Alpha Protocol

Chris Avellone Interview

Iron Tower Studio’s Vince D. Weller has posted a very interesting interview with Obsidian’s co-founder and creative director Chris Avellone on the theme of choice & consequence. Examples are drawn from Alpha Protocol, Planescape: Torment, the canned Interplay’s Fallout 3…

Obsidian’s Feargus Urquhart Addresses Bug Complaints

It seems to be a popular argument that Obsidian Entertainment’s titles are buggier than most, so when asked about how that sort of reputation might play out with Dungeon Siege III in the latest issue of Play Magazine, CEO Feargus…

Chris Avellone Blog Update

Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone has added a brief entry to his official blog that reveals his preference for implementing “a smaller, more focused” set of characters in the titles he works on. Alpha Protocol and Fallout: New Vegas – Dead…

Obsidian Entertainment Signs With DDM Talent Agency

Gamasutra brings word that Obsidian Entertainment has teamed up with Massachusetts-based talent agency Digital Development Management, which will no doubt help them seek out voice actors and such for the unannounced project they’ve been working on for quite awhile now.…

Jason Graves Interview

There’s an interview with composer Jason Graves on Square Enix Music Online, and while a majority of the Q&A covers his most recent work on Dead Space 2, you may also recall that he’s also responsible for the music in…

GB Feature: Game of the Year 2010 Awards

First, an apology – had it not been for a nasty bug that’s been keeping me horizontal for the past several days, our Game of the Year feature would have been up sooner. Now that I’m finally starting to feel…

Game of the Year 2010

While there were certainly some stand-out RPGs taking up space in our living room and hard drives this year, we’d classify 2010 as something of a creative disappointment. Aside from Alpha Protocol and the burgeoning indie scene, almost every major…

Alpha Protocol For Less Than $5

In some ways, it pains me to have to link to Newegg’s product page for Alpha Protocol, as I think Obsidian’s spy-themed RPG is worth way more than $4.99 with free shipping. But if you have yet to experience the…

J.E. Sawyer Launches a Blog

After updating his Formspring feed on multiple occasions throughout 2010, veteran RPG designer Josh Sawyer has decided that it would be easier to just open up his own blog. His first entry offers an opposing view to Jeff Vogel’s opinion…