Todd Andrew Howard was born in 1970 in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, to Ronald (Ron) and Priscilla Howard. His elder brother, Jeffrey Mark (Jeff) Howard, was later the director of creative affairs for Disney, where he oversaw the production of Bambi II. He developed an interest in computers, particularly video games, at a very young age. Howard considers the 1980s role-playing video games Wizardry and Ultima III: Exodus to be inspirations for his future games.Bethesda Softworks eventually recruited Howard in 1994 as a producer. His first game development credit for Bethesda was as the producer and designer of The Terminator: Future Shock (1995), followed by work as a designer on Skynet and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, both released in 1996. He was project leader for the first time on The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard, released in 1998. [1]Games Discussed: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Opus: Echo of Starsong, Lil Gator Game, Microsoft's Xbox, Trinity TriggerAna Diaz's Review of Lil Gator Game: https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23682092/legend-zelda-likes-breath-of-wild-wind-waker-lil-gator-game-review---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes:

Intro

Dreamcast Summer 2: The Streets

Dreamcast Summer 2: The Streets // Bomb Rush Cyber Funk

Into le Aether

Anyway! // Lil Gator Game

Going to the Xbox Video Store // Opus: Echo of Starsong: Full Bloom Edition

Oops it's a Starfield segment! // Starfield & Bethesda

A deep breath

Thanks, Todd

Shoutout to Wario64 // Trinity Trigger

Wrapping up