News

Fable Designer On Not Getting Avatar (And Then Getting It)

Peter Molyneux, the game designer behind the Fable franchise, was invited on the set of Hollywood motion picture Avatar. He didn’t quite “get it”.


March 12, 2010
News

Fable Gamers Didn’t Understand Half Of Fable’s Features

Slide from Game Developers Conference entitled “What if we move Fable toward an action adventure?” Presented by Fable III creative director Peter Molyneux. Note the fourth bullet point. As a result, Molyneux promises a clearer, more streamlined sequel.


December 6, 2009
In Real Life

Handmade Fable Fortune’s Tower Card Set: A Limited Edition Of One

Shawn Baxter, aka the Capcom-Unity all-star contributor Snow_Infernus, thought for certain someone would have made a Fortune’s Tower card set based on the Fable II Pub Game. When no one did, he got tired of waiting, and made his own.


October 12, 2009
In Real Life

You Led Me On! — Dating In Video Games

I peruse columns on Sundays and today found myself cracking up over Emily Short’s GameSetWatch column, ‘Homer In Silicon’: Communicating Character.


September 11, 2009

Torture In Video Games

At PAX, I had the good fortune to catch Bethesda’s Brink demo. While there was a lot of cool stuff in the game worth blogging about, what stuck with me was the use of torture in the game.


August 28, 2009
News

Fable II Gets A Game Of The Year Edition

Hot on the heels of a Gears of War 2 GOTY bundle comes the news that Fable II will also be repackaged, also in a “Game of the Year” edition.


August 24, 2009
News

Molyneux: Hate Mail Changed Fable II DLC

I guess this rates a spoiler alert, nearly a year after the fact. But the dilemma presented at the end of Fable II so outraged some players that they took to writing good old-fashioned hate mail to Peter Molyneux.


August 19, 2009
News

Fable II Goes Episodic, Pay-To-Play

In addition to announcing Fable III, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has also revealed that Fable II is to be re-released as an episodic, pay-per-episode title.


August 11, 2009
In Real Life

More Faces From Fable II

Lionhead has posted the fourth installment of their Big Hero Gathering feature, in which they assemble players’ heroes from Fable II into one giant tribute to character customisation.


August 5, 2009
News

Dress Your Avatar In Fable II

Ever wonder what an avatar placeholder wearing a Fable II t-shirt looked like? Well BAM, there it is.