u/Filmdeg

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Hello!

I'm Tom/Filmdeg Miniatures. I have a YT channel where I interview Tabletop/PC gaming luminaries about old projects. My background is largely Warhammer, but recently I've been making some "documentaries" on old PC games - this year I did 11 hours of interviews with the game devs of TES IV: Oblivion and more recently I did 3.5 hours with the game devs of DOOM

I had hoped to make a big grand documentary on ME2 by interviewing as many of the game devs that I could. I didn't quite get the buy-in that I hoped, but it seemed a shame not to interview those who did get back to me...

So on 16/10/2026 I'm releasing this. 2 hours of interviews with a bunch of the game devs who worked on ME2. Its just them chatting about their individual contributions to the game, sharing some memories/anecdotes, and reflecting on its success.

https://www.youtube.com/@Filmdegminiatures

Hello everyone -

Whilst trying to abide by the "no advertising" rule, I'm asking for some help from the community.

I've done several interviews with a bunch of the OG devs of Doom 1993, all in totalling about 3.5 hours. I was hoping to get one or two more interviews but I'm pretty much at a point where I've exhausted my avenues.

Unfortunately for myself I'm not very good at the original Doom - I love playing it, but I just suck at it aha. I don't know the secrets, can't play it on higher difficult etc.

I'm hoping someone might be willing to help me by screenrecording themselves playing the game, to a decent level for me to use through the course of the interviews. I'm not looking for speed runs, or no deaths runs etc, just "bog standard" playthroughs is good.

If this is something you'd be willing to help with, please drop a comment/DM!

Cheers!

Tom

I’m pleased to announce that my “documentary” will be released on 14/08/2026 - 6pm BST.

Over the last few months I’ve been interviewing as many of the game developers that I can track down, and have about 11 hours of interviews.

https://www.youtube.com/@Filmdegminiatures/videos

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Hello everyone!

Late last year I published a "documentary" on TES III: Morrowind. Its one of the pinned posts on r/Morrowind but you can also find it here - its 8 hours of interviews with the game devs talking about their contributions to the game.

Over the last few months I've been working on my follow up video, for TES IV: Oblivion. Again, I've been interviewing as many of the game devs that I can track down to hear them talk about their individual contributions to the game, share some memories/anecdotes and reflect on the legacy and success of the game.

As it stands I've pretty much exhausted all my avenues of interviewing people, and have approx 10.5-11 hours of interviews. I'm adding in gameplay footage for visual reference, and whilst its still a bit too early for me to commit to an actual release date, I'm hoping by the end of July it should be finished and ready for public viewing.

Here's some teaser screenshots.

Cheers!

Tom

Just an update on my Oblivion documentary. I've now finished all my interviews!*

(*Unless anyone I hadn't heard back from happens to get in touch over the new few weeks...)

Over the last few months I've been interviewing as many of the game developers that I could track down, to hear them in their own words talk about their individual contributions to the game, as well as sharing some memories/anecdotes, and reflecting on the legacy and success of Oblivion.

I've got roughly 10.5 hours of interview footage, almost all unedited - the only things I'll tend to remove are long pauses for thought, or if we happen to go too off topic.

So now, I'm adding in gameplay footage, to reference what people are talking about, as a visual aid.

Its still a bit too early for me to commit to a firm release date, but I'm hoping to have this finished by early July.

List of interviews:

• Ken Rolston - Designer
• Kurt Kuhlmann - Designer
• Mark Nelson - Designer
• Bruce Nesmith - Designer
• Michael Kirkbride - Additional Writing
• Noah Berry - World Art
• Joel Burgess - Dungeon Art
• Todd Broadwater - Additional World Art
• Jonah Lobe - Character and Creature Art
• Brendan Anthony - Programmer
• Matthew Picioccio - Programmer
• Chris Innanen - Programmer
• Wes Johnson - Voice Actor
• Craig Sechler -Voice Actor
• Elisabeth Noone - Voice Actress
• Linda Kenyon - Voice Actress
• Catherine Flye - Voice Actress
• Bonus interview: Noah Berry + Matthew Picioccio

 

Ofcourse, I'll be posting here and various other places once the video is live, which will be on my YT channel. Here's a link to my channel, and a video I made late last year on TES III Morrowind in the same kind of scope/scale: https://youtu.be/UdQmg-vJUGE

EDIT: Since posting this I've had one more person get back in touch with me and is up for a call aha!

My Oblivion “documentary” is on the homeward stretch. I’ve got 3 interviews this coming week, and waiting to schedule in one more interview and then I’m pretty much finished conducting interviews.

Earlier this week I interviewed Noah Berry, who was the “Lead World Environmental Artist” and we ended up recording 1.5 hours, and pretty much all of it is just talking about the landscape and nature of Cyrodil.

I’m currently at about 9.5 hours of interviews all in.

I’m hesitant to commit to an actual release yet, but I’m hoping for end of June / early July.

Just sharing my Youtube channel incase anyone is interested.

I'm Tom / Filmdeg Miniatures. I'm a close family friend of John Blanche, and I've spent a good deal of time over the last few years interviewing many of the old school names from Games Workshop, talking about the history of it all from the people who were actually there. Straight from the horses mouth as it were.

https://www.youtube.com/@Filmdegminiatures/videos

Very little on screen input from myself, and its all free from clickbait titles and substance lacking substance! I've done a few videos on the history of Warhammer 40,000 and many of the other aspects of Warhammer including interviews with artists, sculptors, game designers, authors, PC game developers etc.

If there's a topic you're interested in, I MIGHT have already interviewed the people behind it. If I haven't feel free to comment, and I'll see if I can do it!

You might be aware that I’m currently working on a “documentary” about Oblivion. I’m interviewing as many of the original game developers that I can track down, to hear them talk, in their own words, about their individual contributions to the game, share some memories and reflect on the legacy and success of the game.

I’m currently at about 8 hours of interview content, with two or three more interviews scheduled in. No eta yet, but hopefully by summer.

Enjoy these pics of Mark Nelson talking about painting THAT painting, and Craig Sechler, who was the voice actor for the Adoring Fan, and also sang this classic song.