Tour Skyrim's Bethesda Game Studios With Todd Howard

Bethesda Studio's game director Todd Howard leads Game Informer on a full tour of their studio and offers a few glimpses behind the scenes of Skyrim. Be sure to check out more behind the scenes videos at gameinformer.com/skyrim

[@memesredacted]

im surprised that the trees in the basement aren't clipping through the walls

[@cloroxbleach2424]

In one of their other offices they have a bush that clips through a wall no joke

[@chriskeaten1126]

Lmao

[@bensmith5218]

MemesAreCancer mean

[@tomfoolthegreat]

Ben Smith awww... you butthurt? :(

[@naitsirkgaming7902]

MemesAreCancer they could be fake, realistic trees

[@gracie-C3]

“Here’s our light switch, it just works”

[@coffeemakerbottomcracked]

It just fucking works

[@eurhdjdkfjfud5817]

Where is your power armor

[@dungeonmaster7974]

In a garage collecting dust

[@maxk-s4334]

Plot twist: Todd just switches it on and it doesn't work.

[@gracie-C3]

It’s not a bug it’s a feature

[@dropdedd]

5:11 todd must sit above everyone via ladder during team meetings

[@hodarov1564]

The jarl, Todd Howard must sit above the lowly peasants.

[@titanxsayed7498]

No Yes Lol

[@gptechnologiesmangalore6909]

@@Steamed yea but he lost that godlike power after fallout 76 Morrowind : rise of todd Oblivion demigod like todd Skyrim : godd howard Fallout 4 : beginning to lose power Creation club : THE MASSIVE LOSE OF POWER OF TODD The abomination 76: thats it you lost your divine power todd

[@Half-Vampire]

@@gptechnologiesmangalore6909 He is still my Godd Howard, you Thalmor can't take him away from me!

[@hammerite6418]

GP Technologies Mangalore damn faithless imperials

[@binemisko]

4:30 yoo he does the same "hand on hip" movement same as the NPCs

[@ilomilo5133]

Oh my god your right

[@Finneagan]

Life imitates art

[@user-if5bi3cn9m]

Radiant AI in life.

[@_LucasRP]

I don't think so

[@mowmou1406]

yo thats true

[@geert574]

1:27 the PC used to make Fallout 76

[@ZacharyBletscher]

Dead XD

[@matheus09685]

lol

[@carljohnson4996]

I dont even need to skip back to it I already know which compooper you were talking about

[@splintergectornathan9045]

Very funny

[@cryptoc7386]

Why are tissues right next to that pc... I dont think they use it only for games

[@TheCulturalBomb]

How did a young guy walking past the Bethesda studios, join the company after being rejected multiple times and within a few years become essentially the head guy at Bethesda Game Studios?

[@hqrmony5051]

+TheCulturalBomb, He's god

[@geofframsey5721]

+TheCulturalBomb One does not simply deny a Godd.

[@OvUK]

+TheCulturalBomb Charisma, charm and good ideas. And mind-control, lots of mind-control.

[@KoeSeer]

+TheCulturalBomb he rolled with 9 CHA, 9 LUCK, 9 INT

[@TheIceTurtleGod]

+KoeSeer Be real, he rolled 10 everything... without the bobbleheads :O

[@adambinnie3762]

Tod Howard is the Michael Scott of Bethesda. I honestly was waiting for him to awkwardly join in on the kickboxing with bereft looks from the employee's.

[@assassinaria]

Todd sounds like his voice would sound like Michael Scott's if he yelled.

[@P.Whitestrake]

I mean he had his "The Office interview moment" when he talked about the chess club.

[@ph-vf5hx]

@@P.Whitestrake 'now who's laughing!'.....erm, probably still all those jocks

[@onelusciouslad7841]

@@ph-vf5hx I doubt it, this dude's minted, I doubt those jocks are.

[@matthewspindler14]

This comment is gold.

[@andresalizaga1]

Todd: Fighting is part of the interview New recruit: ok, let's do this Todd: Never should have come here! *Pulls out Daedric Warhammer

[@hazardeur]

After the kill, he'll utter some thing like "I think there's a killer about" or my personal favorite: "Must have been the wind" Love these games.

[@amatanata]

Why could I not only see this happening but the new recruit going to sneak and Todd just starts laughing going “must’ve been the wind haha! Welcome to the team”.

[@andrefilipe9080]

Laughed like an idiot reading this.

[@Rebelzize]

I want to live here...

[@majik5194]

Hey! Rebelzize!

[@Rebelzize]

Ello :)

[@hqrmony5051]

+Rebelzize, Yeah... i would love to live there or... make a camp outside of the building

[@brett7y7]

+Rebelzize you wanna live on youtube? me too. I wanna be an electron when I grow up.

[@fierywolverine5044]

+Krazy been there done that. Got a restraining order to prove it.

[@lordanjucero]

I love how at 1:28 it crashes when Todd is trying to use it.

[@drago5819]

Oh, I didn’t even notice that

[@KoffiHi]

Sometimes it doesn't just work.

[@carl9022]

Fitting

[@xDrikenx]

LMFAO

[@konkie3657]

It just works.

[@SasukeFromPart1]

*Walks in through the door* "NEED SOMETHING?"

[@tjstrong3607]

Visitor walks into the Kitchen,,, sarcastic employee,, "Let me guess....."

[@jetvellareno382]

There should be a statue at the door of an oblivion npc just saying need something

[@toddhoward5824]

Oh yes, that phrase was an idea of mine. Still catchy.

[@TheCrowncard]

"Huh?"

[@Elias___]

"What might you need hmmm?"

[@PKPK-rr3rs]

I remember when Skyrim first came out, I pretended to be sick so I could skip school and play it. Here I am now, almost a decade later and I still play it.

[@matin793]

It's 2022 and i still playing fallout 3 and skyrim

[@nonegone7170]

That's a long time to pretend to be sick.

[@PinkRival-xt4em]

Skyrim is time less in 2023 its still better then most games

[@Mellovici]

​@@nonegone7170hahaha

[@RecapNerd]

with heavy mods and it's good!

[@MattW05]

Working at Bethesda has to be one of the coolest jobs you could get

[@qwertypaa]

Matt nope, zenimax will messing your work

[@DomsBlading]

Matt Coolest job, but also gotta definitely work hard in it, and like Todd said, you gotta earn your position. It looks so fun, but if you don't have kickass work and drive with the team, you'll probably be let off pretty early, as goes with a lot of other game studios out there.

[@funtourhawk]

Matt Working here or at Naughty Dog would be my dream job

[@emiric101]

funtourhawk do you have any experience with graphic design or programming?

[@hannaye6996]

Matt I was just thinking about that

[@jedifan65]

"I saw Indiana Jones and the Crystal skull.....I don't plan on seeing it again"-Todd howard

[@strategicinsomniac5607]

2:04 They were clearly designing Skyrim on that white board!! That's so awesome. Seeing some of the brainstorming for one of the greatest games ever made. So awesome.

[@yourladbrennen3130]

I don't care what he's done, Todd just seems like a really nice person to talk to

[@DTheAustralian]

I mean he just helmed some bad games, right? Stuff like Fallout 76 is unfortunate, but not damning for Todd as a person.

[@yourladbrennen3130]

​@@DTheAustralian Most people dislike him because he constantly makes big, grandiose statements that either don't meet the expectations in practice or are just out right lies. Then there's the fact he literally invented Microtransactions for Videogames, sending the industry on a downward spiral to what it is today

[@trissmerigold7722]

@@DTheAustralian apart from 76 which wasn't even his which games were bad exactly?

[@CommanderZavala]

@@yourladbrennen3130 How exactly is Todd responsible for microtransactions??

[@jimshmee]

@@CommanderZavala If I remember correctly, oblivion was on of the first games to use microtransactions in the way of charging like 2.99 for a horse. Not sure if that's fully correct.

[@molecularnut6122]

The title is Skyrim, the backsound is Oblivion, interesting.

[@bonkstimus]

Skyrim was lacking In the music department

[@mikaelmyers6135]

Peri Od WHATDUYUMEEEEAAAN Skyrim’s music was IMMACULATE

[@SgtZaqq]

The video is from June 2011, Skyrim was only released half a year later. They only had so much music from Skyrim to use it here.

[@Finneagan]

Skyrim hadn't been released yet lol

[@cringeman4199]

I miss oblivion

[@noni4315]

I wanna live there.

[@vidal1885]

I do live in Rockville

[@koolaidsmile619]

+Chelsea Volkina Wish i was one of those producers.

[@PXLDUST1997]

+UltimateGAYming But why

[@PXLDUST1997]

+UltimateGAYming But why

[@PXLDUST1997]

+UltimateGAYming But why

[@josephseed6098]

This was actually really cool, now I think differently of Todd Howard. He takes care of his employees and overall they do a lot of work so I have more respect.

[@HeiroftheAbyss]

You don’t know tho. It’s just a 5 minutes video from.. 9 years ago lol, pretty sure it’s not this accurate

[@josephseed6098]

Silfur Stormur Doesn’t mean it has changed, you don’t know and this video pretty much sums up of how cool he is. Just because he has released some bad titles doesn’t mean he doesn’t take care of his employees.

[@NerdStuffing]

@@josephseed6098 it's also not really his fault they're releasing bad games either. I've typed this rant like 10 times already so I wont do it again but basically hes just a puppet and a salesman for zenimax. Also he had like 0 say in fallout 76 as his team wasnt the ones who developed it.

[@nyquilp]

@@NerdStuffing yeah looking back at it it seems like it was just made to shut the investors up while bgs is on starfield

[@KalashVodka175]

@@NerdStuffing Yeah todd is basically a convenient scapegoat He get praise when zenimax or bethesda does good but more often than not he’s the one who gets blamed for all the failure

[@blub2121]

Todd seems so happy and chill there, it's cute. Man, the hours I sank into their games (Morrowind and Oblivion)...

[@assassinaria]

Spent the entirety of Winter 2011 playing Skyrim while hyping GTA 5. If only I knew ES 5 would be better than GTA 5...

[@BrxIghtside]

Seems like a super chill creative studio right amount of staff

[@sammycw2000]

See that building? You can climb it.

[@boffifis1]

CHIN CHIN See that Deathclaw? you can FUC* it

[@boffifis1]

***** Im P*or and ca*t afford all the letter* ;(

[@xzenecaryan]

CHIN CHIN It just works.

[@boffifis1]

***** T*nk ***

[@cia4U9525]

it. just. works.

[@bdwilson97]

I only live 10 minutes away from this place. I also use to drive by it every single day on the way to school.

[@PotatoBalls09]

take my babies pls

[@thingonometry-1460]

If thats really you, then you're awesome Please make elder scrolls6 soon!

[@thingonometry-1460]

Always Has to Be Right Duck Y-you too #MEGAREKT

[@bdwilson97]

Hey now everyone, Fallout 4 comes out tomorrow!!!

[@bigfella2175]

Todd Howard I already have it bitch.

[@Leikjarinn]

We need a NEW tour

[@aspero_yt411]

Hope we get one when ES6 releases

[@martymcfly1312]

@@aspero_yt411good luck ES6 is gonna take a while.

[@TreeckoBro]

This is like watching Anakin before he became Darth Vader.

[@mr.someone5679]

I mean it not his fault. Hes just a puppet.

[@UlyssesM]

​@@mr.someone5679They are his ganes

[@ShirleyCurryTheOlderGamer]

This was so great! I would love to come and walk through there! Maybe get to talk to some of the designers!! That would be so interesting. I'd even like to make a little video of it and put on my channel...me talking to you guys! Would be so great!!

[@dixienormous3276]

Shirley Curry and to think that two weeks ago when you commented this that no one was even expecting Fallout 76

[@aidanmccarthy5353]

Shirley Curry I love your videos. I hope that they see your comment.

[@ShirleyCurryTheOlderGamer]

Well, yeah, but I'd really be happy if they cared enough to invite me!! Wouldn't that be great?!

[@barrelpewdiepiesoldbestfri4826]

Heyyyyy

[@derekreiber1473]

Holy shit I found you

[@Deltarii]

3:02 It’s a happy little Bob Ross.

[@finngray1476]

Jack k it's the face of Bob ross

[@chillionionpeas6429]

Finn Gray R/wooosh

[@skylax356]

@@chillionionpeas6429 *r/woooosh

[@femmemachete]

Silence. If you're going to say that, go to Reddit. This is KZbin. Thank you.

[@mc_hotboi4958]

Listening to Todd Howard talk about their games or Bethesda and the team in general is so fun. He’s unbelievably passionate about all that stuff. I can’t wait for starfield man

[@eshoosca]

You playing it now?

[@merksmovies25]

@@eshooscayes and im having a blast playing it! Bgs always comes through on the single player rpgs

[@eshoosca]

@@merksmovies25 what are you playing it on? I can’t wait to play

[@merksmovies25]

@@eshoosca xbox. And it runs smooth. Ive experienced no frame drops and less than 5 glitches. None of which are gamebreaking… just typical bethesda quirkiness.

[@Lu-ql]

3:52 That guy deserved a raise for making one of the best trailers of all time.

[@samrider1628]

Todd Howard seems like such a nice dude

[@ShahjahanMasood]

+Todd The Toddler Howard haha

[@KingFish02]

Sam Rider Praise Todd

[@ajsingh4545]

He's a nice guy if you forget his lies.

[@josephleviglea8942]

Sam Rider Praise Godd Howard

[@vaultmiku1535]

He gave me $200 worth of loot

[@dommannion8534]

the people who made the sounds and themes for bethesdas games deserves a huge trophy

[@Sivert23]

As for the theme, that is Jeremy Soule

[@ollerydenor]

Well, im pretty sure they did win some awards for the soundtrack

[@meowingmouse7111]

Dom Mannion Everyone deserves a trophy

[@greenjoe4202]

ikr, their sounds are on point.

[@crestfallenknight7983]

Jeremy Soule is a genius

[@ventingshow4995]

4:12 it's been too long since I've seen a good brawl!

[@zonk1580]

I love how he just casually mentions disliking crystal skull.

[@megavolt67]

He kept it real on that one. I wonder though if he would still hold to that opinion in public now that he's collaborating with Lucasfilmgames/Disney on a new Indiana Jones game.

[@idchipoodle3361]

Bethesda seems like the most chill gaming company to work at

[@velocityfilms7253]

treyarch?

[@trevorphillips9349]

Velocity Films treyarch just stealing other people's ideas Beteshda is purely creative

[@OriosBackup]

+Trevor phillips exactly, all they do is the same fps games over and over again

[@OriosBackup]

+Thee3ndIsNear yep lol

[@awildtaser2087]

I think most game studios are like this...

[@TruePayneKiller]

[SPEECH 100] So you guys are almost finished on Elder Scrolls 6 right?

[@neataesthetic3199]

Come back in 10 years

[@afarensis9720]

@@neataesthetic3199 10 years? That's optimistic. I'll be back when I'm on my deathbed, with my children and grandchildren beside me. And I'll die before finishing character customisation

[@neataesthetic3199]

@@afarensis9720 cheers to that

[@rahulsar2030]

@@neataesthetic3199 well 2020 or 2021😂😂😂

[@sensennisya557]

[?] I don't know what are you talking about.

[@leonweall1125]

Skyrim is the best free roam game I’ve ever played. And the most nostalgic.

[@malikai5643]

Skyrim is the greatest game I have ever played

[@bl00dlikewayne]

skyrim is a game i played

[@michasmarzewski3670]

@@malikai5643 so you didn't play anything.

[@malikai5643]

@@michasmarzewski3670 ive played lots

[@zaspy9368]

@@malikai5643 have you played morrowind

[@TroubledTrooper]

"I was watching Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which I don't plan on watching again" Mood.

[@pixelwanderer1962]

"This is some of the concept art we have here..." >Sees Bob Ross *HMMMMMMMMMM*

[@RTr-nw1fj]

They wanted him as one of the greybeards.... because you know... even a whisper could kill you

[@gregga.7546]

@@RTr-nw1fj Beat the devil out of it

[@maternitywardspawncamper5392]

Gregg A. *Beat the daedra out of it

[@mrbatman3008]

He was going to be the secret president of the enclave instead of eden

[@monkehman4323]

Hmmm brother Ross interesting

[@JumpinJackClash]

2:24 My god, it's the Institute.

[@RenzoIsHereYT]

Yeah

[@anthonywright0910]

Wow, haha. That can't be a coincidence.

[@BanditMan105]

holy shit

[@h30polar22]

THATS WHAT I SAID!!!

[@TheParrot1000]

Exactly 😱

[@theGhostSteward]

10 years and still can't get by how amazing todd is with people

[@DeadSpacedOut]

Who wouldn't wanna come here, hug Todd and hear his amazing Dreams & Stories about his ideas about The Elder Scrolls

[@johncruelty1]

and punch him in the crotch for making fallout 76

[@lazytanks4035]

Daaamn, even he is firing shots at the crystal skull

[@MrRandomCheeseGuy]

God bless you.

[@mcjotaplays4115]

wait was the crystal skull bad? i really like it lol

[@mrholdit8478]

Why do they have a picture of Bob Ross along with the Skyrim concept art? Also, lol at Todd Howard bashing Crystal Skull!

[@FriskyTurtlez]

Yeah lol

[@IsaiahINRI]

Cause bob ross

[@TheSincerety]

+Bob “The Werebear” Luigi hahaha, because they're planning to implement him as an endgame boss in a secret future DLC of course ;D

[@js100serch]

+Bob Luigi “The Werebear” I assume the world design was inspired by Bob's paintings... now that I think about it, yes some Skyrim landscapes could have been painted by bob =D

[@Stowbot]

It's how they get their trees to be so happy !

[@SongsFromTheTrenchesMain]

*Ah, the KZbin algorithm unites us once again my brothers.*

[@ziggy1222]

Years later and I'm still coming back to rewatch this. I wonder how many developers still work here and how their overall experience has been over the years

[@SanilJadhav711]

Me: Enters the Jorrvaskr to talk to the leader of the Companions Athis and Njada: 4:23

[@WeirdTroll666]

I killed athis for the boethiah quest

[@johnmanthorpe4640]

My first playthrough I walked in, heard battle music, saw those two fighting, assumed they were bandits and killed them both. No one stopped me or even cared lol.

[@whitewolf2679]

@@WeirdTroll666 well in modded skyrim u can Honeypot a small farmer to do that how abt that.😀

[@supergenius6256]

Will never forget that on my first playthrough.

[@QueenAllTheWay]

Are those two at it again?

[@jsweizston5410]

Their sound director is a genius. I've seen a couple videos on that guy and he has built some of the most memorable sounds personally for me from Skyrim and all of the fallout games.

[@rayhoodoo847]

The person responsible for the dialogues on the other hand...

[@AceTechHD]

dogjoy Was he also the sound director? I thought he was just the composer.

[@rodrikforrester9343]

Jeremy Soule.And composing sounds is harder than making the game itself

[@joshburns493]

Thank it was pretty cool to see your place. I am a 68 year old gamer and I think I play all the old and new games you had on the shelf upstairs. The games have come so far sense the old days of just seeing letters and words on the screen instead of graphics we have today. I was lucky to be one of the testers for ESO before it came out. I play it every day now and love the graphics. Thanks for the tour of your place. Keep up the GREAT WORK Thanks Again.

[@emilymschoener9193]

Hope you’re still gaming!

[@FallenDanish]

"The documentation isn't what matters, it's what is in the game that matters." Oh... oh no, Todd.

[@phoenixtrite5068]

I'm sorry Todd but that is the wrong answer. You are not smarter than a 5th grader

[@PrabhablyAGoodYouTuber]

That's probably why they can't fix bugs, because they don't keep documentation of what they hell they did or are doing so that they can fix it in the future

[@dandin9314]

"Working software over comprehensive documentation" is an Agile principle

[@FallenDanish]

@@dandin9314 True, but when your project is this large in scope, you NEED it. They already take 5+ years minimum for new titles in general, adding another year max just to account for documentation ain’t much.

[@dandin9314]

@@FallenDanish Yes, I guess that is true. Especially when they re-release this game many times

[@sashaxo]

Working at Bethesda would be a dream 😍

[@Stayler17]

Laying down by your side would by a dream.

[@Floorshurt]

loser lol

[@Stayler17]

Nutsack for life Glad you enjoyed my cringe comment.

[@Floorshurt]

don't act that thirsty on KZbin bby

[@Stayler17]

Nutsack for life haha

[@cillrend5764]

Little did they know skyrim would be the second biggest game of 2016

[@virtual212]

cillrend what's number 1

[@corwinblack4072]

Not sure if its good or sad.

[@keubis2132]

Christian Vidal its fallout 4 dummy

[@farmermaggot8743]

Virtual21 Overwatch

[@useyournogos6845]

It's hella good man

[@YoDzOnHalo]

Weird how people hate Todd for port Skyrim a lot but love Nintendo for porting SMB on every console they have

[@jackmayor3574]

It's even more dumb because I highly doubt Todd Howard is the one to make these business decisions. He's just a game director. He works for Bethesda, which is owned by Zenimax.

[@LexLaboratory]

he walks down a hallway diagonally and it just works 2:31

[@Pokenopoly]

"See that mountain? You can climb it!"

[@ProfTuNichts]

You can buy it, for the price of real mountain

[@aruthorcarly]

Almost managed to climb high hrothar...almost

[@gyrozeppeli4862]

@@aruthorcarly horse

[@slycullen7596]

I'm still playing Skyrim

[@JossueND]

Me too

[@mr.purple250]

Same

[@kayaeki]

It's not surprising but 30 years from I don't see myself completing all the side quests xD

[@superretroben259]

Kenyce I recently got it on switch and it’s amazing to take it on car journeys

[@wezale7349]

Same

[@OneTwoMark]

I always liked Todd Howard, its a shame about the 76 mess. I hope he can make a come back in the same way No Man's Sky's Sean Murray did. Although adding MTX to 76 was the opposite of the right direction, however that might have been suits in top of Bethesda decision to try scrape money from a wasted project rather than listening to creative heads to bring the game back. Its all down to Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 now.

[@victorkreig6089]

BGS didn't make 76, literally all they did was have about a dozen senior devs available for consultation and then when the new engine was finished several program leads helped BattleCry studios program the game to said new engine build. 76 was made because literally hundreds of thousands of people have hounded BGS since FO3 came out for a Fallout MMO, so Zenimax went ahead and had one made, hell BLACK ISLE who everyone jerks off for the original games were working on a Fallout MMO. The hate for the game is pathetic and childish just like the people who cry about it all the time

[@porkman1838]

I love how he casually said he disliked Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull lol

[@andyg7747]

Funny that now he's helping Machine Games make the Indiana Jones game.

[@jackmayor3574]

@@andyg7747 honestly that's a good sign, imagine if a fan of Crystal Skull helped make the new Indiana Jones game?

[@porkman1838]

@@fudgepacker2858 tbh the last one was just boring. it didn't have anything as interesting visually as Spielberg. it was okay and extremely forgettable except the end that goes wild af.

[@DFxWoLvEz]

2:03 pause it. Its literally a drawing of the hud.

[@neonsolace2748]

Its the UI

[@Eirikhauge91]

who just want to sit down and have a six hour long conversation whit Todd :P ?

[@ryanjones7961]

I would be like " how much Skooma do you smoke a day?" and how many times a day to you worship daedra??"

[@FunkInMyTrunk]

You drink skooma not smoke it...git gud m8

[@jprec5174]

you can smoke it too. there are skooma pipes.

[@h30polar22]

I would and want to work on the fallout game.

[@dakotafoy1996]

well i would like to ask where he got the idea for fallout because the average person doesn't just wake up one day and say I'm gonna create the best rpg game ever.

[@fenrix155]

Bethesda during quarantine: “you could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me.”

[@Agutsuma_zenitsu]

"Yes I was in the chess club"

[@danuchiha4496]

2:46 Godd Howard showing us his kingdom

[@harryiii3361]

They should put the chef in a future game as an easter egg!

[@joshiwoshi6955]

HarryIII I'm guessing the Gourmet from Skyrim IS the chef

[@harryiii3361]

I Am JTon ah yes I forgot about the gourmet

[@jyggalag9838]

*Have you heard of the Gourmet?*

[@hordlood]

HarryIII Takahashi

[@silat159]

Still surprised he doesnt cook them sweetrolls

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

1:45 They must have started sitting, and everything went down hill from there

[@PatchmakerSounds]

It is been 10 years.Time flies

[@Y2K4Y]

Mad respect for Todd Howard and his teams. This is how you run a positive and fun environment and have employees for a lifetime.

[@matguimond92]

1:55 Duh *skyrim music* _WORD OF POWER LEARNED_ _BUG,GLITCH,CRASH_

[@WeirdTroll666]

I laughed so hard

[@Memehoardercatwoofdogmeow]

Lmao!

[@fezii9043]

I HEARD this comment

[@lorecumi7141]

Fus Ro Duh

[@hodarov1564]

Fall - out - 76, *game crashes and deletes all files on the computer*

[@plprooo]

I remember getting that Oblivion Game Informer when I was like, 14. Just the side by side photos (I think there were comparison photos to something) blew my mind. And the first game with the ray tracing like holy.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

I remember playing Skyrim with my son in 2011. We played none stop for about 4 months. After a few months not playing in the Spring and Summer of 2012 we jumped back in with the DLC. We completed Dragonborn and Dawngard (and messed with Hearthfire) We finished in early 2013. Over 16 months after Skyrim came out. My son was 13 at the time and we couldn't want for the next game He's started High school that Autumn - Since then he's finished high school, been to college - finished a 4 year degree, and bought his own home. But 2013 was also the year I backed Star Citizen - A game that 10 years later is as janky and unfinished as a shed made out of spaghetti So I can wait for the next Elder Scrolls game. I mean at least Bethesda didn't take my money for ES 6 10 years ago

[@anthonyd4678]

Ahhh the Pre Fallout 76 Bethesda...Good times....Good time.

[@yesyes6147]

I would moan eating a phone

[@Toby-xq6ui]

This dev team didn't create fallout 76 they have been working on starfeild

[@KurwaRomek]

Funny thing is it took 30 people to make Morrowind, and 300 to make Fallout 76. What a joke.

[@KurwaRomek]

That's still a valid point

[@KurwaRomek]

TBH I stumbled upon his video by accident and didn't know him prior to seeing his last vid. I had no idea he was the fanboy shill type (I even had to google the other guy you talked about). I probably should have quoted Camelworks, for honesty's sake...

[@calebbritannia6283]

I bet they have a whole cabinet ready for all future skyrim releases

[@swergdach]

You mean, ready for lootboxes for $9.99 and paid mods (with only 25% lump-sum taxes to mod's creator)? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@stagger9660]

@@swergdach maybe

[@victorkreig6089]

@@swergdach there is no loot boxes in BGS games and they're DLC not "paid mods"

[@someguy._.]

I swear, I watch this video once, now its always in my recommendations!

[@macrider007gaming3]

12 years later 👋❤

[@P.Whitestrake]

5:31 So this is where The Gourmet is hiding.

[@ra_alf9467]

The fella who wrote the cookbook

[@samuelcolozzi3861]

Ni ni ni ni ni ni ni

[@BrettLaFemina]

And around this corner we have The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. Around this corner we have The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for the WiiU, the Xbox One, and the PlayStation 4, around this other corner we have Skyrim for VR headsets including the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. Also around this corner we have Monopoly: Skyrim Edition, and around this corner we have The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim official motorcycle, around this pillar on the other side here we have an entire hallway dedicated to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim including a number of posters, and collectables. Out back we have our very own official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Garden, which is where we grow all of our outrageously creative and varying ideas for what system Skyrim will be on next, and further outside (sorry we have to do all of this walking) we have our official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Rocket Ship. What we will do with this is we will fill the space ship with copies of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and send it to the Mars. This way all alien life forms will be able to enjoy The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Of course for the Nintendo Switch because they only have 4 fingers per hand). After all of these martians have enjoyed their copy of Skyrim, there will be the Mars voyager participants who are sent to mars where they will live there never to return and play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for the rest of their lives. After every organism on mars dies due to the nuke we're sending there in 2042, we will release the longest awaited game from Bethesda of all time... That's right. You guessed it. The Elder Scrolls VI: Skyrim With Slightly Improved Graphics and A Bug Patch.

[@thech33f39]

yeah if only they focused on fixing gamebreaking glitches

[@trieasy8546]

Don't forget legendary edition lol

[@bonesofeao3968]

And very special edition...

[@Mr.Goober7505]

You said that they would send it to mars for aliens to play but put it on the Switch because they only have 4 fingers per hand. I hope you know that humans have 4 fingers per hand, the thumb is not a finger.

[@Trefalas]

savage hahahaha

[@primalspongebob6144]

Years ago as a young lad I wrote a letter to Godd Howard, even tho I don't think he got it, watching this again makes me still find him as chill as back then

[@jeremychildrey6357]

Amazing and what a dream it would've been to work somewhere like this for a loving. But I'm 43 and to old to change course now. But still gaming till I die. Thanks for the awesome games!

[@HoMan300]

This place is more important than the White House.

[@mwamburi]

If you know . you know.

[@mrrathalos3576]

We must guard it with our lives

[@rodrikforrester9343]

Holy land

[@MrStrangermoon]

in history of humanity if you dont count going moon yes games like skyrim more value then what White house did the world.

[@andreasaspiwths2887]

Clearly.

[@australopithicusafarensis5343]

Cool to see that they kinda made the Institute in Fallout 4 after their HQ.

[@dannythedj]

This screams *Michael Scott* The way he looks back at 4:14

[@cald1421]

Lol Todd Howard explaining he’ll never watch crystal skull again. Excellent

[@louetric1216]

Tell me lies, Tell me sweet little lies

[@John6-40]

You know you can't disguise

[@Sapsche]

"T'odd is done talking. Go bother somebody else."

[@garretthurt1529]

🎶 It just works, it just works Little lies, stunning shows People buy, money flows It just wo-orks! It just works, it just works Overpriced open worlds Earnings rise, take my word It just works It just works It just works It just works 🎶 -It Just Works by The Chalkeaters

[@xD1904]

Oh no, the earwig is back :D

[@hL-jy2te]

"Fallout 3 has over 200 endings"

[@RomeoTheOracle]

Our Lord and Savior, Godd Howard.

[@Scarfaceman77]

+John Bibeau Ofc it does.

[@Electrodium]

+LudwigRP *Godd Powered

[@hrarddragonheart8144]

+LudwigRP Do not believe his lies

[@d00kiebird]

Toddler has the body language of a humble used car salesman who is totally not trying to screw you out of your money.

[@Scarfaceman77]

d00kiebird Shut up Meg.

[@LaurelinB]

I‘ll be forever grateful for Skyrim. It‘s my safe place.

[@Luca-gj4yi]

weirdo

[@assassinaria]

Sitting at a Skyrim tavern just feels so 'homey' and brings me back to when I was a teen

[@DarkShinros94]

The guy in 4:37 is also in the Starfield Direct from 2023, impressive!

[@ImFlixey]

*Urge to become a game developer intesifies*

[@szuzmariacsatkai3496]

*finds out it's 95% mathematics* Well, McDonald's is always hiring

[@danielcarmine99]

@@szuzmariacsatkai3496 Come on, have some more self respect. You can do it!

[@cinnamon-skateboarding5987]

@@szuzmariacsatkai3496 not really. There’s tons of things one can do in the game industry. Coding isn’t everything, it’s just the backbone for the game. He could be a concept artist, game designer, voice actor, play tester and amongst hundreds of other things!

[@szuzmariacsatkai3496]

@@cinnamon-skateboarding5987 It would be really awesome, but I don't think they'd need a geologist :D Maybe if a studio needed realistic mountains and terrain mapping, I could try to apply.

[@craigburch464]

I got into coding thinking I wanted to be a game dev since I love videos games... once I actually did my research and learned that the hours were nuts and there was a lot of math involved I dipped out on that idea. I am a web developer now and am plenty happy and making great income.

[@t_punk666]

i love the bob ross pic at 3:00

[@fartsparkle]

Why is that even there

[@jack123xyz]

memes

[@bucky90269]

LoL you didn't know that the art design in Skyrim was based off of Bob Ross's "Happy Trees"!!!

[@hairyfred386]

Bob Ross Rob Boss

[@bumblebeetuna443]

bucky thetruck no shit?

[@mikeyswift2010]

Love the complexity of the stealth system clearly visually demonstrated on the white board.

[@davidharrow9025]

I think its time to visit the Bethesda studios again! Please Game Informer, make it happen :D

[@LookingTheBest]

I've always liked this guy

[@YeNZeC]

Edward Lueras TODD HOWARD !!! have you heard the story ? once apon a time there was a guy called Todd, his dads mate worked at Bethesda as a animator , and Todd wanted to work there ,so asked the manager there if he could come in and watch the people work on the games. he was denied and was told he was too young and to come back later in life when he was older, and so Todd did just that. at 19 he went back. he was denied again and 3 years later and ten years later he's the director of his own studio and most successful department at zenimax.

[@tylerblaylock1118]

Edward Lueras You mean Godd Howard? He's amazing.

[@killerdevil980]

If you're a person who likes games in general, I bet working there is a dream

[@go-xn8ow]

And imagine getting fuckin paid for this dream

[@jimmu8689]

killerdevil980 Ik

[@okaysoph]

yes

[@user-uv2cp1qd1j]

I’m a concept artist at a games studio in Europe (I don’t think I’m allowed to be anymore specific) and it’s by far the most relaxed part of the company. You draw all day, which is obviously awesome, and you basically kinda draw what you want. It’s by no means as large as Bethesda, so it’s a smaller team with more freedom. It’s extremely satisfying to see your ideas into the final product. I’d say that artists are overlooked though by gamers, they don’t really understand that before 3D models, and before photoshop sketches, it’s all just pencil and paper.

[@victorkreig6089]

Adam Adamowicz did exactly that, ALL of his designs were on giant 24x36 sheets mostly using pastels and graphite If you go to Bethesda's Flickr they have several albums dedicated to Adam's work all of them scanned at full size so they are in extremely good detail. The world lost an awesome person and an amazing artist, I wish his wife would have the rest of his stuff scanned he had SO many sketches that I think deserve to be seen

[@justinbowen1183]

I appreciate you! Without you drawing concept ideas, we wouldnt have what we do so I myself DO care about you my friend! Greetings from the USA

[@Tawper]

It was this video and a school thing I did but mainly this video I watched when I was around 11 that sold me for wanting to become a video game programmer and hopefully work for bethesda one day. I'm 15 so far and still am learning a lot of programming languages. Skyrim is my number 1 game of my life so to work on an elder scrolls game sometime would be a dream for me. Thank you Todd Howard, for you're perfect games with absolutely zero exploits/glitches.

[@gangstasteve5753]

start by modding fallout games like fallout 4.

[@hansnery]

2:24 The Institute.

[@psycho_ocelot]

ad victoriam let's nuke em brother

[@jonasjeron1475]

and the Father is Todd hahahahaha

[@windowsxp899]

@Fire God Ignia The leader of the institute is called father.

[@Chuked]

It probably gave them the idea of the institute elevator

[@jakecarter4947]

@@windowsxp899 no duhh people that get this know,just because you know the game doesn't mean you have to say it for everyone and I don't give a fuck

[@CaptainAmercia]

This was before the skyrim trailer so about 5 years ago, I wonder what they have now.

[@user-gf4wu2sg5n]

A shrine to Todd

[@krazyhand1653]

That will be a new shrine for TES: VI

[@PowerDUp]

Todd will be the new Aedra lord.

[@emiliamarsh7259]

And the nine became ten, when Todd ascended the mortal realm as a god among men!

[@CaptainAmercia]

:-D true

[@t3d0_0]

It kinda makes me sad seeing todd showing us all this so proudly and then mostly earning hate for his companys work. Sure, they deserve critical commentary and so on, but come on....

[@filescout266]

:/ i will have to agree with you...

[@uggachugga760]

Yep. Decades of good games coming from them and they botch one release and suddenly everyone’s angry.

[@lotrlmao1648]

So they will never make that mistake again like release unfinished game and lie to customers, make them better in future

[@t3d0_0]

@@lotrlmao1648 Yeah it would be nice... I just started another Skyrim playtrough with a friend and damn that flying horse was funny xD But like Mr howard said... "It's not a bug, it's a feature".

[@t3d0_0]

@@uggachugga760 Yes the games are good and a lot of fun to play, but Skyrim f.e. is just a big amount of bugs which makes the whole thing less serious.

[@Ozzy_Man_Dias]

Is it just me or Todd seems wholesome?Without the money talks ofc.Jokes aside tho...I'm thankful to Todd for my open world rpg childhood

[@Devilot91]

I'm 99% straight, but 1% of my gayness goes to this man.

[@yourboyian4798]

I ain't gay but if I would kiss a man, Todd is my first choice

[@yyokage]

SAMEEEE

[@ZorillaMyrid181]

No homo

[@spookypen]

1:35 "use to play old games" box of kleenex by the monitor...

[@ollie2665]

lol

[@leighmorgan2959]

+spookypen exactly what i thought, this is where we play old games and wank off.

[@DirtyPoul]

+Leigh Morgan If you can't come to Arena, you have no business at Bethesda Game Studios.

[@poopdick485]

Read the reply above mine! NO MORE REPLYING SO WE CAN SEE THAT TRUE PIECE OF ART!

[@d3viliz3d]

It's just to wipe off the nostalgic tears

[@underthesun-ml4mu]

This is amazing. It's almost as if it's SIXTEEN TIMES THE DETAIL

[@prgrms]

Awesome stuff, looks like a great place to work