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]
- Arena Conference — An interview with Vijay Lakshman and Julian Lefay about Arena
- Battlespire Pre-Release Interview — An interview conducted by OGR.com, before release
- Redguard Todd Howard Interview — Interview with project leader Todd Howard prior to the release of Redguard
- Redguard Behind the Scenes Interview — Interview with Todd Howard and Ashley Cheng prior to the release of Redguard
- Hugh Riley Interview — An interview with Hugh Riley prior to the release of Morrowind
- Ted Peterson Interview I — An interview with Ted Peterson prior to the release of Morrowind
- Ted Peterson Interview — An interview with Ted Peterson prior to the release of Oblivion
- Ted Peterson's Book Prompting — A thread created by Xanathar which evolved into book prompts for Ted Peterson to consider for The Elder Scrolls IV
- Greg Gorden Interview — An interview conducted with a developer of Shadowkey
- N-Page Shadowkey Interview — An interview conducted with a developer of Shadowkey
- Douglas Goodall Interview — 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
- Natalia Smirnova Interview — An interview conducted with Oblivion's interface artist
- Oblivion Fan Interview — Interview with Todd Howard prior to the release of Oblivion
- Oblivion Fan Interview II — Interview with Todd Howard prior to the release of Oblivion
- Oblivion Fan Interview III — Interview with Gavin Carter, Pete Hines and Todd Howard prior to the release of Oblivion
- Oblivion Fan Interview IV — Interview with Todd Howard and Bruce Nesmith prior to the release of Oblivion
- Todd Howard Shivering Isles Interview — Interview with Todd Howard prior to the release of the Shivering Isles expansion
- Oblivion Mobile Interview — An interview asking Vir2L president Douglas Frederick about the development of Oblivion Mobile, with input from Greg Gorden and Brad Pitser
- Decrypting the Elder Scrolls — An interview and series retrospective with Todd Howard, Bruce Nesmith, Kurt Kuhlmann, and Matt Carofano
- Skyrim Fan Interview — Interview with Todd Howard, Bruce Nesmith, and Matt Carofano
- Mark Jones Interview — An interview with one of the artists behind Daggerfall, Battlespire, Morrowind, and TES Travels
- Ken Rolstone Interview — An interview with Ken Rolstone, lead designer on Morrowind and Oblivion
- Eric Heberling Interview — An interview with Eric Heberling, composer on Arena and Daggerfall
- Craig Lafferty Interview — An interview with Craig Lafferty, lead producer on Skyrim
- Michael Kirkbride AMA — An Ask Me Anything with Michael Kirkbride at the r/teslore subreddit
- The Making of The Elder Scrolls Arena — An Interview with Vijay Lakshman, Game Director of Arena
- A History of The Elder Scrolls — RetroGamer 2014
- ESO AUA — 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 — The ESO panel at QuakeCon in July 2014
- ESO Art Team AUA — An Ask Us Anything with some of the artists of ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- ESO Writing Team AUA — An Ask Us Anything with some of the writers for ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- Tamriel Unlimited AUA — An Ask Us Anything regarding ESO's Tamriel Unlimited at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- ESO Live Lawrence Schick Interview — ESO Live interview with loremaster Lawrence Schick
- ESO Live Funny Lore Bits with Lawrence Schick and Zach Bush — ESO Live interview with Lawrence Schick and Zach Bush
- ESO Live Wrothgar's Lore with Loremaster Lawrence Schick — ESO Live interview with Lawrence Schick prior to the release of the Orsinium DLC
- ESO Orsinium AUA — An Ask Us Anything regarding ESO's Orsinium DLC at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- ESO One Tamriel AUA — An Ask Us Anything regarding ESO's One Tamriel update at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- ESO Audio Team AUA — An Ask Us Anything with the audio team of ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- ESO Live Lore of the Clockwork City — ESO Live Lore exploration of the Clockwork City with Lawrence Schick and Leamon Tuttle
- Tribunal Cover Interview — Imperial Library 2017
- Julian Jensen AMA — An Ask Me Anything with Julian Jensen, "Father of the Elder Scrolls", at the r/Daggerfall subreddit
- Pete Hines Legends Interview — The UESP's interview with Pete Hines in relation to Legends
- Matt Firor & Rich Lambert Summerset Interview — The UESP's interviews with Matt Firor and Rich Lambert about ESO and its Chapters, particularly Summerset
- ESO Live Summerset Story and Lore — ESO Live interview with loremaster Lawrence Schick and Bill Slavicsek about Summerset
- Interview with Matt Firor at Gamescom 2018
- Chelsea Monroe-Cassel AMA — A Reddit AMA with the author of The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook at the r/skyrim subreddit
- Chelsea Monroe-Cassel Interview — The UESP's interview about The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook
- Josh Utter-Leyton Isle of Madness Interview — 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 — ESO Live interview with Leamon Tuttle in his new role as Loremaster for ESO
- Building the Interface of The Elder Scrolls: Blades in Landscape and Portrait — GDC 2019 presentation by Marie Jasmin
- Illustrating Tamriel: Creating Key Art for The Elder Scrolls Online — GDC 2019 presentation by Lucas Slominski
- Tori Schafer Twitter Ask Me Anything — An Ask Me Anything with Tori Schafer, writer for the ESO
- ESO Live Art and Lore of Greymoor — ESO Live interview with loremaster Leamon Tuttle and CJ Grebb about Greymoor
- Leamon Tuttle Loremaster Interview — The UESP interviews Leamon Tuttle about his new role as Loremaster for ESO
- Todd Howard PAX East 2019 Interview — 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
- Tel Mora Independent Press: Interview with Lawrence Schick — 2019
- Elsweyr & Update 22 AUA — An Ask Us Anything with some of the minds behind ESO at the r/elderscrollsonline subreddit
- Anthony Gill Interview — 2020 interview with a TES Travels designer
- Representing LGBT+ Characters in Games: Two Case Studies — GDC 2020 presentation by Tori Shaffer
- ESO 2021 Global Reveal — Pete Hines interviews Rich Lambert and other members of the ESO development team about the then-upcoming Blackwood Chapter
- Todd Howard AMA — An Ask Me Anything with Todd Howard at the r/IAmA subreddit
- ESO 2022 Global Reveal — Pete Hines interviews the ESO development team about the High Isle Chapter
- ESO 2023 Global Reveal — Pete Hines interviews Rich Lambert and other members of the ESO development team about the Necrom Chapter
- 2023 Necrom Brian Wheeler Interview — The UESP interviews Brian Wheeler, Lead Combat Designer, about the Necrom Chapter
- Michael Zenke & Tom Murphy 2023 Necrom Interview — The UESP interviews Michael Zenke, ESO Loremaster, and Tom Murphy, Zone Lead, about the Necrom Chapter and Lore
- ESO 2024 Global Reveal — Global reveal for the Gold Road chapter.
In-Universe Interviews[edit]
- Skeleton Man's Interview with Denizens of Tamriel — 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
- 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
- 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