Any recent Todd Howard interview? : V

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:50 pm

Has anyone seen any post-Skyrim interview with Todd Howard? I would like to read some of his newest thoughts on Skyrim and the TES series now that Skyrim is done and he can speak freely with no "we can't talk about that yet", etc. I've read dozens of reviews, hundreds of user impressions and watched countless youtube Skyrim videos, but I'd also like to know what Todd himself thinks about how the game turned out, and I don't mean sales figures and market success, I mean discussing the game core and content from a developer's perspective, some sort of "before and after" impressions.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:39 pm

None that I know of, but I'd like to read a fresh interview. The man is probably still working on Skyrim, though.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:48 pm

Funny how we saw him all over the place when they were promoting the game. Now he's in hiding I suppose.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:47 pm

Funny how we saw him all over the place when they were promoting the game. Now he's in hiding I suppose.

Lol, this. I have no doubt he is avoiding all the pitchforks and torches.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:53 pm

Seen any elves? Hahaha

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:04 pm

I'm sure he's busy working on Skryim DLC. There's plenty more to come for us...this is only the beginning. With the DLC and the mods...this could go on for years.

Seriously, I'd like a new interview too and maybe he'll do one around the time he's the keynote speaker for DICE 2012. http://www.bethblog.com/2012/01/10/todd-howard-announced-as-keynote-speaker-for-dice-2012/

:tes:

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:30 pm

Yeah, because he's not busy with patching Skyrim and planning the expansions. The interview thing is usually initiated by the magazines and websites, it's not the dev who asks permission to speak to the crowd. He could post here in the forums anytime anyway, like he posted in the fan Q&A.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:27 pm

I bet he escaped with his bag full of our money, never to be seen again...

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:39 pm

I guess the journalists would ask him soft 'yesman' generic questions, while the fans would assault his ass with vitriol reproaches. The only way we could find freeform Howard insights about Skyrim is if he had a blog.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:03 pm

hes a cool guy

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:29 pm

Has anyone seen any post-Skyrim interview with Todd Howard? I would like to read some of his newest thoughts on Skyrim and the TES series now that Skyrim is done and he can speak freely with no "we can't talk about that yet", etc. I've read dozens of reviews, hundreds of user impressions and watched countless youtube Skyrim videos, but I'd also like to know what Todd himself thinks about how the game turned out, and I don't mean sales figures and market success, I mean discussing the game core and content from a developer's perspective, some sort of "before and after" impressions.

I think there is no 'before and after' for Todd, he didn't have to wait 11.11.11 to play the game like us, he's been playing the damn thing for years so his opinions about the game are probably the same we already know from E3, PAX, ect.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:39 am

I guess the journalists would ask him soft 'yesman' generic questions, while the fans would assault his ass with vitriol reproaches. The only way we could find freeform Howard insights about Skyrim is if he had a blog.

Even if Bethesda is not a public company, they're part of a bigger media company and everything said by them is equally filtered.

What I like about many east- Europe developers is that they're mostly still small startups. They remind me of a more epic and pioneer driven gaming industry in which developers put their face and where not afraid to speak out of their mind.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:45 pm

I guess the journalists would ask him soft 'yesman' generic questions, while the fans would assault his ass with vitriol reproaches. The only way we could find freeform Howard insights about Skyrim is if he had a blog.

Before the internet came, magazines were THE only way to promote a game. Nowadays the gun rests in the hand of gaming studios. They don't need magazines to promote anything. Paper publications and commercial gaming sites are kept alive as subdued pets of the gaming industry to generate hype.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:57 pm

If I were Todd I'd use these forums to share some thoughts with my fans once in a while, honestly. Why give the gold to the press when you can favor your own community.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:20 am

he goes into hiding when a new game of his comes out

hes smart if you ask me there are a lot of people who like to complain and he doesn't have time for them

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:53 am

Why would he be busy patching the game and developing DLC when he is the head of PR at gamesas..?

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:27 pm

Why would he be busy patching the game and developing DLC when he is the head of PR at gamesas..?

even the head of the company works on the pet project my friend especially in the game design industry

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:46 pm

I'm sure he's busy working on Skryim DLC.

Yep, and reciting his carefully prepared interviews on the each of the DLC's "Micro" and "Macro" details in the bathroom mirror.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:24 pm

Yep, and reciting his carefully prepared interviews on the each of the DLC's "Micro" and "Macro" details in the bathroom mirror.

''You can sabotage the economy in the new performance broken DLC''

Really Todd...Really? :blink:

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:48 am

Funny how we saw him all over the place when they were promoting the game. Now he's in hiding I suppose.

It really is quite strange how he was all over the place when Bethesda were marketing a new release and isn't all over the place after that release is out and their big markewting campaign is over. It's also curious why the games industry isn't queuing up to interview a man about a game that came out in November. I bet something really weird will happen like he'll reappear when Bethesda launch their marketing push for the first DLC.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:26 pm

So now people unhappy with the game are going to go after the man instead of the game? Running out of things to bash as they are patched, are you? I love the game and the game design. If you don't, you need to find another game...please find another game that you like.

You just keep going on, Todd, you're doing great and most people see it. :tes:

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:32 pm

So now people unhappy with the game are going to go after the man instead of the game? Running out of things to bash as they are patched, are you? I love the game and the game design. If you don't, you need to find another game...please find another game that you like.

You just keep going on, Todd, you're doing great and most people see it. :tes:

I don't see the game coming up with any answers to our questions smart guy and Todd does, he's like the face of Bethesda.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:33 am

So now people unhappy with the game are going to go after the man instead of the game? Running out of things to bash as they are patched, are you? I love the game and the game design. If you don't, you need to find another game...please find another game that you like.

You just keep going on, Todd, you're doing great and most people see it. :tes:

Indeed!