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ByBuckGB
OnApril 14, 2013

Metacritic Matters: How Review Scores Hurt Video Games

Using the $1 million Metacritic bonus attached to Fallout: New Vegas’ critical reception as a prime example, Kotaku has analyzed the detrimental effects that tying review scores to video games can have during publisher/developer agreements, with Obsidian Entertainment head Feargus…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMarch 28, 2013

Chris Avellone on Why Pen and Paper RPGs are an Invaluable Tool for Development

Talking at a writer’s workshop at GDC, and as reported by Shacknews, Obsidian’s chief creative officer Chris Avellone has sung his praises for PnP RPGs as a tool for writing and designing stories. Snip: He explained that being a game…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMarch 7, 2013

How Fallout Got the Mormon Faith Right

Kotaku has published a guest editorial from Skip Cameron, explaining how Fallout: New Vegas is one of the few pieces of pop culture that he felt did justice to the Mormon faith. Here’s a snip: I take no offense at…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnFebruary 17, 2013

Feargus Urquhart Interview, Part Two

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has published the second part of their interview with the CEO of Obsidian Entertainment, Feargus Urquhart, which this time deals with Project Eternity, Kickstarter in general and South Park: The Stick of Truth (no new info on…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnFebruary 15, 2013

Feargus Urquhart Interview, Part One

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has published the first part of a meaty conversation they had with Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart at DICE. The core of the discussion is the future of RPGs, and Obsidian fans will be pleased to know that…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnFebruary 12, 2013

Obsidian CEO Discusses Chances of Working on Fallout Again

The folks at Rock, Paper, Shotgun have published another snippet of their interview with Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart, this time discussing the chances of the company working on the Fallout IP again and whether they’d be interested. Of course,…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnFebruary 4, 2013

Josh Sawyer on Prioritizing Plot, Info and Characterization in Game Dialogue

After discussing cutting feature, Josh Sawyer has doubled his video quota with a 5-minute chat on the prioritization of plot development, information and characterization in in-game dialogue. Essentially Josh advocates never giving just straight information or exposition, but rather adding…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnFebruary 3, 2013

Josh Sawyer on When Features Die

Josh Sawyer has taken a Formspring question on features getting cut to YouTube to answer it appropriately, and goes over various examples of features that were either implemented smoothly, cut, or generated problems in Icewind Dale II, Neverwinter Nights 2…

ByBuckGB
OnFebruary 1, 2013

Bethesda Softworks Soundtracks Now Available on iTunes

I can’t say that I’m much of an iTunes user myself, but for those of you who are, you’ll be happy to hear that the soundtracks for Dishonored, The Elder Scrolls III-V, Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas are all…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnJanuary 17, 2013

Bethesda Re-registers Fallout Trademark for TV Program

While this isn’t the first time that Bethesda registers a trademark for applications out of their usual portfolio, and while so far they haven’t really made use of them, the timing of the news makes it worth noting: Bethesda has…