Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[AwesomeButton]

It says "known for".

 

[Infinitron]

 

[FreeKaner]

He has learnt?

 

[Chris Avellone]

More job openings for Indiana?

http://www.obsidian.net/jobs/open-positions/design/1073-ux-designer

http://www.obsidian.net/jobs/open-positions/art/1052-senior-environment-artist

I think they may have a posting for a new audio director soon, too (Justin Bell resigned, apparently - he wasn't forced out, he left for Sony Santa Monica where Jon Burke and Obs' ex-hiring manager, Jim Rivers, now work).

 

[BEvers]

Checks out.

http://www.youdubber.com/index.php?...eo_start=0&audio=mmAiP__OB9k&audio_start=3586

 

[Infinitron]

I think they may have a posting for a new audio director soon, too (Justin Bell resigned, apparently - he wasn't forced out, he left for Sony Santa Monica where Jon Burke and Obs' ex-hiring manager, Jim Rivers, now work).

Oh, Cadius left Bethesda eh?

Generalist Programmer. Worked on various gameplay and engine systems including path building,path finding, navmesh generation, AI, quest and dialogue systems, game state tracking, scriptingsystem support. Helped reshape core tech and gameplay systems in order to support multiplayer inwhat has traditionally been a single player engine.

I guess we know now what he was doing there!

 

[Ismaul]

Justin Bell resigned, apparently

Heh, some good news.

Can't forget how forgettable his music has been.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Nothing of value was lost.

 

[Chris Avellone]

Oh, Cadius left Bethesda eh?

Yeah, I think there were Tweets around that time from Darren Monahan (@darrenmonahan) and Chris Parker (@Parker_CPaul) begging him to come back to Obsidian (jokingly, but any studio's lucky to have Jon). He was great to work with on the DLCs.

When I was doing the Microsoft thing at E3, I got a chance to chat with Todd Howard - and Todd even asked how Jon was doing, specifically (they liked working with him, too).

 

[Space Satan]

When I was doing the Microsoft thing at E3, I got a chance to chat with Todd Howard - and Todd even asked how Jon was doing, specifically (they liked working with him, too).

He asked you to buy Skyrim?

 

[Alienman]

wut.

I thought the music was one of the really good parts of Pillars.

 

[Chris Avellone]

He asked you to buy Skyrim?

Is that seriously your question? No, but man, if you only had one question... that would be it? Sadness.

 

[Chris Avellone]

wut.

I thought the music was one of the really good parts of Pillars.

Thank you for saying this. Audio often gets the short-end of the stick, and game audio? Not an easy job.

 

[Wunderbar]

When I was doing the Microsoft thing at E3, I got a chance to chat with Todd Howard - and Todd even asked how Jon was doing, specifically (they liked working with him, too).

are you involved in development of F76?

 

[Flou]

I think they may have a posting for a new audio director soon, too (Justin Bell resigned, apparently - he wasn't forced out, he left for Sony Santa Monica where Jon Burke and Obs' ex-hiring manager, Jim Rivers, now work).

That's a good career move for him and probably a quite nice salary bump for him as well. 9 years is a long time to be working in one company the gaming industry.

Has someone been forced out since you mentioned that he wasn't forced out? (Other than you)

 

[Flou]

wut.

I thought the music was one of the really good parts of Pillars.

Indeed. Justin will be hard to replace.

 

[santino27]

He has learnt?

He was saying that stuff before deadfire, so I'm guessing no.

 

[Space Satan]

Is that seriously your question? No, but man, if you only had one question... that would be it? Sadness.

If I had one quesition it will be about Arcanum playthrough.
P.S. Or who came with the idea of unprotected gun trader you can kill without penalties with of the most powerful pistol and guns in Fallout 2 and free upgrades in New Reno.

 

[Jimmious]

wut.

I thought the music was one of the really good parts of Pillars.

Completely agree, the music was atmospheric and generally one of the better parts

 

[Nano]

Remember when Obsidian had Alexander Brandon in the NWN2 days? Obsidian games had some real good music back then.

 

[Ismaul]

Brandon is great.

Maybe Bell is good with sound effects and other technical aspects, but his compositions are bland.

 

[Latro]

He asked you to buy Skyrim?

Is that seriously your question? No, but man, if you only had one question... that would be it? Sadness.

do we get one question?

 

[Jimmious]

You know though Ismaul , since you mentioned "forgettable" I actually realized that I can clearly remember the melody of the main theme of PoE. I can't say that for a lot of games tbh

 

[J_C]

Brandon is great.

Maybe Bell is good with sound effects and other technical aspects, but his compositions are bland.

I'd rather say that it is hit and miss. Some of the battle musics and the PoE theme is pretty good IMO, but there are also a lot of generic orchestra music.

 

[Infinitron]

More Sawyer than you know what to do with:



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