General:Interviews
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Several people who have contributed to The Elder Scrolls series have given interviews. The most interesting of these are included here.
Developer Interviews[edit]
1993
- Gamebytes - An Interview With Vijay Lakshman — November 1993: An interview with Vijay Lakshman about Bethesda and Arena
1994
- Arena Conference — March 1994: An interview with Vijay Lakshman and Julian Lefay about Arena
1995
- Interactive Entertainment Previews: Daggerfall — March 1995: An interview with Ted Peterson about Daggerfall
- Powerplay Magazine: Ted Peterson on Daggerfall — November 1995: An interview with Ted Peterson about Daggerfall
1996
- Speciale Bethesda Softworks Report — January 1996: An interview with Julian Lefay about Daggerfall
- Score Magazine: Ted Peterson on Daggerfall — April 1996: An interview with Ted Peterson about Daggerfall
- PC Player Magazine: The Making of Daggerfall – TED'S WORLD — June 1996: An interview with Ted Peterson about Daggerfall
- PC Games Interview: Julian LeFay In Conversation — November 1996: An interview with Julian Lefay about Daggerfall
1997
- Battlespire Pre-Release Interview — July 1997: An interview conducted by OGR.com, before release
- Interview with the Bethesda Softworks' Elder Scrolls Team — 1997: An interview conducted by Gamepen with Julian Lefay, Ken Rolston, and Todd Howard about Battlespire and Redguard
1998
- Redguard Todd Howard Interview — 1998: Interview with project leader Todd Howard prior to the release of Redguard
- Redguard Behind the Scenes Interview — 1998: Interview with Todd Howard and Ashley Cheng prior to the release of Redguard
- Eye on Bethesda — February 1998: Interview with Christopher Weaver on the future of Bethesda and TES, commenting on Morrowind
1999
- Hugh Riley Interview — August 1999: An interview with Hugh Riley prior to the release of Morrowind
2001
- Morrowind Italia Interview with Ken Rolston — March 2001: An interview Ken Rolston prior to the release of Morrowind
- Ted Peterson Interview I — April 2001: An interview with Ted Peterson prior to the release of Morrowind
2004
- Most Memorable Elder Scrolls Moments — April 2004: A series of tidbits with Todd Howard and crew about The Elder Scrolls
- N-Page Shadowkey Interview — August 2004: An interview conducted with a developer of Shadowkey
- Ted Peterson's Book Prompting — September 2004: A thread created by Xanathar which evolved into book prompts for Ted Peterson to consider for The Elder Scrolls IV
- The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE — October 2004: GameInformer interviews with Todd Howard about Oblivion
- Greg Gorden Interview — December 2004: An interview conducted with a developer of Shadowkey
2005
- Ted Peterson Interview — February 2005: An interview with Ted Peterson prior to the release of Oblivion
- Oblivion Fan Interview — February 2005: Interview with Todd Howard prior to the release of Oblivion
- Douglas Goodall Interview — July 2005: An interview conducted with a Morrowind developer who left after the game's release. It was conducted during Oblivion's development, and contains several interesting insights into how lore was designed by Bethesda internally
- Oblivion Fan Interview II — August 2005: Interview with Todd Howard prior to the release of Oblivion
- Natalia Smirnova Interview — December 2005: An interview conducted with Oblivion's interface artist
2006
- Oblivion Fan Interview III — January 2006: Interview with Gavin Carter, Pete Hines and Todd Howard prior to the release of Oblivion
- Oblivion Mobile Interview — April 2006: An interview asking Vir2L president Douglas Frederick about the development of Oblivion Mobile, with input from Greg Gorden and Brad Pitser
- The Elder Scrolls: A Brief History of Tamriel — June 2006: GameInformer interviews with Todd Howard about the making of Oblivion
- Tales from the Edge of Oblivion — August 2006: GameInformer interviews with Todd Howard and his team about the making of Oblivion and anecdotes from doing so
2007
- OXM Shivering Isles Interview — February 2007
- Shivering Isles Fan Interview — March 2007: Interview with Todd Howard and Bruce Nesmith prior to the release of Oblivion
- Todd Howard Shivering Isles Interview — March 2007: Interview with Todd Howard prior to the release of the Shivering Isles expansion
2009
- Infernal Interview — November 2009: An interview with Greg Keyes on The Infernal City
- The Loremasters, How developers keep their fictions straight — November 2009: GameInformer interviews with Kurt Kuhlmann about how he manages the fiction of The Elder Scrolls, and how he's interacted with Greg Keyes in writing The Infernal City
2010
- Greg Keyes Interview — July 2010: An interview with Greg Keyes on The Infernal City
- Decrypting the Elder Scrolls — December 2010: An interview with Todd Howard and Kurt Kuhlmann and others about the various Elder Scrolls games, their development and their in-world consequence
2011
- Skyrim - Secrets Of The Wall — January 2011: Using commentary and imagery from Bethesda Game Studios, GameInformer breaks down the story behind Alduin's Wall
- Wiwiland's Interview with Ken Rolston — June 2011: An interview with Ken Rolston, lead designer on Morrowind and Oblivion
- Eric Heberling Interview — June 2011: An interview with Eric Heberling, composer on Arena and Daggerfall
- Craig Lafferty Interview — June 2011: An interview with Craig Lafferty, lead producer on Skyrim
- Skyrim Fan Interview — July 2011: Interview with Todd Howard, Bruce Nesmith, and Matt Carofano
- Mark Jones Interview — November 2011: An interview with one of the artists behind Daggerfall, Battlespire, Morrowind, and TES Travels
- Reading a Video Game - The Books of Skyrim — November 2011: An interview with Kurt Kuhlmann on Skyrim
2012
- Fireside Chat - Reman and the Shonni-etta — February 2012: A chat with Michael Kirkbride about authoring Remanada, as well as excerpts from a new narrative about Reman Cyrodiil he was authoring for fun
- Skyrim’s Dragon Shouts — June 2012: GameInformer interviews with Todd Howard and Emil Pagliarulo on the Dragon Shouts in Skyrim
- The Elder Scrolls Online: From Skyrim to Morrowind, and everything in between — June 2012: GameInformer interviews Matt Firor and his team about The Elder Scrolls Online
- Skyrim Team Diary 6: Hearthfire — August 2012
2013
- Michael Kirkbride AMA — November 2013: An Ask Me Anything with Michael Kirkbride at the r/teslore subreddit
2014
- The Making of The Elder Scrolls Arena — March 2014: An Interview with Vijay Lakshman, Game Director of Arena
- ESO AUA — March 2014: An Ask Us Anything with some of the creators of ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- Future of The Elder Scrolls Online Panel from QuakeCon 2014 — July 2014: The ESO panel at QuakeCon
- ESO Art Team AUA — July 2014: An Ask Us Anything with some of the artists of ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- ESO Writing Team AUA — September 2014: An Ask Us Anything with some of the writers for ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
2015
- Tamriel Unlimited AUA — January 2015: An Ask Us Anything regarding ESO's Tamriel Unlimited at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- ESO Live Lawrence Schick Interview — April 2015: ESO Live interview with loremaster Lawrence Schick
- ESO Live Funny Lore Bits with Lawrence Schick and Zach Bush — May 2015: ESO Live interview with Lawrence Schick and Zach Bush
- ESO Live Wrothgar's Lore with Loremaster Lawrence Schick — November 2015: ESO Live interview with Lawrence Schick prior to the release of the Orsinium DLC
- ESO Orsinium AUA — November 2015: An Ask Us Anything regarding ESO's Orsinium DLC at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
2016
- ESO One Tamriel AUA — September 2016: An Ask Us Anything regarding ESO's One Tamriel update at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
2017
- ESO Audio Team AUA — June 2017: An Ask Us Anything with the audio team of ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- Tribunal Cover Interview — September 2017: Interview by the Imperial Library with Clyde Caldwell, who did the original poster art for The Elder Scrolls III
- ESO Live Lore of the Clockwork City — October 2017: ESO Live Lore exploration of the Clockwork City with Lawrence Schick and Leamon Tuttle
- Julian Jensen AMA — November 2017: An Ask Me Anything with Julian Jensen, "Father of the Elder Scrolls", at the r/Daggerfall subreddit
2018
- Pete Hines Legends Interview — February 2018: The UESP's interview with Pete Hines in relation to Legends
- Matt Firor & Rich Lambert Summerset Interview — April 2018: The UESP's interviews with Matt Firor and Rich Lambert about ESO and its Chapters, particularly Summerset
- ESO Live Summerset Story and Lore — May 2018: ESO Live interview with loremaster Lawrence Schick and Bill Slavicsek about Summerset
- Interview with Matt Firor at Gamescom 2018 — August 2018: Gamescom with Matt Firor
2019
- Chelsea Monroe-Cassel AMA — January 2019: A Reddit AMA with the author of The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook at the r/skyrim subreddit
- Chelsea Monroe-Cassel Interview — March 2019: The UESP's interview about The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook
- Josh Utter-Leyton Isle of Madness Interview — March 2019: The UESP's interview interview with Josh Utter-Leyton in relation to the Isle of Madness expansion for Legends
- ESO Live Loremaster Leamon Tuttle Introduction — March 2019: ESO Live interview with Leamon Tuttle in his new role as Loremaster for ESO
- Leamon Tuttle Loremaster Interview — March 2019: The UESP interviews Leamon Tuttle about his new role as Loremaster for ESO
- Todd Howard PAX East 2019 Interview — March 2019: The UESP interviews Todd Howard about his career, work, and all things Elder Scrolls at its 25th anniversary, his first fan interview for nine years
- Building the Interface of The Elder Scrolls: Blades in Landscape and Portrait — March 2019: GDC 2019 presentation by Marie Jasmin
- Illustrating Tamriel: Creating Key Art for The Elder Scrolls Online — March 2019: GDC 2019 presentation by Lucas Slominski
- Elsweyr & Update 22 AUA — June 2019: An Ask Us Anything with some of the minds behind ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- Tori Schafer Twitter Ask Me Anything — July 2019: An Ask Me Anything with Tori Schafer, writer for the ESO
- Tel Mora Independent Press: Interview with Lawrence Schick — October 2019: A chat with Lawrence Schick about his time on Elder Scrolls
2020
- Representing LGBT+ Characters in Games: Two Case Studies — March 2020: GDC 2020 presentation by Tori Shaffer
- ESO Live Art and Lore of Greymoor — May 2020: ESO Live interview with loremaster Leamon Tuttle and CJ Grebb about Greymoor
2021
- Anthony Gill Interview — January 2021: Interview with the key co-designer bhind The Elder Scrolls Travels: Stormhold
- ESO 2021 Global Reveal — January 2021: Pete Hines interviews Rich Lambert and other members of the ESO development team about the then-upcoming Blackwood Chapter
- Rich Lambert Reflects Back On Rough Launch, "We Didn't Have An Identity" — May 2021: Reflection on the launch of ESO and it's post-game support as of 2021
- Todd Howard AMA — November 2021: An Ask Me Anything with Todd Howard at the r/IAmA subreddit
2022
- ESO 2022 Global Reveal — January 2022: Pete Hines interviews the ESO development team about the High Isle Chapter
2023
- ESO 2023 Global Reveal — January 2023: Pete Hines interviews Rich Lambert and other members of the ESO development team about the Necrom Chapter
- Talking Elder Scrolls Online's Necrom Reveal With Rich Lambert — February 2023: mmorpg.com interviews Rich Lambert, Game Director and Creative Director, about the Necrom Chapter
- 2023 Necrom Brian Wheeler Interview — April 2023: The UESP interviews Brian Wheeler, Lead Combat Designer, about the Necrom Chapter
- Michael Zenke & Tom Murphy 2023 Necrom Interview — April 2023: The UESP interviews Michael Zenke, ESO Loremaster, and Tom Murphy, Zone Lead, about the Necrom Chapter and Lore
2024
- ESO 2024 Global Reveal — January 2024: Global reveal for the Gold Road chapter.
- Official Gold Road & Update 42 AUA — January 2024:
2025
- 2025 ESO Direct — January 2025: Global reveal for the Seasons of the Worm Cult content.
- Sparkypants Interview — January 2025: A 2025 interview carried out by ianbits with Jason Coleman, Peter Janaros, and Ryan Siegel-Stechler of Sparkypants Studios
In-Universe Interviews[edit]
- People of Morrowind — An in-universe lore interview conducted by Skeleton Man in 1999
- Interview with a Dark Elf — An in-universe lore interview conducted by Dave Humphrey prior to the release of Morrowind
- Interview With Three Booksellers — An in-universe lore interview conducted by Qwerty in 2001
- Withershyn's Interview with a Legionnaire Concerning Solstheim — A pre-release Bloodmoon interview from 2003
- Interview With Two Denizens of the Shivering Isles — An in-universe lore interview with Kurt Kuhlmann and Bruce Nesmith
- Vampirism and Lycanthropy — An in-universe post by PRIMA Games for their Legendary Edition of the Skyrim game guide
- Loremaster's Archive — A series of in-universe interviews published on the ESO website
- Loremaster's Episode of ESO-RP ZOS Interview — A transcript of the interview with Jessica Folsom and Lawrence Schick conducted by op-cast.com
- Special ZOS Lore Master Interview with Lawrence Schick — A transcript of the second ESO-RP interview with Lawrence Schick, conducted by op-cast.com
- Interview with Three Argonians in Shadowfen — A roleplay interview with questions asked by Lady Nerevar, and answers from Lawrence Schick and Leamon Tuttle
- New Life Festival Interview — An in-universe lore interview with Lawrence Schick in relation to ESO's New Life Festival event
- Homestead Interview — An in-universe lore interview with Lawrence Schick in relation to ESO's Homestead update
- A Matter of Voice and Brass: Dragon Bones DLC Interview — An in-universe lore interview with Lawrence Schick in relation to ESO's Dragon Bones DLC
- Zumog Phoom Interview — An in-universe Twitter roleplay by Leamon Tuttle
- ESO Twitter Lyranth Roleplay — 2021 Twitter roleplay featuring Lyranth
- ESO Twitter Hermaeus Mora Roleplay — 2023 Twitter roleplay featuring Hermaeus Mora
Other Interviews[edit]
- Interview With Three Writers — A 2005 unofficial in-universe interview with the three writers of Oblivion books
- Partial Interview With Vivec — An unofficial in-universe interview with Vivec
- Stri'ker's Interview with Divayth Fyr — An unofficial in-universe interview with Divayth Fyr for the Modern Adventurer magazine
- Ted Peterson on High Rock and Summerset
- Fireside Chat - Reman and the Shonni-etta
- Greg Keyes Interview — An interview with Greg Keyes prior to the release of Lord of Souls
- Jobasha Interview — An unofficial in-universe interview with Jobasha
- Made Up Word Round Up
- Meet the Devs of Skyrim
- Morrowind Team IRC Interview/July 2000
- Morrowind Team IRC Interview/November 2000
- Morrowind Team IRC Interview/April 2001
- Necrom Preview — An interview with the ESO devs at an event in San Francisco regarding the then-upcoming Necrom Chapter
- Reading a Video Game - The Books of Skyrim — An interview with Skyrim Co-Lead Designer Kurt Kuhlmann about the books in the Elder Scrolls series
- ZOS Correspondence