Obsidian
The Outer Worlds Switch Release
A few months ago in October Obsidian revisited the first-person RPG genre that they earned praise for with Fallout: New Vegas. Their new IP allowed them to create new and exciting ideas and locations while expanding on some existing ideas. The writing was fun and the entire experience was an adventurous romp of vintage science fiction, down to the old school 50’s space guns and graphic desig...[Read More]
Game Devs for Firies Launches
Whenever you think of Australia what comes to mind? Do you think of Steve Irwin showing off exotic animals? Do you think of the cheesy Crocodile Dundee or Kangaroo Jack films? Many just know it as the continent where almost everything can kill you or the former British prison colony. Sadly, Australia has recently been on many peoples’ minds due to the continent being on fire. Although the br...[Read More]
The Outer Worlds (PS4) Review
It’s hard to go into The Outer Worlds and not think about Fallout, especially since Obsidian boldly declared in their reveal trailer “creators of the original Fallout” and “developers of Fallout: New Vegas”. This reveal also had the benefit of coming in the wake of the poor reception of Fallout 76, which felt like a big departure from the series roots as a single player RPG experience. The story d...[Read More]
Twitch Plays The Outer Worlds
A few years ago now a phenomenon happened on Twitch that in some ways changed how we think about the platform, and video games in general. It simultaneously managed to answer the important question of could a room full of monkeys smacking away at a Gameboy beat Pokemon? Twitch Plays Pokemon spawned countless memes and created a sense of “I was there when” in those that watched and part...[Read More]
Hands On with Pillars of Eternity II New Turn Based Mode
Pillars of Eternity II was one of gaming’s best narratives last year. A rich world full of characters and tasks to complete all according to player choice. Following in the footsteps of the first game, which was modeled after classic isometric RPGs with Real-Time with Pause. This party based action oriented play while similar to TTRPGs (TableTop Role Playing Games) was still distinctly uniqu...[Read More]
Obsidian Announces “The Outer Worlds” at VGAs
Every year a slew of new games are announced during the VGAs some are expected while others are not. Among those announced this year is The Outer Worlds. Obsidian, best known for their in-depth RPGs that include Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Pillars of Eternity, and as touted in the trailer below “From the Original Creators of Fallout” and “Develo...[Read More]
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Review
Back in the day, when it came to story and character driven video games there were point and click adventure games and isometric dungeon crawler RPGs. Arguably, the most well known of these latter types are Baldur’s Gate I and II, IceWind Dale I and II, Fallout 1 and 2, and Torment: Planescape. They were an excellent way to experience a deep and engaging narrative that featured an abundance of pla...[Read More]
‘Pillars of Eternity II’ Deadfire PAX Hands On
Following in the wake of Larian’s sequel to their Divinity: Original Sin and knocking it out of the park, Obsidian hopes to do the same with their own sequel, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Motivated by a strong desire to build upon what was established in the first entry, Obsidian had a lot to show off at their booth during PAX East 2018. The competition was kept alive on the show floor too, a...[Read More]
E3 2011: Neverwinter
Sit right down and let me tell you a tale. This is a tale of prophecy, destiny, and fate. One week before our horrendously awful drive down to E3, which is a story for another time, we recorded a pre-E3 podcast with our good friends Chris and Kelly. Rather than making standard E3 predictions, however, we decided (at my prompting, I believe) to make wild predictions that had just the smallest chanc...[Read More]