Icewind Dale

Putting the Role in Role-Playing – Josh Sawyer at GIC 2017

During this year’s Game Industry Conference in Poland, Obsidian Entertainment’s Josh Sawyer talked about “Putting the Role in Role-Playing.” Unfortunately, I don’t think that presentation was recorded, or if it was, the recording hasn’t been released yet. However, the accompanying…

Josh Sawyer Interview and Podcast

If you ever wanted to know more about Obsidian Entertainment’s Josh Sawyer and his career than some might consider reasonable, this USgamer feature should be right up your alley. It includes a 70 minute long podcast where the veteran RPG…

Feargus Urquhart Interview

A new interview with Obsidian Entertainment’s CEO Feargus Urquhart has popped up on VG247. It covers quite a broad range of topics that include the reasons people might want to play cRPGs on consoles, the overabundance of action in RPGs…

The Last Days of Black Isle Studios

By now you’ve probably noticed the recent surge in Obsidian-related articles across the Gamer Network websites that include USgamer, Eurogamer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and VG247. We’ve already had the chance to check out the Obsidian offices, and read about their…

Chris Avellone Interviews

An interview with Chris Avellone where he talks about his involvement with Owlcat’s Pathfinder: Kingmaker has popped up on Facebook. It’s not overly long and mostly revolves around the Pathfinder universe and how it translates into a video game. A…

PC Gamer’s History of RPGs

Richard Cobbett, a well-known pundit when it comes to RPGs, has put together a comprehensive guide to PC RPGs, starting from way back in 1975. With the sheer scope of the RPG genre, some titles get overlooked, but for the…

Feargus Urquhart Video Interview

Feargus Urquhart recently appeared on IGN Unfiltered, IGN’s monthly interview show. It ran for a little over an hour, during which the prolific RPG developer, and the current CEO of Obsidian Entertainment, talked shop and touched on a variety of…

Icewind Dale Retrospective

Lilura1, a blog that focuses on isometric RPGs, is in the process of creating a detailed retrospective of the original Icewind Dale. Part I introduces the game and talks about the setting, the ruleset and character systems, as well as…

Icewind Dale: ToEE Total Conversion Mod in Open Beta

In case you ever wanted to know what would happen if Infinity Engine games were truly turn-based, and possibly looked a whole lot like Troika Games’ The Temple of Elemental Evil, you’re in luck. You can now play through the…