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... Based on Desslock being surgically attached Bethesda's throbbing meatstaff + 2 of enchantment, and Pete Hines repaying Dessie for the service by(hilariously) calling him "one of the most knowledgeable RPG guys anywhere in our industry" in an interview with Business Week. Fun fact...

Considering that Desslock says TES: Oblivion is a superlative RPG that achieves more than he even thought possible, I think it's safe to say that he's speaking from below Todd Howard's waistline(with Pete reciprocating). I calculate a 50% probability that he's lying through his teeth, a 40%...

Is it just me, or does the wording there and elsewhere imply that their idea of a 'Community Manager' is intended to manage all aspects of fan communities in and outside of Bethesda's own domains? "Bethesda Softworks; working hard to bring stupefyingly impossible facism to YOU!" It also...

... What are you, kidding? Bethesda's fan interaction consists of shouting how unimaginably überlegen their mere sneezes are, while delivering great retribution upon the troublemakers who dare not tow the company line, both in and far outside of where they can actually get away with it...

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I'm so glad to hear that not only is Bethesda applying the same very high expectations to Fallout 3 that they applied to themselves for TES: Oblivion, but they're giving it the same care and attention, too! I especially love how Petey Boy implies that the only people Bethesda is paying...

Look out, skippy! Here comes a clue! Duck! Realtime combat predates turnbased combat of any type. But I don't doubt that you're right - considering the state of the gaming industry, I'm quite sure the majority of the development community is ignorant enough of the history of its own medium to...

Yes. I too yearn to roam a Fallout world where 99.9% of the time you find nothing whatsover while combing the wasteland for some miniscule signs of habitation, and ranged combat is a hide-n-seek sniper game over long distances of wilderness. If only Bethesda puts your formula to use, they could...

Hmm. Fallout 3 was announced to be multi-platform. It's now being covered by an Xbox360 magazine. Take into account Bethesda's game-crippling consolization of Oblivion and Star Trek: Legacy. Factor in the infoleaks from VDweller and Roshambo. Taken all together, doesn't that already let...

Actually, during his "I'm a Fallout fan for the same reasons YOU guys are!! LOL SO KEWL" stint, he was keeping it behind closed doors. He had to, since putting it out in the open that we was utterly depriving FO:BoS of the humor, style, and setting of Fallout would have contradicted the whole...

I don't see how that interview could be construed as something positive. "Sequels should stay true to the original" and "we keep the old-school at heart" might sound promising on the surface, but when you factor in how Bethesda has treated their own Elder Scrolls property, then Todd can only be...

Another swing and a miss. Bethesda's lack of communication in and of itself LET'S US KNOW something. Information leaks from certain members of the community who have proven themselves to be 100% reliable in regards to information leaks, do not fall under the category of garden variety...

Hey, I was addressing jfreund. What'd I say about reading? :D I think the article was fairly solid, though. It could have gone further in explaining the community's attitude by touching on things like false promises made by developers and the Elara Incident, but solid nontheless. Then again...

... And that it isn't being designed as a Fallout cRPG("You could make some fairly safe leaps of faith that [Fallout 3] would be similar in style [to Morrowind]"). Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention that it isn't being designed as a Fallout cRPG("We'll do what we do best, and...

Oh, not to the extent Bethesda relies on it. Not even close. The hype was so immense that only after about a week of Oblivion post-release did details on the game itself begin to trickle out. There was a reason things like level-scaling came as a surprise, namely because Bethesda is very...

You misunderstand. Bethesda's primary marketting tool is hype. To be specific, hype that is remarkably unburdened by reality. To say Oblivion wouldn't have sold quite as well without it would be a hilarious comedy of understatements. I'm talking about campaigning to defuse as much hype as...

Survey says... Dark Alliance II! About the same number that know what Fallout is today. That's hint #1. At the time FO:BoS was being squeezed out of Chucky's cornpipe, the first Dark Alliance title had sold 1.4 million copies(data etched into eyelids courtesy of Shadow Paladin). That's...

...Yes? Halo 2 was likewise a tired game on a console soon to be replaced, but as a dear old friend would say, it sold LIKE HOTCAKES(!!!). Despite the way events unfolded in practice, there was indeed a huge potential demand for FO:BoS/Dark Alliance, which is why Herveums shitcanned...

There was also a huge potential market for "Dark Alliance with guns".

For accuracy's sake, I should point out that it's actually Allen Rausch. Do Gamespy's graphic artists suck? Why yes kids, I get the feeling they do! On a related note, guess who wrote Gamespy's <s>propaganda piece</s> review of Oblivion. Some selected readings: Oh, Allen! You so "thinky"!