History Creator / ToddHoward

*** ''Series/Fallout2024''(Executive producer)

Todd Howard (born April 25, 1971) is the director of [[Creator/{{Bethesda}} Bethesda Game Studios]], serving as the executive producer on ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' and ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' franchise:

Tends to be characterized by Bethesda fan communities as something of an [[CloudCuckoolander endearing-but-odd]] boss along the lines of a [[Series/TheOfficeUS Michael Scott]] who ''desperately'' wants you to buy multiple copies of each Bethesda game (''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' in particular) to the point of [[MemeticMutation becoming a meme himself.]] Expect him to be blamed personally for anything that goes wrong in a Bethesda game (or anywhere else).

Tends to be characterized by Bethesda fan communities as something of an [[CloudCuckoolander endearing-but-odd]] boss along the lines of a [[Series/TheOfficeUS Michael Scott]] who ''desperately'' wants you to buy multiple copies of each Bethesda game (''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' in particular) to the point of [[MemeticMutation becoming a meme himself.]] Expect him to [[ScapegoatCreator be blamed personally]] for anything that goes wrong in a Bethesda game (or anywhere else).

Howard joined Bethesda in 1994, initially working on the studio's licensed ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' games - ''[[VideoGame/TerminatorFutureShock Future Shock]]'' and ''Skynet''. He moved to the ''Elder Scrolls'' series starting with the CD release of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]]'', then as a designer for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'', and finally project lead of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard Redguard]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. He was promoted to executive director with the release of ''Morrowind''[='s=] ''Bloodmoon'' expansion pack. When Bethesda acquired the ''Fallout'' series from Creator/InterplayEntertainment, Howard was appointed executive director of that series as well.

Tends to be characterized by Bethesda fan communities as something of an [[CloudCuckoolander endearing-but-odd]] boss along the lines of a [[Series/TheOfficeUS Michael Scott]] who ''desperately'' wants you to buy multiple copies of each Bethesda game (''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' in particular) to the point of [[MemeticMutation becoming a meme himself.]] Expect him to be blamed personally for anything that goes wrong in a Bethesda game (or anywhere else).

Tends to be characterized by Bethesda fan communities as something of an [[CloudCuckoolander endearing-but-odd]] boss along the lines of a [[Series/TheOfficeUS Michael Scott]] who ''desperately'' wants you to buy multiple copies of each Bethesda game (VideoGame/{{Skyrim}} in particular) to the point of [[MemeticMutation becoming a meme himself.]] Expect him to be blamed personally for anything that goes wrong in a Bethesda game (or anywhere else).

Tends to be characterized by Bethesda fan communities as something of an [[CloudCuckoolander endearing-but-odd]] boss along the lines of a [[Series/TheOfficeUS Michael Scott]] who ''desperately'' wants you to buy multiple copies of each Bethesda game, to the point of [[MemeticMutation becoming a meme himself]] ("Goddammit Todd..." in particular).

Howard joined Bethesda in 1994, initially working on the studio's licensed ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' games - ''Future Shock'' and ''Skynet''. He moved to the ''Elder Scrolls'' series starting with the CD release of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]]'', then as a designer for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'', and finally project lead of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard Redguard]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. He was promoted to executive director with the release of ''Morrowind''[='s=] ''Bloodmoon'' expansion pack. When Bethesda acquired the ''Fallout'' series from Creator/InterplayEntertainment, Howard was appointed executive director of that series as well.

--> ''"..live another life, in another world..."''
---> Todd's motto for Bethesda games

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':

*** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard'' (Project Lead)