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Interview Chris Avellone Dialogue Monologue

Vault Dweller

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Tags: Chris Avellone; Obsidian Entertainment

Many moons ago I asked Chris to answer a few questions for our dialogue interview. Chris was too busy at that time, but promised to do it in the future. Unfortunately, he lost the questions, but being too proud to admit that, he wrote a monologue about dialogues instead.

As a "twist," I’m going to do this interview primarily through visuals, which is how I think game interactions should be in the first place - mostly because a good chunk of human dialogue is essentially communicated non-verbally anyway.​
 

Monolith

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Wow, what a...read. Dammit. All the anticipation and this is all we get? It might be funny and all that but I'm missing the informative part, the insights...perhaps I'm just to tired right now, or too ignorant. Anyway, dammit!
 

Paranoid Jack

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When I first read the Struggle part of the interview I almost thought he was a writer for Bethesda. :lol:

He better be careful before they send him a "cease and desist order" also.
 

VonVentrue

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An interesting read, pretty entertaining. :)

Chris, please make Aliens an awesome RPG we are dreaming of!
 

Hümmelgümpf

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VonVentrue said:
Chris, please make Aliens an awesome RPG we are dreaming of!
aliensfinal1lw9.jpg
 

aboyd

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Admiral jimbob said:
Um. Can someone explain the bit with the personalities in the big jar? I didn't really get it. Was there anything to get? At all?
Oh, oh! Pick me! Pick me! I know!

It's a metaphor for writer's block. Amirite?
 

Müg

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aboyd said:
Admiral jimbob said:
Um. Can someone explain the bit with the personalities in the big jar? I didn't really get it. Was there anything to get? At all?
Oh, oh! Pick me! Pick me! I know!

It's a metaphor for writer's block. Amirite?
No, it's obviously a metaphor for the fear of parenthood.Duhhhhhr
 

Texas Red

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Müg said:
aboyd said:
Admiral jimbob said:
Um. Can someone explain the bit with the personalities in the big jar? I didn't really get it. Was there anything to get? At all?
Oh, oh! Pick me! Pick me! I know!

It's a metaphor for writer's block. Amirite?
No, it's obviously a metaphor for the fear of parenthood.Duhhhhhr

The big jar probably represents his mothers vagina and the personalities his jelousy towards his father.
 
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The Walkin' Dude said:
Müg said:
aboyd said:
Admiral jimbob said:
Um. Can someone explain the bit with the personalities in the big jar? I didn't really get it. Was there anything to get? At all?
Oh, oh! Pick me! Pick me! I know!

It's a metaphor for writer's block. Amirite?
No, it's obviously a metaphor for the fear of parenthood.Duhhhhhr

The big jar probably represents his mothers vagina and the personalities his jelousy towards his father.

So is the snake his penis or his dad's?
 

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