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People News SHOCKER: Chris Avellone leaves Obsidian Entertainment

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by Infinitron, Jun 9, 2015.

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  1. Vault Dweller Commissar, Red Star Studio Developer

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    One of many articles on top media sites; predictably it starts with a 'history lesson'.
    http://www.pcgamer.com/inxile-hopes-to-revive-van-buren-one-of-these-days/
     
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  2. Ismaul Citizen First Class #3333 Patron

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    I guess it's safe to say MCA has gone inXile!

    :yeah:



    p.s. 25 pages in two threads and no one made that quip?
     
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  3. Vault Dweller Commissar, Red Star Studio Developer

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    I assume that Avellone's departure wasn't a surprise (considering that he's a co-owner and can't just say 'see ya!'). That's probably where it all felt apart.
     
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  4. Crispy Who's really in charge here? Undisputed Queen of Faggotry

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    You're both right. Van Buren is legendary among us RPG nerds, but ask a AAA core audience what it is and they'll just stare at you blankly.
     
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  5. Raapys Arcane

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    InExile hasn't been targeting the masses though.
     
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  6. Azarkon Arcane

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    AAA core audience won't touch TB RPGs with a 10 foot pole to begin with.
     
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  7. Crispy Who's really in charge here? Undisputed Queen of Faggotry

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    That's the point.

    Edit: To clarify, if you're asking "Is the trademarked term 'Van Buren' known well enough to justify any kind of large-budgeted RPG project", the answer is going to depend on to whom you're posing the question. Can InXile pull this off? Who exactly are they going to target? Potentially adding MCA to the mix only confuses that conjecture even more.

    Edit 2: Interesting times we're living in, Codex.
     
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  8. Bubbles I'm forever blowing

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    Hearthstone is reasonably popular.
     
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  9. Metro Arcane Beg Auditor

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    MCA to Blizzard confirmed.
     
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  10. Azarkon Arcane

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    So is Poker. But you know what I'm talking about.
     
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  11. Ismaul Citizen First Class #3333 Patron

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    Pretty sure that his tweet saying he's fed up with having what he cares about being crushed again referred to his last project's cancellation.

    Feargus done fucked up now.
     
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  12. Night Goat The Immovable Autism Patron No Fun Allowed

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    Do we know what his last project was?
     
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  13. Rean Codex Grammar Police Patron

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    #363
    You should also look at his Twitter timeline and favourites. Many of his more recent favourites have been people asking him or Obsidian for another Kickstarter. When I tagged the RPG Codex account managed by Crooked Bee with a tweet about how Fallout 4 didn't interest me, but an Obsidian Kickstarter led by him, he replied to a <3 to us. His lack of involvement with PoE could be because of involvement with bigger AAA projects that got cancelled, as for the Kickstarter that never happened, maybe we'll hear about it in the future. Could be that the shitty Kickstarter card game was the straw that broke the camel's back.
     
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  14. Pirata Alma Negra Learned

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    It'll be funny if he joins a MMO/console/blizzard company.
     
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  15. Kem0sabe Arcane

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    [​IMG]
     
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  16. Azarkon Arcane

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    It was on Facebook, and occurred towards the end of May, I think? Has to be one of the newer projects because Pillars of Eternity was already released by then.
     
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  17. LundB Mistakes were made.

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    lol at all the people hoping he'll work for inXile but disgusted by the idea of him joining Todd. Over the course of their existence Bethesda has managed to create at least one good game, a feat which, given what I've heard about WL2, inXile still hasn't quite managed to replicate. Intentions mean nothing if the results aren't there.

    This is a way better vision of the ideal future:
    One can only hope.
     
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  18. Jasede Prestigious Gentleman Arcane Patron

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    Why aren't we more hyped about this? This is amazing news...
     
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  19. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    It's old news. There was plenty of hype here last year: http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9696
     
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  20. Jasede Prestigious Gentleman Arcane Patron

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    I must have been in a coma...
     
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  21. Copper Savant

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    Probably just gone to Valve to work on Portal 2.5, or teaming up with Ken Levine's Dire Straits indie outfit.

    I dunno - the 'jobbing writing talent' gig that people like Pratchet have never seemed that satisfying - it's typically Marvel-method writing, when you have to give context to a bunch of stuff that's already been designed, or else your plot gets butchered when shit gets cut. But maybe he'll go full tilt into 'guru for hire' and keep things fresh advising and contributing to startups like FTL.
     
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  22. Crispy Who's really in charge here? Undisputed Queen of Faggotry

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    Jasede, it doesn't really mean anything at all. As has already been pointed out, and speculated, Van Buren's load was blown in New Vegas. MCA teaming up with Brian is just a dream at this point. Fargo's only 'selling point' on the idea is player-on-player conflict. There's really nothing there other than a name.

    Except hope. Hope springs (spergs) eternal, right?
     
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  23. Kem0sabe Arcane

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  24. Shevek Arcane

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    inXile would be a good place for him. A guy like him needs to be on the bleeding edge. I am not sure if working on BT4 would be a good use of his abilities since its a straight up dungeon crawl.
     
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  25. Athelas Arcane

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    Translation: it was not an amicable parting.
     
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