The 10 Best Video Game Characters

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We remember the great games we’ve played. But sometimes it’s the characters we played as or those we encountered that linger longest in the memory.


June 1, 2010
In Real Life

Who Is The Greatest Video Game Character Of All Time?

Totally subjective question, of course, but movie mag Empire decided to try and answer anyway, its writers nutting out who they thought were the greatest video game characters of all time. The winner? It wasn’t Mario.


June 3, 2009
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Question Time: Your Interview With Chris Avellone

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Chris Avellone is a legend among RPG circles. He’s worked on Planescape: Torment, Fallout 2, KOTOR 2 and Neverwinter Nights 2. We were lucky to have Chris take a moment out from designing Sega’s upcoming spy RPG Alpha Protocol and answer a bunch of questions from you.


May 1, 2009

RPG Designer Hates RPGs

At the recent Framework conference in Melbourne, veteran RPG designer Chris Avellone – of Planescape: Torment, Fallout 2 and KOTOR 2 fame – told us all how much he hated RPGs.


April 4, 2009

Alpha Protocol: Obsidian Evolves

The team at Obsidian talk about how they’ve evolved over the years leading up to the development of the real-world espionage role-playing game Alpha Protocol.