Incline Chris Avellone Appreciation Station

[Major_Blackhart]

I doubt that anyone who believes choice is tyranny would enjoy Chrono Trigger.

 

[santino27]

I feel like a lot of writers/designers of his era cite Chrono Trigger. Didn't Warren Spector and Harvey Smith also frequently bring it up as one of their influences?

I can't say with confidence whether they did or didn't, but I don't recall associating CT with either of them and I went through a period of deep, deep research on both figures (mostly to try to figure out how they went so wrong with DXIW). My hunch is that CT's influence was not quite as strong as with Avellone.

I suspect I'm conflating Tom Hall's comments (he did cite CT as an inspiration) when working on Anachronox with Warren/Harvey because they were all at Ion Storm at the time.

 

[Roguey]

https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1263300219371843584

Me: …wait, so in the game, why does my character have to do this task for this complete dipshit? Writer: Because he’s got too many robot bodyguards for you to do anything but agree Me: Have you ever played a videogame before in your life

The "lesson": If you have to (and hopefully you don’t), please employ convincing narrative blockers

Which game is he talking about here?

 

[Akratus]

Yes it's extremely obvious 99% of modern game "designers" have never played tabletop before.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Quillon]

outer worlds?

Gotta be talking about a game he's worked on/been working on.

 

[Latro]

outer worlds?

Gotta be talking about a game he's worked on/been working on.

He's not the type to go to twitter to publicly shame a colleague. Obsidian owners do not count.

 

[Quillon]

Publicly shame who? There are thousands of games that does that, either he's talking from actual experience or just making a point.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Lacrymas]

Publicly shame who? There are thousands of games that do that

Everyone and every game, in alphabetical order.

 

[Quillon]

just name 1 thousand with robot bodyguards in situation like that

If we assume that convo is real then we accept he's talking from actual experience and "publicly shaming" some specific unknown person. But he could've just made that convo up to make his point.

 

[Sacibengala]

He can just be giving some generic example, u know...

 

[Roguey]

It's not an actual conversation, he's getting mad at a scenario in a game he's playing.

 

[Mikeal]

Publicly shame who? There are thousands of games that does that, either he's talking from actual experience or just making a point.

Sawyer of course!

 

[GarfunkeL]

Yeah it's pretty obvious it's a generic example due to a trend that is far too common in both video games and tabletop games.

 

[c2007]

This is describing GoTo and his HKs.

Everything Avellone returns to TSL. His greatest failure.

 

[agris]

Chris, your alt persona is too obvious; try re-rolling.

 

[conan_edw]

Chris Avellone and Emily Grace Buck Discuss the Recipe For a Great RPG

https://www.ign.com/articles/chris-avellone-and-emily-grace-buck-discuss-the-recipe-for-a-great-rpg

 

[Funposter]

Chris Avellone and Emily Grace Buck Discuss the Recipe For a Great RPG

https://www.ign.com/articles/chris-avellone-and-emily-grace-buck-discuss-the-recipe-for-a-great-rpg

she seems interested in recipes of a different kind

Spoiler

 

[Nano]

- Avellone's cum (120 ml)

 

[Sentinel]

I doubt Avellone even remembers what an RPG is.

 

[Ninjerk]

“I think one of the biggest aspects of an RPG is fun,”

 

[Serious_Business]

grim, dark feeling

Very true, very true

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

- Avellone's cum (120 ml)

That, combined with precisely ONE young bald homosexual gentleman. For example, Tim Cain or David Gaider.

Pour the first ingredient into the second and watch the magic happen.

 

[Nano]

- Avellone's cum (120 ml)

That, combined with precisely ONE young bald homosexual gentleman. For example, Tim Cain or David Gaider.

Pour the first ingredient into the second and watch the magic happen.

I'm willing to shave my head to volunteer for this.