Incline Chris Avellone Appreciation Station

[imweasel]

You've got to admit it's a bit funny how he called PoE too linear on Twitter without uttering a word about the much more fundamental linearity of BG:SoD. There's no way he could have missed that.

True, but SoD is just an expansion unlike PoE, which is why you can't really criticize Beamdog for that.

 

[Rostere]

Huh.

Wow. That is very telling.

 

[Infinitron]

lol

Haha, that's not Eric Fenstermaker though. Don't trust Google Image Search.

 

[Infinitron]

Haha, that's not Eric Fenstermaker. Don't trust Google Image Search.

fk, but now at least I have an excuse for remaking the worst fitting face.

this one is correct, right?

lol

There aren't many photos of Eric out there but he appears in the PoE documentary. (I searched for this when we did our interview with him)

 

[Roguey]

He looks like Grunker's younger brother.

 

[Athelas]

He even stole borrowed his striped flannel shirt!

 

[Taxnomore]

I don't know much about appreciating Chris Avelonne. I'm still new at this.
However, can we talk about stuff Chris Avelonne appreciates ? I think we can find a common ground here. I have the man on my Facebook friend list, which means whenever he likes something that's public, it pops up in my feeds.

And I dare say, Chris Avelonne has some interesting tastes.

I've only started collecting these recently, but there's always a few coming each week, and I've got a few stored on my phone and laptop which I'm too lazy to fetch right now. Shall I go on posting those things Chris Avelonne appreciates ?

edit : bothered to remove the ladies names.

 

[Ninjerk]

lol

 

[imweasel]

And I dare say, Chris Avelonne has some interesting tastes.

Spoiler

Are you stalking MCA?

Anyway, the first one is Shanna Germain and they are probably friends, seeing that they worked together on T:ToN. Nothing extraordinary about that and no need to hide her name, because we know who she is anyway. No idea who the other girl is.

Who cares anyway, he can stick his dick into or be friends with whomever he wants.

 

[Taxnomore]

Not stalking. I started adding random game developpers I liked on Facebook to see if they'd accept, they did for some reason. Then all of this start popping in my newsfeed, and I was wondering if my Codex MCA lover buddies would be interested. I couldn't care less, myself, I can access GD and the Tits thread.

 

[DosBuster]

This is gonna make me look like a stalker but he has a girlfriend, it's not unusual to like female friends posts on facebook lol

 

[Beastro]

You've got to admit it's a bit funny how he called PoE too linear on Twitter without uttering a word about the much more fundamental linearity of BG:SoD. There's no way he could have missed that.

Kinda par for the course. Devs don't criticize their own games before or shortly after release because honesty, while appreciated, doesn't move copies. He waited a while before criticizing Pillars.

He's also made a habit out of being VERY diplomatic about what he thinks of other developers and their games.

 

[Fairfax]

"Definitely not" and "supporting product". Strong wording there.
My guess is that Bethesda told Obsidian's partners they wouldn't get the chance to make another Fallout and that they didn't want to give it to external studios anymore.

Considering how much MCA loves Fallout, this could've been one of the many reasons why he left.

 

[Infinitron]

The funny thing is the guy he was replying to was talking about an Obsidian Elder Scrolls, not an Obsidian Fallout.

 

[Excidium II]

Are you stalking MCA?

Anyway, the first one is Shanna Germain and they are probably friends, seeing that they worked together on T:ToN. Nothing extraordinary about that and no need to hide her name, because we know who she is anyway. No idea who the other girl is.

Who cares anyway, he can stick his dick into or be friends with whomever he wants.

I thougt MCA was like those old dudes that like random girls pics.

 

[Beautiful Clown Painting]

Mmmh, I'm bored of rock'n'roll and would rather work in the video game industry, but when I see these pictures, I reconsider. The girls I hang out with are a thousand times more stunning, and I'm not even a star like Avelonne in his field, more like a third class loser.
Well, to each his own.

(Yeah, I know, sexist blah blah blah. That's not true, I'm a huge feminist, and usually sleep with girls who don't belong to the usual codes of beauty imposed by the fashion industry, but they are hot, like cats from heaven, fuck Vogue. But then, Avelonne seems weird to me: I like her, she has hair and a pussy, and knows about video games. But then, it's perhaps that's it's just that they are his friends).

 

[Beastro]

Mmmh, I'm bored of rock'n'roll and would rather work in the video game industry, but when I see these pictures, I reconsider. The girls I hang out with are a thousand times more stunning, and I'm not even a star like Avelonne in his field, more like a third class loser.
Well, to each his own.

(Yeah, I know, sexist blah blah blah. That's not true, I'm a huge feminist, and usually sleep with girls who don't belong to the usual codes of beauty imposed by the fashion industry, but they are hot, like cats from heaven, fuck Vogue. But then, Avelonne seems weird to me: I like her, she has hair and a pussy, and knows about video games. But then, it's perhaps that's it's just that they are his friends).

 

[pippin]

Dude just say you're in a band to fuck girls. Stop telling lies to yourself. I bet not even the girls you fuck would believe you.

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

I'm a huge feminist

Ban Beautiful Clown Painting!

 

[Beautiful Clown Painting]

Bah, when I was young of course. I was a nerd playing CRPGS on his C64. I formed a band to get some girls. But now I'm 45, it's been a long time since I don't give a damn about glory, pussy or money.
It just seems to me that the video game industry is quite weird: it generates more money than the music industry or Hollywood, but at the same time, their best creators are absolutely down played. I find it great that way, but also find it a bit sad.

 

[Trashos]

When I saw Shanna in TToN videos, I thought she was very sexy, tbh. Sexy looks and sexy brains in a non-slutty way, which is my best case scenario. But I haven't seen much of her, so I could be wrong.

 

[Excidium II]

She is involved with Numanara. Makes her p. gross to me.

in a non-slutty way

She's a bisexual chick that writes BDSM sex books..

 

[Beastro]

sexy brain

Shanna (pronounced like ‘Shaun’ with a sigh of pleasure at the end or like ‘fauna’ with a shh in the front)

 

[Fairfax]

Bah, when I was young of course. I was a nerd playing CRPGS on his C64. I formed a band to get some girls. But now I'm 45, it's been a long time since I don't give a damn about glory, pussy or money.
It just seems to me that the video game industry is quite weird: it generates more money than the music industry or Hollywood, but at the same time, their best creators are absolutely down played. I find it great that way, but also find it a bit sad.

Weird stuff aside, you're right about developers being downplayed in the industry. That's deliberate. The last thing publishers want is for their employees to become celebrities, otherwise they'd have to pay them a lot more and give them more authority.
Film and music industries are driven by personalities, which they also try to create all the time. A shitload of people working behind the scenes, of course, just like games, but the names make the difference.

A virtual world has its perks. As long as the game is good, it makes no difference to the average player if the whole team changed during development or in a sequel. In contrast, Robert Downey Jr. has a lot more leverage when negotiating his salary with Disney to play Iron Man, and replacing him could hurt their business.
In the video game industry, everytime you let a dev become a celebrity you could have a Kojima situation down the road. Even MCA, though in a smaller scale, caused an uproar.

This is one good thing about the Kickstarter trend. Celebrity devs are more than welcome.

 

[Jack]

non-slutty

"One of my oldest, most favorite shirts just says HEDONIST on it in big, bold letters. I want it all, goddamn it." - non-slutty dev writer