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BuckGB
July 8, 2017

Beamdog’s Trent Oster on Missing Icewind Dale II Source Code

Given the fact that it was the last of the Infinity Engine games to be released, was created by a highly experienced development team who are still in the business, was managed by multiple companies who likely followed its progress…

Val Hull
July 7, 2017

Icewind Dale II Source Code Missing, Enhanced Edition Patches Detailed

The latest Beamblog post sends out an open call for the Icewind Dale II source code, after Beamdog’s failure to locate it on their own. A few words on that: At this time, the source code for Icewind Dale II…

Val Hull
May 3, 2017

IGN’s Top 100 RPGs of All Time, Part 2

The second part of IGN’s Top 100 RPGs has been revealed. Entries 61-80 include a disproportionate number of Japanese games with several notable exceptions. Here are some of them: Icewind Dale II – 76 Compared to other games in its…

Val Hull
February 4, 2017

Chris Avellone Livestream Interview

The one and only Chris Avellone participated in a livestreamed interview with Colm Larkin, the creator of Guild of Dungeoneering from The Irish Game Makers Association. They chatted for about an hour. The trip down the memory lane starts with…

Val Hull
December 28, 2016

Josh Sawyer Interview

RPG Codex has published an interview they conducted with Obsidian Entertainment’s Josh Sawyer. It is extremely long and goes into detail about a whole lot of various topics. An interesting takeaway there are Sawyer’s thoughts on what narrative and mechanical…

WorstUsernameEver
September 16, 2014

Chris Avellone Interview

Dutch website Pixelcake has published an interview with Chris Avellone, and luckily for us, they offer an English version, which I’m linking to. The interview mostly focuses on Avellone’s experience in the industry, and also offers some advice to aspiring…

WorstUsernameEver
August 23, 2014

Josh Sawyer on How to Balance an RPG

Obsidian Entertainment’s designer J.E. Sawyer, who’s currently working as the project director and lead designer for their Kickstarter project Pillars of Eternity, has penned a guest editorial on Kotaku on RPG balance. He covers both what he thinks should be…

BuckGB
April 19, 2014

D&D Titles Get Language Packs and Macintosh Ports

A celebration is in order if you’re an OS X gamer, as GOG.com has announced that Baldur’s Gate: The Original Saga, Baldur’s Gate II Complete, Icewind Dale Complete, Icewind Dale II Complete, Planescape: Torment, and The Temple of Elemental Evil…

WorstUsernameEver
February 10, 2014

J.E. Sawyer Reminisces on Icewind Dale II

Prompted by a question he received on his Tumblr blog, J.E. Sawyer (currently project lead on Pillars of Eternity, but more importantly in this context, lead designer on Icewind Dale II) has recorded a video retrospective on the title, explaining…

BuckGB
September 28, 2013

How Dungeons & Dragons Inspired Classic PC Games

While there’s absolutely no denying that Dungeons & Dragons has had an enormous influence on the video game landscape over the past 35 years, I can’t help but feel that this three-page feature on Tom’s Guide misses the mark by…