Weekly Communication · Issue #009

Todd's Dispatch

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Todd Howard
Game Director & Chief Vision Officer, Bethesda Game Studios
Issue #009
Week of July 7, 2026
The Second Whiteboard Arrived Early and We Are Not Emotionally Prepared

Hey everyone. Todd. Genuinely shaking as I write this.

Procurement said Q3 2029. It came Tuesday. The second whiteboard is here. It is blank. It is enormous. Nobody on the team is willing to be the first to draw on it — the pressure is immense. Dave approached it once, held up a marker, and then quietly sat back down. We have decided to leave it blank for now, as a monument to potential. HR has classified it as "a wellness feature."

"A blank whiteboard is, in many ways, the most complete a whiteboard can be. It contains every game we could ever make. The moment you draw on it, you lose all the others. This is the central tragedy of game development and also why we're behind schedule."

Update on the Cybertruck edition: it has been pulled from certification after a customer fus-ro-dah'd their horn continuously for six hours in a hospital parking lot. He achieved Legendary Shout rank. He also achieved a noise complaint and a restraining order. We are proud and concerned in equal measure.

The sweetroll's appeal has been granted an expedited hearing. Our legal team is "cautiously stale." I have been advised to say nothing further, so: dragons are still confirmed. Good night.

As always — it just works.

Todd Howard
Curator of Two Whiteboards (One Blank), Bethesda Game Studios