Val Hull

Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.

Baldur’s Gate III Announced

When I was just starting out here at GameBanshee, I never even considered the possibility of covering the actual announcement of Baldur’s Gate III at some point. Neither did I imagine that I would be thoroughly underwhelmed by this long-awaited…

Queen’s Wish: The Conqueror – Jeff Vogel Interview

Jeff Vogel, the mastermind behind Spiderweb Software and their old-school RPGs, recently had a chat with the folks over at VentureBeat, discussing Queen’s Wish: The Conqueror, his latest project that should be kicking off a brand new Spiderweb series. The…

Realms Beyond: Ashes of the Fallen Update #20 – Reactive Dialogues

The latest Kickstarter update for Ceres Games’ old-school party-based RPG Realms Beyond: Ashes of the Fallen shows off how the game’s dialogues react to the player’s character-building choices and shares several fresh, neat-looking screenshots. And since the dialogue reactivity samples…

Diablo: Hellfire Live on GOG

Diablo, a classic Blizzard Entertainment title that can be considered the forefather of the ever-popular hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG genre, made its GOG debut back in March. And while it was nice to revisit the town of Tristram on a…

Todd Howard on IGN Unfiltered

Todd Howard, Bethesda Game Studios’ director and one of the most recognizable video game developers on the planet, participated in the latest installment of IGN Unfiltered, a monthly video interview show. As a result, we can now check out roughly…