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.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Developer Livestream

Everybody seems to have a streaming service these days. Even Facebook. And on there, the Creative Director and the Community Manager for Star Wars: The Old Republic had a developer livestream. They talked about the world of Star Wars and…

Corven: Path of Redemption January Update

The January development update for Corven: Path of Redemption treats us to a few work-in-progress screenshots, and a short paragraph: Beside having had pneumonia the month was productive. We worked on several parts of the world; here you can see…

Apocalypse Now RPG Campaign Moving From Kickstarter

With less than 10 days left in its Kickstarter campaign, Apocalypse Now RPG called for evac. Having gathered only about $170,000 of the required $900,000, it was clear that the project wouldn’t get funded. Instead of cutting their losses, the…

Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath Announced

When there was talk about the new expansion for Path of Exile, promising to add a 5th Act to the game, I thought that it was a great idea. Having 5 Acts would put it on par with its glorious…

Richard Cobbet on RPG Writing

Richard Cobbett of Rock, Paper, Shotgun, known for his RPG Scrollbars column, worked on writing The Long Journey Home, an RPG with roguelike elements, for Deadalic Studio West. Now, he uses his insights into video game writing to talk shop.…

The Banner Saga 3 Updates: Survival Mode and Q&A

With 21 days left to go and over $280,000 pledged, the Kickstarter campaign for The Banner Saga 3 has a couple of new updates. One describes the Survival Mode that’s coming to the game when the stretch goal of $300,000…

Iron Tower Studio Colony Ship Game Design Update #12

Iron Tower Studios’ Colony Ship Game update #12 is a bit on the shorter side. It outlines the current state of development, gives us a few pieces of concept art, and describes the Protectors of the Mission enclave: We’re picking up…

38 Studios, a Retrospective

The spectacular rise and fall of 38 Studios with all the big names, the courtroom drama, and even the US government getting involved, was quite the story. Even so, someone who wasn’t following those events closely may still be confused…

Josh Sawyer Interview: Crowdfunding and the Statue of Od Nua

Polygon has published an editorial-style interview with Obsidian’s Josh Sawyer. The article goes over the inner workings of the Kickstarter campaign for Pillars of Eternity and how it just so happened that a stretch goal from it became a central…