Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-11-29
Books mentioned on #342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield
Todd Howard is a legendary video game designer at Bethesda Game Studios. He led the development of the Elder Scrolls series and the Fallout series, and an upcoming game Starfield.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and Christina Scull is the classic fantasy novel that initiates the epic journey to destroy the One Ring and save Middle-earth from the dark lord Sauron.
Discussed“And that was such an incredible, as you've probably seen, interacted with a large number of people; it's a whole world. It's a world that you escape to in the way like your favorite book like Lord of the Rings.”
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“If you look at, I think you can flip through, let's just take fantasy, you can sort of look at a couple images or things and know how does "Lord of the Rings" different from "Game of Thrones" that is different than one like Excalibur”
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A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones is a sprawling epic fantasy novel by George R.
Discussed“If you look at, I think you can flip through, let's just take fantasy, you can sort of look at a couple images or things and know how does "Lord of the Rings" different from "Game of Thrones" that is different than one like Excalibur”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“Just like when you might watch a movie, you might be in the mood for "Lord of the Rings" one day and then you want some other, I don't know, competitive show or game show or something like that.”
Passing A Game of Thrones
“Or watch football on TV right? You watch football on TV, but then I wanna watch get really into "Game of Thrones."”
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“It's a world that you escaped to in the way, like your favorite book like Lord of the Rings, you, it was just some, it was unlike anything else.”