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BuckGB
October 30, 2016

Don Wilkins Video Interview, Part Two

His time at Sir-tech mastering Wizardry Gold for Windows-based PCs and the experience he had at Sierra Entertainment bringing Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura to the masses are the two primary topics of conversation in this second installment to Matt Barton’s…

BuckGB
October 25, 2016

Don Wilkins Video Interview, Part One

Matt Barton continues to bring us fascinating interviews with key members of the video game industry, with his latest conversation featuring Don Wilkins, who you might recall worked at Sir-tech and Sierra Entertainment before founding his own development studio with…

WorstUsernameEver
October 2, 2016

Leonard Boyarsky on Leaving Blizzard, Arcanum Sequel, Bloodlines and Fallout Cut Content

The folks at RPG Codex have put together a series of questions and forwarded them to Leonard Boyarsky, a recent hire at Obsidian but a developer with a very long history in RPG development. Boyarsky has worked at Interplay, Troika…

WorstUsernameEver
August 30, 2016

Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura Gets the Steam Treatment

It took the game quite a while to find its place on the biggest digital storefront for PC, but it’s finally made it. Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura is now available on Steam for $5.99 The title probably needs…

BuckGB
July 23, 2016

Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura Retrospective Video Review

The CRPG fans over at the Retrospective Gaming YouTube channel have turned their attention to Troika’s Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura for a nearly 16-minute review of the classic role-playing title. Overall, it sounds like they liked the game,…

BuckGB
May 27, 2016

A Call for More Politics and Economy in RPGs

There’s a new blog post by Felipe Pepe up on Gamasutra, in which he makes an argument and general request for an injection of politics- and economy-related content within role-playing games. He points to the way in which this was…

BuckGB
April 12, 2016

Leonard Boyarsky Leaves Blizzard, Joins Obsidian

While Diablo III fans may be heartbroken to learn that ex-Troika founder and industry veteran Leonard Boyarsky has left Blizzard Entertainment after ~10 years as the game’s lead world designer, the rest of us can start celebrating the fact that…

WorstUsernameEver
November 23, 2015

Journey to the Center of Arcanum Pitch Document Unearthed

In an interesting turn of events, unofficial patch author “Drog Black Tooth” posted on the RPG Codex what looks like a pitch document for an Arcanum sequel. While many fans of the title already knew that the sequel was supposed…

WorstUsernameEver
July 27, 2015

12 More RPGs That Brought Something New to the Table

Invigorated by the success of his previous blog for Gamasutra, Felipe Pepe has compiled another list, which this time comprises only 12 titles, of role-playing games that brought something new to the table. The list includes a series of titles…

BuckGB
May 12, 2015

Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura Video Retrospective

It’s been quite awhile since I last played through Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura, and if your play history closely reflects my own, then you may want to refresh your memory by indulging in this new 52-minute “Matt Chat”…