Short quotes from the interview with Kurt Kuhlmann: Today’s Inside the Vault is about senior designer, Kurt Kuhlmann. Kurt has worked on a few Elder Scrolls titles including Oblivion. Much of how we implement quests in the Construction Set, especially when we transitioned to Oblivion from Morrowind, was conceived by Kurt. He once made a web version of the board game, Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation, after we became addicted to it in the office. (...) What would you say is your personal favorite game of all time? That’s a tough one. I’m going to confine my answer to video games (board games it would probably be Titan). And basing “favorite” on “number of hours spent”, I’d have to go with Civilization in all its forms, closely followed by Company of Heroes (my current favorite) and maybe the various Ultimas (which sucked up many of my teenage hours). (...) Worst job you’ve ever had? Manning the meat rake at Taco Bell. I do not kid. That job was so bad that even my mom encouraged me to quit. Food service industry: not for me. I preferred working a pesticide packaging line at Dow Chemical, if you want to know how much I disliked my Taco Bell gig…

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