“Ken Rolston was Lead Designer on the Bethesda Softworks fantasy RPG The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and its expansions Tribunal and Bloodmoon, as well as on the new sequel Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Ken also helped with the Bethesda titles Sea Dogs and Pirates of the Caribbean. Before he joined Bethesda, Ken had an extensive and much-honored career in tabletop paper-and-dice RPGs. He wrote fine adventures for games such as Chaosium’s Stormbringer and Games Workshop’s Warhammer, and he edited many excellent supplements for Avalon Hill’s edition of RuneQuest.”Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
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Oblivion’s lead designer speaks

[H]ard|OCP sits down with Ken Rolston, a designer at Bethesda who has lead the past 2 Elder Scrolls installments. Learn about the design of the game, and what a designer does in his spare time.