General:Mike Lipari

Mike Lipari
Role(s)	Game designer, writer
Softworks tenure	2000[verification needed]-Present
Alias(es)	Mike the Liar, blatantLiar

Mike Lipari is a Senior Programmer and the Systems Group Lead at Bethesda Game Studios, with credits on The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.

Elder Scrolls Game Credits

• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Programmer
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Programmer
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Knights of the Nine — Programmer
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles — Programmer
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Systems Programmer
• Skyrim Special Edition — Additional Systems Programming

Known Contributions

This list is non-exhaustive and includes only contributions which have been confirmed to be implemented, fully or partially, by Lipari.

• Morrowind — Mike Lipari is the namesake of M'Aiq the Liar
• Oblivion — ^(?)
• Knights of the Nine — Lipari helped troubleshoot, debug, and tweak the tools and engine in "all the right places", essential to making the game work. Most of the programming staff looked at bugs here and there to help figure out workarounds.

Relevant Interviews

• Apr 2004: ElderScrolls.com: Most Memorable Elder Scrolls Moments
• Sep 2007: Bethsoft: Inside the Vault: Mike Lipari
• Apr 2022: Making Morrowind 20th Anniversary

External Links

• Mike Lipari on MobyGames

Gallery

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  M'aiq the Liar, a recurring NPC whose name is an alias for Mike