Interview Brian Fargo and MCA doing AMA on Reddit

[Infinitron]

http://lionwood-studios.com/special_for_brian_fargo.html

 

[IronicNeurotic]

[–]ChrisAvelloneCCO Obsidian Entertainment 2 points 3 minutes ago

Chris (Priestly) rocks.

They were hanging out at Pax (Chris + the Bioware Team)

 

[skuphundaku]

Avellone on games he would like to revive and work on​

As for me, I'd love to do: Ultima (both conventional and the spin-offs like Martian Dreams), Wizard's Crown/Eternal Dagger (love the skill-based character building). In terms of existing franchises: The Wire, Archer, X-Com RPG, Deus Ex, and System Shock.​

Wasteland was formerly one of the ones above, but then Brian contacted me, and made it a reality. Shiiiiit yeah​

An Archer RPG in the vein of Alpha Protocol... something like "Alpha Protocol done right" would be hilarious and FULL OF WIN (now I have to go slap myself for using such douchebag language as "full of win").

 

[Stabwound]

My hopes is that I am able to bring you all RPGs for the next decade plus with fan funding. Bard's Tale is just one of the many potential games.

Re: Obsidian kickstarter

Can't say at this time. News to come!

 

[Infinitron]

Looks like Brian wants to make RPGs right until retirement. A new golden age!

Will we view the past decade, in retrospect, as "The Lost Decade"? It's kind of sad when you think about it. So much time lost, so much money and resources spent on crap.

 

[mindx2]

Love this quote from Brian when asked what a publisher wouldn't like about his W2 game:

I am pretty certain that our adult approach and PC centric development would not have been popular with publishers. It is quite nice to be developing a game without worrying about a controller interface or what happens when you are 6' away from the screen.

 

[Duckard]

[–]CrackedSash 2 points1 hour ago

Are you guys friends with David Gaider? Chris, have you ever considered him a rival?

[–]ChrisAvelloneCCO Obsidian Entertainment 1 point1 minute ago

I love David. If you ever meet him, give him some beers and then ask him to critique a game, any game... and watch back and learn. And laugh. And learn some more.

Breaking the Codex's heart. One Bioware developer at a time.

 

[Infinitron]

at Brian shooting down the dorks who want their voice acting in the game

 

[Brayko]

That's cool that you remember it. It's unlikely to happen as I do not control that property. That is under domain of the French owners of Interplay.

 

[Infinitron]

That's cool that you remember it. It's unlikely to happen as I do not control that property. That is under domain of the French owners of Interplay.

You can tell that he wanted to write French usurpers.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Looks like Brian wants to make RPGs right until retirement. A new golden age!

Will we view the past decade, in retrospect, as "The Lost Decade"? It's kind of sad when you think about it. So much time lost, so much money and resources spent on crap.

May he live for a thousand years!

Also, now there will have to be clowns in WL2.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Black]

I don't see any kind of lotion anywhere.

 

[Aeschylus]

That's cool that you remember it. It's unlikely to happen as I do not control that property. That is under domain of the French owners of Interplay.

You can tell that he wanted to write French usurpers.

Fetchez la vache!

I have enjoyed reading this, in spite of reddit's general lack of anything resembling usability. It warms my heart to read about Fargo being able to reject publishers for once.

 

[Jaesun]

Who is the cute guy in the middle?

:blush:

 

[Burning Bridges]

I sure hope that this kickstarter thing lives and that we start getting glorious games from ages past... Then I will again after so many years, truly enjoy my gaming hobby.

This appears more likely every day. I am hopeful many people are preparing their coming proposals right as we speak. Let's hope we soon get dozens of such projects funded.

 

[Burning Bridges]

RPGCodex, it looks like the decline is going to end.

 

[Country_Gravy]

Avellone on games he would like to revive and work on​

As for me, I'd love to do: Ultima (both conventional and the spin-offs like Martian Dreams), Wizard's Crown/Eternal Dagger (love the skill-based character building). In terms of existing franchises: The Wire, Archer, X-Com RPG, Deus Ex, and System Shock.​

Wasteland was formerly one of the ones above, but then Brian contacted me, and made it a reality. Shiiiiit yeah​

An Archer RPG in the vein of Alpha Protocol... something like "Alpha Protocol done right" would be hilarious and FULL OF WIN (now I have to go slap myself for using such douchebag language as "full of win").

I hope he does wizards crown and the eternal dagger games. That would be too awesome

 

[Anthony Davis]

RPGCodex, it looks like the decline is going to end.

You just HAD to say it.

Don't any of you guys remember your classical learning?

What's the first thing that happens with hubris!

"I'm more powerful than Zeus, I'm more beautiful than Aphrodite!" BOOM!

You need to stay involved.

 

[20 Eyes]

[–]CrackedSash 2 points1 hour ago

Are you guys friends with David Gaider? Chris, have you ever considered him a rival?

[–]ChrisAvelloneCCO Obsidian Entertainment 1 point1 minute ago

I love David. If you ever meet him, give him some beers and then ask him to critique a game, any game... and watch back and learn. And laugh. And learn some more.

Breaking the Codex's heart. One Bioware developer at a time.

There is always a chance these guys might end up working together at some point in the unforeseen future, so it doesn't make sense to be hostile and shit all over your peers in an interview. Besides that, I wouldn't be surprised if somebody like Gaider actually was fun to talk to outside of Bioware.com and after you get a few beers in him.

 

[IronicNeurotic]

RPGCodex, it looks like the decline is going to end.

In before developers combine their legal teams to shut all of it down.

Kotick/whoever is EA then come out of the woodwork and fuck our dying corpse with one single phrase.

"EVERY GAME IS NOW TO BE MADE INTO A CONSOLE-FPS"

Resistance will be futile. Development of any other kind of game will be punishable by death.

 

[Burning Bridges]

RPGCodex, it looks like the decline is going to end.

You just HAD to say it.

Don't any of you guys remember your classical learning?

What's the first thing that happens with hubris!

"I'm more powerful than Zeus, I'm more beautiful than Aphrodite!" BOOM!

You need to stay involved.

That's why I didn't say "the decline has ended". I was very cautious. I will only say that if I have the games I want.

 

[Duckard]

There is always a chance these guys might end up working together at some point in the unforeseen future, so it doesn't make sense to be hostile and shit all over your peers in an interview. Besides that, I wouldn't be surprised if somebody like Gaider actually was fun to talk to outside of Bioware.com and after you get a few beers in him.

I know, I know. I was being mostly facetious.

 

[Stabwound]

Yeah, I imagine that shit talking people in the industry, even if you don't like them, is a terrible career move. It pretty much never happens. Brian Fargo has been laying into publishers, but if you noticed he's not naming any names. While you can tell he does have disdain for them, he's kind of playing both sides. He is a businessman and does have to have a career if the fan-funding model doesn't pan out.

 

[Mrowak]

Yeah, I imagine that shit talking people in the industry, even if you don't like them, is a terrible career move. It pretty much never happens. Brian Fargo has been laying into publishers, but if you noticed he's not naming any names. While you can tell he does have disdain for them, he's kind of playing both sides. He is a businessman and does have to have a career if the fan-funding model doesn't pan out.

Yeah... in fact, didn't he state somewhare that he managed to strike a deal with EA (which probably entailed selling his soul) in order to secure Wasteland as a trademark?