Careerīethesda Softworks eventually recruited Howard in 1994 as a producer. Instead, Howard started working for a smaller game company in Yorktown, Virginia, which enabled him to visit several conventions like the Consumer Electronics Show, where he continued approaching Bethesda to request being hired. After graduating, he went back to Bethesda for a job but was rejected again due to a lack of job opportunities at the time. He asked for a job at the company but was rejected and told that he needed to finish school as a prerequisite. Day, he visited the offices of Bethesda Softworks, which he passed by daily on his commute to and from school. ĭuring the holiday break of his senior year in college, Howard obtained a copy of Wayne Gretzky Hockey (1988) by Bethesda Softworks.

Howard later stated that a business major appeared as the easiest path through college. In 1993, he graduated from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, with a major in business while taking computer classes for credit. He is a 1989 graduate of Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. Howard considers the 1980s role-playing video games Wizardry and Ultima III: Exodus to be inspirations for his future games. He developed an interest in computers, particularly video games, at a very young age. His elder brother, Jeffrey Mark (Jeff) Howard, was later the 'director of creative affairs' for Disney, overseeing the production of Bambi II. Todd Andrew Howard was born in 1970 in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, to Ronald (Ron) and Priscilla Howard.

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