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Chris Avellone

@chrisavellone.bsky.social

Dev/Writer: Planescape Torment, #Fallout 2/New Vegas, DivinityOS2, Prey, Into the Breach, #DyingLight2, Ex-Bloodlines 2, Star Wars: KOTOR2 & #JediFallenOrder

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Distant Shore: Bretagne is a Portal-style game that utilizes magnetics to manipulate the environment - Gabriel Sauvage is the director. Looks (and plays) pretty fun.

02.03.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Princess Aloof of the Kingdom of Floof

24.02.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't finished Season 2 yet. No opinions beyond what was in episode 1, which kinda killed my forward momentum. I'll get around to it eventually, though.

23.02.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm just sick of fighting it every time I try to do something simple in any Microsoft program.

Can't switch off its suggestions and "functionality" fast enough, but it always finds a way to rear its dragon's head eventually. : /

21.02.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

While Phil Spencer is retiring, unfortunately copilot is not

20.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Characters Come Alive Interview with Chris Avellone: Part I

How Characters Come Alive: Interview with @chrisavellone.bsky.social

09.02.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was just my perspective, though, some of the area designers might know better. I don't object to the NCR as a faction, though, it's more about "if you're going to include a faction you can join, try and give it equal content to the other factions."

28.01.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I recall correctly, it wasn't "cut," it just wasn't thought about for a long time vs. continually adding NCR content. (Toward the later stages of the project, I begged them not to add more NCR outposts as "area ideas," the faction design distribution was already unbalanced.)

28.01.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No sorries, was good to know, had no idea. Happy to intervene.

22.01.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I asked him to remove any posts that mention me (he did, only to make another which I have also asked to be removed), and I have no opinions on his claims on Ashfall.

21.01.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have requested my name not be brought into any social media flame wars and asked for said posts mentioning me to be deleted.

20.01.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Where and who? (I'm happy to insert myself to counter bad actors.)

20.01.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fallout Apocrypha V1.1 Update 4–30–22 V1.1: So when doing updates to the Fallout Apocrypha, I’m going to do a few things:

Yeah, if you go here: chrisavellone.medium.com/fallout-apoc... and scroll down to "things I liked about Fallout 3" (and the rest of the critique), that gives a list.

19.01.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Predator: Badlands | Official Trailer
YouTube video by 20th Century Studios Predator: Badlands | Official Trailer

Predator: Badlands was pretty damn good. It was cool to see them expanding the lore for Predator culture, too.

Also, if anyone has read Harry Harrison's "Deathworld," the movie's exactly like that... except with Predators and synthetics.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=43R9...

17.01.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't kept up with comics much over the years, though, and I prefer Ennis's more serious writing (the Vietnam veteran war story in Preacher still sits with me to this day) vs. him lashing out at superhero tropes (which is fun, but in limited amounts), because when he's serious, he's soooo good.

12.01.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He was one of the authors I enjoyed and was reading a lot of at the time (along with Alan Moore, etc.). I also liked a lot of artists he worked with, too, they had a great style, so sometimes I would take snapshots as reference for explaining the feel of a character or location.

12.01.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He does wrap ups after each episode, highlighting the designs and decisions/backstory that went into them. Awesome stuff, and it’s great to see his work on the screen. : )

10.01.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For any #Fallout fans out there, instagram.com/brenze70/ is doing a rundown on his Insta (and FB) on the elements he designed that are appearing in Season 2 of Fallout.

10.01.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Ferret was a good guy, and I hope they continue to use his stuff as well.

06.01.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Note that in the original 1st draft of Van Buren, Burham Springs was a "West Coast/West Half of U.S. location" (despite the fact the -reference- in the document is for Centralia, Penn.).

03.01.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You've come a long way from Van Buren, Burning Springs, but at least you eventually saw the light of day #Fallout76

03.01.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey, thanks for playing it! Makes the long hours worthwhile. : )

01.01.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm getting quite the rundown on X

(I've only watched the 1st episode)

01.01.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy holidays, and hope everyone has a great 2026.

23.12.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I seriously doubt that's actually what's happening, but it's possible. An answer from the show soon would be welcome, as the whole nature of ghouls in the Fallout world needs some anchoring. : /

20.12.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

F.E.V.

20.12.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

He would have been my go-to companion after Dogmeat

19.12.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And that's exactly why tiny securitrons keep us from having nice things

19.12.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He was jonesing pretty hard, so maybe 5 minutes without a cup

19.12.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Muggy said the same, especially when the kitten brought a cup

19.12.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0