Icewind Dale II

Icewind Dale II Now Available on Good Old Games

With the excellent addition that is Icewind Dale II, the Infinity Engine circle is nearly complete over at Good Old Games. This is a great appetizer while we await a DRM-free Baldur’s Gate II package: ‘¢ Includes the original Icewind…

Chris Avellone Blog Updates

Everyone’s favorite RPG designer, Chris Avellone, has once again taken to his blog over on the official Obsidian Entertainment website to talk about project directors and lead designers, writing character dialogue and backstories, envisioning how a character will sound during…

GB Feature: E3 2010: Feargus Urquhart Interview

Following my conversation with Chris Avellone at this year’s E3, I had the opportunity to sit down with Feargus Urquhart in between demonstrations of Dungeon Siege III at the Square Enix booth. The Obsidian Entertainment CEO didn’t hold back on…

Chris Avellone Interview

I suppose you could consider this six-page article-style interview with Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone on gamesTM a gift to those of us celebrating Icewind Dale’s ten-year anniversary. In it, Chris talks about how we broke into the video game industry,…

J.E. Sawyer Social Interview, Continued

In his latest round of answers on social website formspring.me, Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer addresses questions about the reputation and influences systems Obsidian has implemented in the past, the “juvenile” subject matter permeating most video games, ethnic stereotypes in…

J.E. Sawyer Social Interview, Continued

Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer continues to address the bombardment of fan-submitted questions he apparently receives on a daily basis over at formspring.me. This time, he answers questions about what defines an RPG, whether single player RPGs will still be…

Chris Avellone Video Interview, Part One

The latest episode of Matt Barton’s “Matt Chat” video series features the first half of an interview with the one-and-only Chris Avellone about his history as a game master and video game designer, the importance of the storyline in an…

Chris Avellone Interview

PCAction.de has conducted their own interview with Obsidian’s Chris Avellone, chatting with the designer and company co-founder about his job responsibilities, what he’d be doing if he wasn’t a game developer, sex and violence in video games, and more. pcaction.de:…

J.E. Sawyer Social Interview, Continued

Obsidian Entertainment designer Josh Sawyer has once again returned to formspring.me to answer fan-submitted questions, with his latest responses addressing Icewind Dale II’s difficult finale, the importance of gameplay, his small rifle collection, and more. Obsidian has a reputation for…

Chris Avellone Interview

Since the original article is in French, Obsidian Entertainment’s Chris Avellone has published the English version of an interview he recently did for foreign website Polygamer. Alas, what could have been: 8] Tell us about one or several of your…