| Steve Meister | |
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| Role(s) | Game Director, Producer, Designer |
| ZeniMax Media tenure | Jun 1999–Spring 2001[1] |
| Bethesda Softworks tenure | Spring 2001–Present[2] |
| Alias(es) | MrSmileyFaceDude |
Steve Meister is a programmer, designer, and producer at Bethesda Game Studios. He joined the R&D Group for Zenimax Media in the Summer of 1999 before working as a programmer for Morrowind starting in Spring 2001.[1] Since then, Meister has been credited on Oblivion and Skyrim. Steve is at least partly responsible for the Scourge easter egg in Morrowind, being showcased in the "Industrial Magic & Light" developer blog (listed below) before ultimately having the Argonian end up as a unique miscellaneous item. Outside of The Elder Scrolls, Meister was the Lead Programmer for Fallout 3 and served as a Gameplay Programmer on subsequent Bethesda titles, with credits as recent as Starfield.[3] In the past, he would occasionally visit the IRC channel, #elderscrolls on Chatspike. Steve is married to fellow longtime Bethesda employee, Christiane Meister.[4]
Elder Scrolls Game CreditsEdit
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Programming[5]
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Tribunal — Additional Programming[6]
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Bloodmoon — Additional Programming[7]
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Programming[8]
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles — Additional Programming[9]
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Gameplay Programming[10]
InterviewsEdit
- Jan 2002: elderscrolls.com: Industrial Magic & Light
- Jan 2002: GameSpy: Morrowind Developer Profiles #3: Steve Meister
- Jan 2002: RPGPlanet: Codex of Vvardenfell: Q 'n A with Steve Meister and Ahn Hopgood
- Apr 2004: elderscrolls.com: Most Memorable Elder Scrolls Moments
- Apr 2005: elderscrolls.com: To the Death, or to the Pain
- Jan 2006: Waiting For Oblivion: Developer quotes - Offsite archives III: MrSmileyFaceDude
- Jan 2006: Engadget: ES IV: Oblivion will fit on one disc
- Nov 2011: Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
See AlsoEdit
- Steve Meister's Posts — Posts by Meister under the name MrSmileyFaceDude
- The Head Of Scourge — The Mounted Head of Meister's Test Character, Scourge
External LinksEdit
GalleryEdit
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Steve around Morrowind's development
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Steve in 2004
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Steve Meister: Industrial Magic & Light
- ^ LinkedIn — Steve Meister
- ^ MobyGames — Steve Meister
- ^ Meister, S. [MrSmileyFaceDude]. (30 March 2001). Comment on "New Dev Diary!!!". Elder Scrolls Forums. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.
- ^ Morrowind:Credits
- ^ Tribunal:Credits
- ^ Bloodmoon:Credits
- ^ Oblivion:Credits
- ^ Shivering:Credits
- ^ Skyrim:Credits