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| − | {{for|the ''[[Fallout]]'' character|Chris Avellone (Fallout)|the ''[[Fallout Tactics]]'' character|Chris Avellone (Fallout Tactics)}} |
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| − | |type =developer |
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| − | |image =Chris Avellone 2009.jpg |
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| − | |other names =Christopher Frederic Avellone<br />MCA |
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| − | |date of birth =27 September 1971 |
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| − | |games =FO2, VB, FNV, FNVDM, FNVOWB |
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| − | |game6 =FNVLR |
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| − | |game7 =FB |
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| − | |game8 =AR |
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| − | |imdb =http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1715507 |
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| − | |wikipedia =Chris Avellone |
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| − | |mobygames =http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,13485/ |
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| − | |other links =[http://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone Twitter Profile] |
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| − | }}{{Games|FO2|FNV|FNVDM|FNVOWB|FNVLR|FB|AR|VB}} |
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| − | '''Christopher Frederic Avellone''' (born on September 27, 1971) is a video game designer who has worked on ''[[Fallout 2]]'', ''[[Van Buren]]'' (the canceled ''Fallout 3'' by [[Black Isle Studios]]), and ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''. He has also compiled the ''[[Fallout Bible]]''. |
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| − | ==Career== |
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| − | ===Before Interplay=== |
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| − | Avellone is a descendant of Sicilian immigrants. After receiving his high school diploma at the renowned Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, he attended the College of William & Mary in Virginia (with [[Todd Howard]]) and completed with a Bachelors in English. During that time, he wrote short stories and scripts for role-playing games, some of which were published in the Dungeons & Dragons magazine ''Dragon''. |
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| − | Through Bruce Harlick, then editor with Hero Games, he received the chance to write a book for the role-playing game Dark Champions. After several publications with Hero Games, he decided that game design was a career option. |
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| − | ===Black Isle Studios=== |
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| − | Steve Peterson, one of the founders of Hero Games, provided Avellone an interview with [[Interplay]], a large game publisher at the time. His knowledge of role-playing games and his ideas impressed Interplay, and he was offered a position as a game designer. Around 1997 or 1998, Avellone moved to Orange County, where Interplay was located. |
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| − | Avellone got involved with the ''[[Fallout]]'' series when production was started at [[Black Isle Studios]] on ''[[Fallout 2]]''. While many feel that his "feel" for the Fallout canon was lacking, the design of [[New Reno]] has been praised by just as many. Later, he became the lead designer of a project codenamed ''[[Van Buren]]'', which was canceled in 2003 and revealed to have been Black Isle's attempt at developing ''Fallout 3''. He wrote the [[Tibbets Prison design document]]. |
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| − | Aside from ''Fallout'' games, Avellone was also the lead designer of ''Planescape: Torment''. |
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| − | ===Obsidian Entertainment=== |
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| − | After leaving [[Black Isle Studios]], Avellone, together with [[Feargus Urquhart]], founded [[Obsidian Entertainment]].<section end="CXPortalFeaturedArticle" /><!--Please dont remove, using in canceled games portal--> |
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| − | At Obsidian, Avellone has worked on such titles as, ''Neverwinter Nights 2'' and its expansion, ''Mask of the Betrayer'', and was lead designer on ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II'' and ''Alpha Protocol''. He also wrote ''[[All Roads]]'', a prequel to ''Fallout: New Vegas'', and has also written a few ''Star Wars'' comics such as [[starwars:Unseen, Unheard|Unseen, Unheard]] for the ''[[starwars:Star Wars Tales|Star Wars Tales]]'' series of comics and a few issues of ''[[starwars:Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (comics)|Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures]]'' comic series, such as [[starwars:Heroes on Both Sides (comic)|Heroes on Both Sides]] and [[starwars:Impregnable|Impregnable]], all of which have been published by [[Dark Horse Comics]]. He was a writer on ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' and lead designer on ''New Vegas'' add-ons. He also co-wrote the lyrics for the song "[[Begin Again]]" featured in ''[[Dead Money]]'' add-on. |
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| − | ==Notes== |
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| − | When you fight alongside [[Marcus]] the [[Broken Hills]] sheriff he will yell out "Chris Avellone loves you!!" before attacking. |
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| − | ==Employment history== |
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| − | {{Employment history table|start}} |
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| − | {{Employment history table|row |
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| − | |from =1998 |
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| − | |to =2005 |
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| − | |company =[[Interplay Entertainment]]/[[Black Isle Studios]] |
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| − | {{Employment history table|row |
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| − | |from =2005 |
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| − | |to =now |
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| − | |company =[[Obsidian Entertainment]] |
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| − | }} |
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| − | {{Employment history table|end}} |
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| − | ==Credits== |
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| − | ===''Fallout'' series=== |
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| − | {{Credits table|start}} |
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| − | {{Credits table|row |
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| − | |year =1998 |
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| − | |title =FO2 |
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| − | |credit =Designer |
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| − | }} |
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| − | {{Credits table|row |
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| − | |year =2003 |
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| − | |title =VB |
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| − | |credit =Lead Designer |
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| − | }} |
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| − | {{Credits table|row |
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| − | |year =2010 |
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| − | |title =FNV |
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| − | |credit =Senior Designer |
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| − | }} |
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| − | {{Credits table|row |
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| − | |year =2011 |
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| − | |title =FNVDM |
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| − | |credit =Project Director<br />Writer |
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| − | }} |
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| − | {{Credits table|row |
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| − | |year =2011 |
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| − | |title =FNVOWB |
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| − | |credit =Project Director |
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| − | }} |
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| − | {{Credits table|row |
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| − | |year =2011 |
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| − | |title =FNVLR |
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| − | |credit =Project Director |
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| − | |title =FB |
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| − | |credit =Writer |
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| − | |year =2010 |
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| − | |title =AR |
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| − | |credit =Writer |
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| − | }} |
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| − | {{Credits table|end}} |
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| − | ===Other work=== |
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| − | |year =1999 |
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| − | |title =[[wikipedia:Planescape: Torment|Planescape: Torment]] |
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| − | {{Credits table|end}} |
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| − | ==Videos== |
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| − | {{Video gallery|widths=310 |
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| − | |<youtube width="310px" height="200px">UCCuxo5YDkc</youtube>|t1=Chris Avellone's Early Days |
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| − | |<youtube width="310px" height="200px">MWEl0IQm670</youtube>|t2=''Planescape Torment'' with Chris Avellone |
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| − | }} |
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| − | ==Gallery== |
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| − | MCAandTimCainNukaBreak.jpeg|Chris Avellone and [[Tim Cain]] on the set of fan project "Nuka Break: Season 2" |
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| − | </gallery> |
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| − | ==External links== |
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| − | * [http://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/ Chris Avellone on Twitter] |
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| − | * [http://bethblog.com/index.php/2010/04/07/inside-the-vault-obsidians-chris-avellone/ Bethesda Blog: Inside the Vault - Chris Avellone] |
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| − | * [http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/vault/diaries_diary13-10.06.10.html Fallout Official Site: Developer Diaries - What's Old is New Again] |
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| − | * [[Wikipedia:Chris Avellone|Chris Avellone]] |
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| − | * [[starwars:Chris Avellone|Chris Avellone]] at Wookieepedia, the ''Star Wars'' wiki |
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| − | [[Category:Fallout 2 developers|Avellone, Chris]] |
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| − | [[Category:Fallout: New Vegas developers]] |
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| − | [[Category:All Roads authors]] |
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| − | [[Category:Van Buren developers|Avellone, Chris]] |
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| − | [[Category:Interplay Entertainment and Black Isle Studios employees|Avellone, Chris]] |
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| − | [[Category:Obsidian Entertainment employees|Avellone, Chris]] |
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| − | [[Category:Designers and writers]] |
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| − | [[ru:Крис Авеллон]] |
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