Master Chris Avellone Thread

Post by **maidenhaver** » May 2nd, 2026, 02:08

The_Mask wrote: ↑ April 28th, 2026, 16:53

Irenaeus wrote: ↑ April 28th, 2026, 15:25
Did he ever get married and had kids?
In that last podcast he was in he dropped a throwaway line in there at how he's not fond of kids.

I thought that was interesting because the whole reason why he's someone is because kids played his games. I don't know...

EDIT: on the other hand he did mention he plays games with his wife and that he loves her and the way that she thinks, so I don't know.

Personally, I'm not trying too hard anymore.

Games?

Post by **The_Mask** » May 20th, 2026, 20:21

Chris Avellone on Fallout, KOTOR, and more...

Today’s guest is Chris Avellone — one of the most influential writers in RPG history, known for his work on classics like Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, Fallout: New Vegas, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II.

Across all of those games, Avellone became known for creating morally complex worlds and characters that pushed RPG storytelling far beyond simple good-versus-evil narratives.

Spacekiddo · Post by **Spacekiddo** » May 23rd, 2026, 14:36

Can anybody refresh me on him? He’s a great writer from what I remember—KOTOR 2 being my favorite—but is he actually still good, or has he become a **** of the system

Roguey · Post by **Roguey** » May 23rd, 2026, 14:48

Spacekiddo wrote: ↑ May 23rd, 2026, 14:36
Can anybody refresh me on him? He’s a great writer from what I remember—KOTOR 2 being my favorite—but is he actually still good, or has he become a **** of the system

He's always been a wimp. There haven't been too many recent examples of his writing, but his quality has overall remained high enough. The last actual writing he did was for Weird West, though it's vague what he actually contributed (I believe he wrote the tree in the Pigman route, it feels like his voice, but I can't be 100% certain).

Before that, some stuff for Wasteland 3 (Aspen and some preliminary work on Steeltown and Mt Cheyenne that got scrapped and then re-purposed into some crappy DLCs) and Jedi Fallen Order (never played, don't care enough to look up which individual characters he wrote, but I know they were side characters).

brancard · Post by **brancard** » May 24th, 2026, 18:09

you are such a downie rogue

who invented the dabus: https://torment.fandom.com/wiki/Fell?file=Fell.jpg

brancard · Post by **brancard** » May 24th, 2026, 19:47

john was misunderstooded

brancard · Post by **brancard** » May 24th, 2026, 20:36

avelone is a real dumb usa i dont know how he can handle a real thought

Roguey · Post by **Roguey** » May 25th, 2026, 11:30

brancard wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2026, 18:09
who invented the dabus: https://torment.fandom.com/wiki/Fell?file=Fell.jpg

Zeb Cook.

Post by **The_Mask** » May 25th, 2026, 22:16

Restraints as Values \u0026 The Curse of Forced IPs - with Chris Avellone. The House of the Dev S3E4

Chris Avellone, the legendary writer and game designer, talks to Raphael Colantonio and Peter Salnikov on his approach to storytelling and narrative design in games and much more in this thoughtful, very open and sometimes funny episode.

Spotify link for those that would like to listen to this in the background: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jcDf5 ... hMxSuqPRtQ

Post by **The_Mask** » May 27th, 2026, 03:03

Fan-made #Fallout movie, zero budget, labor of love. : )

Love to see games inspiring creative efforts like this, the passion and sincerity comes through.

Fallout: Echos of the Wasteland - Award Winning Fan Film 2026 - Feature Length Fallout Movie