Ted Peterson (writer)

Ted Peterson
Ted Peterson
Peterson in 2024
Occupations
  • Writer
  • video game designer
Known forThe Elder Scrolls series

Ted Peterson is a writer and video game designer best known for his work on The Elder Scrolls series. He co-founded the independent game studio OnceLost Games with Julian LeFay and Vijay Lakshman in 2019.

Career

Peterson joined Bethesda Softworks as a junior writer in the early 1990s after responding to an advertisement in The Washington Post.[1] His first project at Bethesda was writing for The Terminator 2029, followed by The Terminator: Rampage.[2] During his time at Bethesda, he worked as a designer and writer on The Elder Scrolls: Arena and lead designer on The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.[3] He left the company in 1996,[4] just as Daggerfall was completed. After leaving Bethesda, Peterson joined Activision and worked as a writer on Heavy Gear II, also performing freelance work for Bethesda on The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.[3] As a writer for Bethesda, Peterson wrote almost 200,000 words of prose within in-game books in The Elder Scrolls.[5]

Peterson worked at Savage Entertainment for ten years, contributing to games such as Star Wars: Battlefront II (PSP; 2005) and WALL-E (2008).[6] He has also worked for Electronic Arts and Disney.[7]

In 2019, Peterson co-founded the independent game studio OnceLost Games alongside former Bethesda developers Julian LeFay and Vijay Lakshman.[7] The studio is developing The Wayward Realms, described as a "spiritual successor to Daggerfall", funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign.[8]

Games

List of video games worked on by Ted Peterson
Year Title Role(s) Notes
1992 The Terminator 2029 Writer [2]
1993 The Terminator: Rampage Writer [2]
1994 The Elder Scrolls: Arena Designer and writer [3]
1996 The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Lead designer [3]
1997 Zork: Grand Inquisitor Designer [9]
1999 Heavy Gear II Writer [9]
2002 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Additional Writing & Quest Design [3]
2005 Star Wars: Battlefront II (PSP) [6]
2006 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Additional Writing [3]
2008 WALL-E [6]
TDB The Wayward Realms [10]

Television

References

Citations

  1. ^ Power Play (1995); Edwards (2014).
  2. ^ a b c Indigo Gaming (2018), 3:00.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Peterson (2019).
  4. ^ Power Play (1996).
  5. ^ Indigo Gaming (2018), 0:37.
  6. ^ a b c Indigo Gaming (2018), 2:23:30.
  7. ^ a b c Kane (2019).
  8. ^ Beistad (2024); Smith (2024); White (2025).
  9. ^ a b Peterson (2001).
  10. ^ White (2025).

Sources

Further reading

Articles

Audio and video

  • Peterson, Ted; LeFay, Julian (28 January 2025). An Interview With The Fathers (Video). Wayward Radio. OnceLost Games. Retrieved 19 July 2025 – via YouTube.com.
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