Into The Breach Tells Its Story Through Its Characters
Into the Breach depicts a conflict between human civilization and giant alien bugs. Dialogue is scant and world…
Podcast: How Prey's Best Characters Came To Life
One of Prey’s biggest strengths is how it realizes the inhabitants of the space station Talos-1, and on today’s Kotaku…
We Talk To The Writer Of Planescape: Torment And Alpha Protocol
Last week in San Francisco, veteran game designer Chris Avellone joined Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about Alpha Protocol,…
Podcast: People Who Write (And Program) Video Games
We’re back for another Kotaku Splitscreen special from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Today we’re…
Superstar RPG writer and Kotaku Asks guest Chris Avellone has left Obsidian, the company he co-founded. “Off to pursue…
Kotaku Asks: The Lead Writer And Designer Of Planescape: Torment [Q&A Over]
What can change the nature of a man? Just ask Chris Avellone, the writer behind some of the greatest role-playing games…
Planescape Torment's Successor Is Now The Biggest Kickstarter Game Of All Time
The spiritual successor to Planescape Torment, Torment: Tides of Numenera, once held the record for being the fastest…
Planescape: Torment Designer Chris Avellone Plays Old RPGs For Our Amusement
The latest update for development studio Obsidian Entertainment's Kickstartered RPG Project Eternity isn't about Proje…
The People Behind Fallout And Planescape Are Making My Dream RPG
Video game publishers have not treated Obsidian Entertainment very well over the years.
The Guy Who Made Planescape: Torment Tells Us What A Spiritual Successor Would Look Like
Perhaps you remember Planescape: Torment, a wonderful role-playing game that set a new bar for video game narrative…
Chris Avellone Teases Planescape: Torment Successor
Like its nameless protagonist, Planescape: Torment might come back from the dead.
Fallout's Chris Avellone Agrees to Join Fan Webseries Project
Fan webseries Fallout: Nuka Break is, as Kotaku once observed, actually pretty good. The first season ran through…
Designers Behind BioShock, Dragon Age, And Fallout Spill Their Game Writing Secrets
You've already read Kate's summary of "Plot vs. Play," the PAX East panel about storytelling in video games, but now…
David Gaider, Ken Levine, and Chris Avellone Discuss What Matters Most in Games: the Words or the World?
This Saturday, at PAX East, I had the pleasure of attending the "Plot vs. Play" panel, moderated by Joystiq's Ben…