Stella Brando
Arcane
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He's a manlet who likes sports. Never had the athleticism to actually play, so he played sports video games. Then he glommed on to the most basic and superficial aspects of Bethesda's RPGs (You can go Anywhere!) and lucked into the position of being in charge. This is where his min-maxed charisma came into play. Being friends with Altman had it's benefits.Todd is a strange character. The media sometimes portrays him as the nerd who lives the impossible dream of making video games for a living, but this doesn't seem right to me. He's not a classical nerd, he's in a class of his own. And since when were nerds kept out of the gaming industry?
I'm struggling to think of someone to compare him to. His main class features seem to be a lack of imagination and a dislike of complexity. Nerds have always been imaginative -- look at science-fiction and fantasy. Todd's type is different.
Every time I hear about this Altman character, I picture the director of McCabe & Mrs Miller running a game studio.
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