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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

WorstUsernameEver
October 7, 2016

Emil Pagliarulo STORY Conference Keynote Speech

In case you’re interested in knowing how the developers at Bethesda craft the stories for their own games, you’ll want to watch this video. Emil Pagliarulo, who worked as lead writer/design director at the company since Fallout 3 (with an…

BuckGB
August 8, 2016

The History of The Elder Scrolls Video

In anticipation of an inevitable sixth installment, GameSpot has taken a twenty-minute look at the core set of five entries in Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series, their humble beginnings, their high and low points, and much more. Interestingly, they call…

BuckGB
April 22, 2016

The Evolution of Stealth Games

Gameranx has put together a 12-minute video covering “the evolution of stealth games”, and while that means that it includes quite a few non-RPG titles, they’ve reserved a few well-deserved spots for the Deus Ex series, the Thief series, and…

WorstUsernameEver
April 20, 2016

The History of the Quest Compass & its Dreadful Convenience

Opinions are divided on quest compasses, with some seeing them as a useful convenience for players that want to get to the actual meat of the game and others seeing them as yet another sign of the dumbing down of…

BuckGB
April 1, 2016

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Retrospective Review (April Fools)

The folks at RPG Codex have put together a retrospective review of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, in which they primarily analyze the “streamlining” of its mechanics in comparison to earlier entries, as well as the strengths and weaknesses…

BuckGB
March 26, 2016

The Elder Scrolls: A Romance

The editors over at IG Critic recount “the romance” that we’ve had with Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series since it debuted in 1994, from the initial impressions that Arena left us with to the awe-inspiring, dragon-battling moments of Skyrim. The article…

BuckGB
March 22, 2016

The History of The Elder Scrolls Series

The editors at The Armchair Empire Infinite have penned a history of The Elder Scrolls series, taking us through the franchise’s humble beginnings with Arena, its two RPG-lite side projects, and the remainder of its installments until its latest entry,…

WorstUsernameEver
March 20, 2016

Todd Howard on Building Open Worlds that Reward Curiosity

Gamasutra has published a brief article-style interview with Bethesda Game Studios game director Todd Howard that covers the principles Howard and his team use when developing their open-world titles. Most of these principles are pretty obvious to anyone who’s played their…

WorstUsernameEver
March 10, 2016

Todd Howard on Lifetime Achievement Award, Bethesda’s Projects, Turning Down Movie Deals

The folks at GamesIndustry have published a long chat with Bethesda game director Todd Howard that spans a number of subjects, from the Lifetime Achievement award he’s going to receive at GDC, to Bethesda and Howard’s future projects and aspirations.…

WorstUsernameEver
February 19, 2016

Bethesda Has Three Big Projects in Development Concurrently

During his conversation with comedian Pete Holmes at this year’s DICE, Todd Howard revealed that the team at Bethesda Game Studios is currently working on three “longer-term projects” that will be “in many ways” different from anything the studio has…