect" the look on todds face when he says "I am aware of that" seems to me that he had to fight to not have it implemented. Or maybe I'm just looking into things a bit too much.

Nope, I got that too.

Whenever I see MS or Sony say something like "Developer X put this Xbox/PS3-exclusive feature in their game!" I interpret it as "Developer X put this Xbox/PS3-exclusive in their game because we threatened to pull their licence if they didn't."

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:49 pm

It was also nice to see how committed Todd is to not having any future games end after the main quest is completed.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:41 pm

When Notch said "Microsoft want everything to have kinnect" the look on todds face when he says "I am aware of that" seems to me that he had to fight to not have it implemented. Or maybe I'm just looking into things a bit too much.

I have no doubt that Microsoft has contacted Bethesda at some point to persuade them to use Kinect for Skyrim.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:23 pm

Lol i never noticed the awkwardness, maybe a little but you could see they enjoyed each others company, heck if i was head of a big project i too would be a little nervous that maybe i talk about a feature or something that i should not talk about yet, this is one of the best gaming related interviews i have seen in quite a while, going to have to keep a lot more of an eye on game informer if they keep coming up with interesting stuff like this :tops:

» Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:19 am

Didn't seem awkward to me; after the first minute or two they seemed to relax. It was just like watching two people (who didn't know each other previously) talking about games. Two awesome people.

I like the hat, Notch.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:20 pm

When Notch said "Microsoft want everything to have kinnect" the look on todds face when he says "I am aware of that" seems to me that he had to fight to not have it implemented. Or maybe I'm just looking into things a bit too much.

This is pretty much what I thought. I hope Todd sticks to his guns and doesn't support this gimmick. It just gives me the impression that the Kinect is not doing well for itself.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:53 am

Lol i never noticed the awkwardness, maybe a little but you could see they enjoyed each others company, heck if i was head of a big project i too would be a little nervous that maybe i talk about a feature or something that i should not talk about yet, this is one of the best gaming related interviews i have seen in quite a while, going to have to keep a lot more of an eye on game informer if they keep coming up with interesting stuff like this :tops:

Gameinformer is so much better than, say, IGN it hurts.
Their feature on Skyrim remains the best, imo.

Good job, GI!

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:12 pm

This is pretty much what I thought. I hope Todd sticks to his guns and doesn't support this gimmick. It just gives me the impression that the Kinect is not doing well for itself.

I agree, i personally have yet to see a single game for kinnect that i would want to play.

» Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:11 am

the best part was when todd admitted that the PC version was the superior version. he also talked glowlingly about mods which confirms my suspicions about whether or not he plays oblivion/morrowind on PC or console. notice when he talks about xbox that he says its his platform of choice but never specifies a game. i bet he has over 100 mods on his games.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:56 pm

Gameinformer is so much better than, say, IGN it hurts.
Their feature on Skyrim remains the best, imo.

Good job, GI!

Indeed.

Proves that Game Informer got some sense. Their articles for the Skyrim hub were also really great.

So far, it's the only game journalist/magazine company that has my trust and support :thumbsup:

» Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:47 am

I have no doubt that Microsoft has contacted Bethesda at some point to persuade them to use Kinect for Skyrim.

No doubt about that but my point was that it seemed to me that todd had a "believe me I know" look to his face they had really pushed to get kinnect in skyrim. I'm probably wrong but who knows. I just hope he sticks to his guns as a previous poster has said.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:51 pm

That explains everything.

Notch is an Android guy.

Todd is an iPhone (who (or Apple, anyways), interestingly, just made a massive settlement with Nokia) guy.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:47 pm

No doubt about that but my point was that it seemed to me that todd had a "believe me I know" look to his face they had really pushed to get kinnect in skyrim. I'm probably wrong but who knows. I just hope he sticks to his guns as a previous poster has said.

The more I think about it the more I think Bioware didn't want Kinect in ME3. Using Kinect for just voice recognition is stupid anyway, you can always use the mic, you could do that in Guitar Hero so why dump Kinect on there.

» Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:43 pm

Indeed.

Proves that Game Informer got some sense. Their articles for the Skyrim hub were also really great.

IMO the best Skyrim feature to date was the mysterious translation puzzle

they went out on a limb to do that