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Todd Howard told Bethesda designers that "humor has no place in games," a rule they didn't follow in RPGs like Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Morrowind: "If Todd doesn't catch it..."

"That's where things like the Lusty Argonian Maid came in"

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'Because no one was paying attention we could just put anything into the game,' says the writer responsible for sneaking The Lusty Argonian Maid into Morrowind

And giving the Elder Scrolls one of its most enduring memes.

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"The great Todd Howard says that great games are played, not made," according to Bethesda's Pete Hines, so Elder Scrolls devs changed Oblivion combat three times and no one spoke about it

No need

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Former Bethesda exec Pete Hines "hated the confusion" around The Elder Scrolls studio "making a new game, and everybody thinking, 'Oh, it's Todd Howard's team'"

"We created a different name for the studio and the publisher, and guess what? It still didn't f***ing work"

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Todd Howard apparently "rolled his eyes" at the thought of Troy Baker playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's protagonist, but the game's lead says it "wouldn't have been what it is" without the Last of Us star

Troy Baker is "always fantastic to work with," says Axel Torvenius

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"If the reception was negative, we'd just blame it on [Todd Howard]": Fallout executive producer jokes Bethesda boss was the perfect meat shield, showrunner says season 2's trip to New Vegas will see "some of our favorite locations from the game"

The reception was, fortunately, not negative

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Actor Terence Stamp, who played General Zod in Superman and Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, has died

Stamp was 87 years old.

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Finally, The RPG is on Steam – "Minimalistic Skyrim" where you shove bread into open wounds to heal, and the dragon villain "constantly glitches"

At long last, The RPG is here

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Todd Howard joins fans mourning "the driving force in the creation of The Elder Scrolls and the foundations of Bethesda as a game studio," Julian LeFay: "Without Julian, we would not be here today"

"His work and spirit will live on both in our memories and in our games."

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Bethesda promises updates on Starfield "in the coming months," months after Todd Howard teased another story expansion like Shattered Space

Reports also point to a PS5 release for the space RPG

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Skyrim NPCs are only as complex as they are thanks to a literal "napkin drawing" that Todd Howard doodled, reveals ex-Bethesda dev: "It's actually a napkin story"

The Elder Scrolls' Radiant AI technology evolved from a sketch

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I hope you like the tamer fantasy of Oblivion and Skyrim: lore master of 29 years says Todd Howard "gravitates not towards the weird stuff" and doesn't expect Morrowind-grade weirdness from The Elder Scrolls 6

Skyrim wasn't "all that weird" either

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You're alright, Todd Howard: Skyblivion dev says the Bethesda director "genuinely" wanted to talk to "every single person" working on the mod, despite "being in a position" to just not

"He could have stopped by for 10 minutes, shook some hands and then walked off"

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'We just kept geeking out': Skyblivion devs were invited to Bethesda HQ and ended up spending the whole day talking about modding with the team and Todd Howard

"There's a lot of passion and love in that company."

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As another year passes with no Elder Scrolls 6 news nearly 14 years since Skyrim, Bethesda fans gather to mourn what could've been at Summer Game Fest 2025: "I feel like giving up"

"It still stings a bit that we didn't get anything about the game"

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While Hollow Knight Silksong fans rejoice after getting actual news, Starfield fans are in shambles as Bethesda's space RPG skips Xbox Games Showcase: "The game looks so dead"

Starfield players are disappointed after no-show, to the point they're starting to fear the worst

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Massive Morrowind mod Tamriel Rebuilt couldn't be less worried about Bethesda going for an Oblivion-style remaster: 'Modernising Morrowind would just ruin the game entirely'

And by god, they're right.

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Skyblivion modders fly out to Bethesda HQ to meet Todd Howard, mere weeks after getting free Oblivion Remastered keys and assurances that Bethesda has "no intention" of shutting their 13-year project

"Bethesda's excitement for Skyblivion is absolutely unreal"

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Borderlands 4 boss raises Todd Howard's 'you can climb that mountain' Skyrim promise: "You see something anywhere on the screen, a mile away, up in the sky, you will be able to get there"

Forget mountains, we can go anywhere on the screen

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This Oblivion Remastered Easter egg is forcing me to confront a difficult truth about early 2010s meme culture: It was never funny, actually

Millennial humor just doesn't hit like it used to

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Original Oblivion developers gather to watch the 2006 documentary on the making of the game, and Todd Howard sums up the feeling: 'This is going to be really f**king awkward, watching this'

I think it actually holds up quite well.

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19 years later, Todd Howard is still a secret NPC in Oblivion Remastered, and he'll call you a bastard if you piss him off

He'll also fall in love with you if you do the opposite of piss him off

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Todd Howard is hiding in Oblivion Remastered, and you can find him and make him fall in love with you

"Oh no! What do we do? I'm so scared!" 🥺👉👈

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Bethesda celebrates Oblivion Remastered by watching 19-year-old documentary about the making of the original, and Todd Howard says "this is gonna be really f***ing awkward"

They all look so young!

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Well played, Todd: You can see Skyrim, or at least its tallest mountain, from the edge of Oblivion Remastered

Oblivion Remastered gives you a view of Skyrim's Throat of the World summit, but it's quite a hike to get there

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