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Brother None
November 30, 2012

Colin McComb on Planescape: Torment

With the writing stages of Wasteland 2 wrapped up, Colin McComb muses “what’s next” and looks back on his career, highlighting his work on Planescape: Torment. But that’s not really the point of this post. The point is that of all…

WorstUsernameEver
November 30, 2012

Chris Avellone Interview

Gamasutra is offering a four-page-long chat with Obsidian’s creative director Chris Avellone, on subjects such as crowdfunding, Project Eternity, Planescape: Torment, Fallout: New Vegas and writing in videogames in general. In other words, the usual subjects. Here’s a snip: I’ve…

WorstUsernameEver
October 6, 2012

Chris Avellone Interview

IndieRPGs.com is offering an interview with RPG veteran Chris Avellone, currently busy at work on inXile’s Wasteland 2 and Obsidians’ Project Eternity, which focuses mostly on his work on Planescape: Torment. Here’s a couple of snippets: Could you elaborate on…

WorstUsernameEver
August 24, 2012

Planescape: Torment Podcast Post-mortem

No doubt partially inspired by all the recent talk of a spiritual successor to the title, the folks at Eurogamer have put together a podcast post-mortem for Planescape: Torment, helped by the title’s lead design Chris Avellone, writer/designer Colin McComb,…

Eric Schwarz
August 22, 2012

Black Isle Studios Revival Incoming?

Word has quickly spread of an upcoming rebirth of the famous RPG developer, Black Isle Studios, after the appearance of a brand new web site featuring the classic logo, updated Facebook and Twitter pages, and the portentous words “Black Isle…

WorstUsernameEver
August 20, 2012

Chris Avellone on How He Would Do a Planescape: Torment Spiritual Successor

Our readers are probably familiar with how talkative Chris Avellone can be, so it’s not surprising that, when asked by Kotaku to comment on his ideas for a Planescape: Torment spiritual successor, he handed up a detailed and interesting write-up…

WorstUsernameEver
August 10, 2012

Black Isle Veteran Colin McComb Joins the Wasteland 2 Team

Thanks to a tweet from inXile CEO Brian Fargo we learn that Colin McComb, writer on, among other things, Planescape: Torment and Fallout 2, has joined the writing team on Wasteland 2, which has also grown to include Patrick E.…

WorstUsernameEver
June 25, 2012

Chris Avellone Podcast Interview

Videogame-focused blog Emergency Broadcast System is offering an extensive podcast interview with Obsidian Entertainment’s chief creative officer Chris Avellone. In about 48 minutes of interview Chris touches upon subjects such as the conflict between storytelling and freedom, Alpha Protocol’s reception,…

BuckGB
March 25, 2012

Overhaul Games Might Do a Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition

Once the Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II Enhanced Editions are behind them, Overhaul Games has revealed that they’d like to pursue a Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition afterward. From Trent Oster’s tweet: We want to do Planescape: Torment after the…

BuckGB
February 15, 2012

The Infinity Engine Goes Open-Source and Cross-Platform, Sorta

BioWare’s Infinity Engine is the greatest RPG engine ever created. There, I said it. Sure, it doesn’t support true turn-based combat, but when you look at the entire package – the way it handles dialogue to paper doll management to…