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.

Joined: December 18, 2016
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ByVal Hull
OnJuly 17, 2017

Jordan Weisman on Bringing BattleTech into the Digital Realm

Jordan Weisman, the creator of BattleTech and Shadowrun, and the founder of Harebrained Schemes, has recently spoken to Gamasutra about his upcoming BattleTech video game. He mentioned the challenges of transposing tabletop mechanics into the digital realm and offered a…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 17, 2017

The Witcher Cancelled Prototype Demo Showcased

The folks at GamePressure have managed to get their hands on an early 2003 demo of the original Witcher game. It looks nothing like the game we know as The Witcher and instead resembles hack ‘n’ slash action RPGs like…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 17, 2017

Josh Sawyer Talks Fallout: New Vegas

I’ve not heard about this Steemit website until recently, but a contributor who goes by badastroza there has been busy interviewing some interesting people lately. Thanks to them we have an interview with Chris Avellone focused on Pathfinder: Kingmaker and…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 17, 2017

Forged of Blood Gameplay Trailer

Forged of Blood, a tactical turn-based RPG, failed to secure sufficient funding on Kickstarter a while back, but that doesn’t seem to have slowed the developers much. The game continues to receive regular updates and now it even has a new…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 17, 2017

The New World Development Update #17

The latest development update for Iron Tower Studio’s sci-fi RPG The New World offers a status update that answers the ever-nagging question “where the game’s at?” and provides an overview of Iron Tower Studio’s art pipeline. The art pipeline part…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 17, 2017

Bob Clardy Video Interview

After a bit of a hiatus, Matt Barton is back with a new episode of his Matt Chat series, featuring Bob Clardy, a man who played an instrumental part in making CRPGs what they are today with his Dungeon Campaign…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 16, 2017

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Update #35

The latest post-funding update for Pathfinder: Kingmaker assures us that we’ll be getting regular development updates until the game comes out, and immediately introduces us to one of the game’s possible companions – Amiri the Barbarian. Amiri is one of…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 16, 2017

World of Warcraft: Legion 7.3 Upcoming Features

With what seems to be the final update for the current World of Warcraft expansion launching relatively soon, the folks at PC Gamer have put together a list of the upcoming new features they’re most excited for. Some of these…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 16, 2017

GreedFall E3 Interview

The Gamereactor folks bring us a new piece of belated E3 coverage with this video interview where they talk to Spiders’ project manager Marie-Cécile Jacq and gameplay manager Sébastien Di Ruzza about their upcoming RPG – GreedFall. Have a look:…

ByVal Hull
OnJuly 15, 2017

The Last and Most Hidden Secret of Dark Souls III

Perhaps the reason the mysteries of Dark Souls are so enticing is because the game doesn’t provide us with all the answers and leaves a lot of things open and up for interpretation. As such, this GameSpew article that theorizes…