"It just works." With those words, Todd Howard made us Gamers a sacred promise: that the game would work. Not that sacred, I guess. Kind of what you would expect from a full price AAA game, I guess.

But still! Did he deliver? Do Bethesda games work?

Kind of! Sometimes! Depends!

Chance Duffy joins Roman and Mike to figure it out.

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Articles:

Bethesda’s litigation history:

https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/28/17511658/bethesda-lawsuits-fallout-elder-scrolls-prey

More info on Gridiron:

https://kotaku.com/before-elder-scrolls-bethesda-helped-create-madden-5816920

https://www.reddit.com/r/fo76/comments/ff5g3v/in_an_interview_bethesda_vp_pete_hines_resented/

Crunch:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/top-bethesda-devs-on-why-video-game-crunch-is-bad/1100-6462838/

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/06/05/todd-howard-reflects-on-crunch-at-bethesda-and-across-industry-a-ign-unfiltered

Bethesda Indeed reviews:

https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Bethesda-Softworks/reviews?fcountry=ALL