Changes: Chris Avellone

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For the Fallout character, see Chris Avellone (Fallout).
For the Fallout 2 character, see Chris Avellone (Fallout 2).

Chris Avellone is a game designer who contributed to Fallout 2, Van Buren, and Fallout: New Vegas.

Background

Avellone joined Interplay Entertainment in 1995. He was a level designer on Fallout 2, as well as the co-lead designer of Van Buren, the canceled Fallout 3 project.^[1] In 2003, Avellone left Interplay, joining Feargus Urquhart to found Obsidian Entertainment, where he became the new company's chief creative officer.^[1]

At Obsidian, Avellone served as the senior designer on Fallout: New Vegas, and both project director and creative lead designer of its add-ons.^[2]

In 2015, Avellone left Obsidian to pursue freelance work.^[3]^[4]^[5] Avellone also criticized Obsidian's upper management, feeling they have a "lack of ethics" and "serious flaws that need to be addressed" because they attempted to restrain his ability to speak freely about the games he has worked on in the past. He also wished Feargus to have no financial gain.^[6]

Notes

Player characters may encounter a mercenary named Chris Avellone in Fallout.
An NPC named Mayor Chris Avellone appears in Fallout Tactics, but Avellone did not provide voice acting for the role.^[7]
There is a location named Avellone in Fallout Tactics.
Avellone wrote the Van Buren Tibbets Prison design document.
The Vault City designer notes include credit to Avellone for the design of Vault City.^[8]
Lyrics of the song "Begin Again" featured in Dead Money were co-written by Avellone.^[9]
The Fallout Bible was compiled by Avellone, consisting of behind-the-scenes design documents and developer statements about Fallout 2.
He wrote the script for the graphic novel All Roads, a promotional item released with the Collectors Edition of Fallout: New Vegas.^[10]
In 2022, he started Fallout Apocrypha, in which he would answer more fan questions. In it, he mentioned he does not hate Bethesda for supposedly "ruining" Fallout and that Bethesda has kept the series popular and alive. He also complimented Todd Howard, calling him a good guy who was always nice and respectful.^[11]

Employment history

From	To	Company	Role
January 1995	May 2003	Interplay Entertainment Black Isle Studios	Lead Designer
June 2003	May 2015	Obsidian Entertainment	Creative Director Chief Creative Officer Co-Owner

Credits

Fallout series

Year	Title	Credited as/for
1998	Fallout 2	Level Designer
2003	Van Buren	Co-Lead Designer
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Senior Designer
2011	Dead Money	Project Director
2011	Old World Blues	Project Director
2011	Lonesome Road	Project Director

Other work

Year	Title	Credited as/for
1997	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy	Additional Mission Design
1999	Planescape: Torment	Lead Designer
2000	Icewind Dale	Designer
2002	Icewind Dale II	Designer
2004	Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords	Lead Designer
2006	Neverwinter Nights 2	Creative Director
2010	Alpha Protocol	Lead Designer
2011	Dungeon Siege III	Chief Creative Officer
2014	Wasteland 2	Highpool/Ag Center
2014	South Park: The Stick of Truth	Chief Creative Officer
2016	Torment: Tides of Numenera	Writing
2016	Divinity: Original Sin II	Additional Narrative Design
2018	Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire	Additional Writing
2019	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order	Story and Writing Consultant
2022	Dying Light 2	Head Narrative Designer

Quotes

“The biggest lesson [learned from Fallout 2] was if you give the player the ability to create a certain type of character, make sure that you honour the player's character build. What I mean by that is if you give a character to option to dump 500 points into speech, make sure they have an experience thats very cool and is appropriate for a speech based character. The same thing is true if you're a stupid combat monster, if you're a sneaky thief who no one ever sees... If you're allowing the players to build a character like that with the rule set, then make sure your content supports that experience.”— Chris Avellone, Extrasode episode 61

“There are issues with domesticating tribals and forcing them into one view of the world, there are issues with treating a wonder of the old world as nothing more than a bloody battleground, there are issues with propping old flags from Rome and California without a clear understanding of what those flags represent, and the long-range perspectives of many characters you'll encounter in the world have strong opinions about what's going on in the present, all born from the elements above. The question of the Old World making itself heard in the present - in the Mojave - is a core theme in Fallout: New Vegas, and whether overt or not, we hope it sinks in with the player as well.”— Chris Avellone on the themes of Fallout: New Vegas, User blog:Willooi/Developer Diary and Reflections from Chris Avellone and John Gonzalez

Gallery

Videos

Matt Chat 62 Chris Avellone's Early Days

Matt Chat 63 Planescape Torment with Chris Avellone

Big and Robot- Entertaining Guests - Chris Avellone

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Chris Avellone on linkedin.com (Archived)
↑ Chris Avellone linkedin.com
↑ Chris Avellone Twitter, 9 Jun 2015 (Archive)
↑ Chris Avellone Twitter, 16 Aug 2016 (Archive)
↑ Kickstarter campaign description: "To help shape and direct the existing narrative of System Shock, we've enlisted the help of Chris Avellone, who is best known for his work on a number of role-playing games, including; Fallout: New Vegas, Wasteland 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Planescape: Torment, and Fallout 2. Chris will be working closely with Stephen Kick (our Creative Director) and Jason Fader (our Project Director and Senior Producer from Fallout: New Vegas) as well as several other key developers from Fallout: New Vegas to bring modern AAA quality into the world of System Shock."
System Shock (Archive)
↑ TechRaptor article
↑ @AgentC1983: "Hey Chris, quick question, are you able to confirm if you voiced the character “Chris Avellone” in fallout tactics?"
@ChrisAvellone: "I did not, no. To my shame, I had forgotten "I" was in there (and if I'd known, probably would have asked them to take it out)."
Chris Avellone Twitter, 25 Apr 2015, (Archive)
↑ Vault City designer notes
↑ Begin Again sheet music credits
↑ All Roads credit page
↑ https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1496968682110545924

[linked-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Chris Avellone on linkedin.com (Archived)

[2] Chris Avellone linkedin.com

[3] Chris Avellone Twitter, 9 Jun 2015 (Archive)

[4] Chris Avellone Twitter, 16 Aug 2016 (Archive)

[5] Kickstarter campaign description: "To help shape and direct the existing narrative of System Shock, we've enlisted the help of Chris Avellone, who is best known for his work on a number of role-playing games, including; Fallout: New Vegas, Wasteland 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Planescape: Torment, and Fallout 2. Chris will be working closely with Stephen Kick (our Creative Director) and Jason Fader (our Project Director and Senior Producer from Fallout: New Vegas) as well as several other key developers from Fallout: New Vegas to bring modern AAA quality into the world of System Shock."
System Shock (Archive)

[6] TechRaptor article

[7] @AgentC1983: "Hey Chris, quick question, are you able to confirm if you voiced the character “Chris Avellone” in fallout tactics?"
@ChrisAvellone: "I did not, no. To my shame, I had forgotten "I" was in there (and if I'd known, probably would have asked them to take it out)."
Chris Avellone Twitter, 25 Apr 2015, (Archive)

[8] Vault City designer notes

[9] Begin Again sheet music credits

[10] All Roads credit page

[11] ttps://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1496968682110545924

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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]]''.
-<noinclude><!--Please dont remove, using in canceled games portal-->
-==Career==
-===Before Interplay===
-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''.
-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.
-===Black Isle Studios===
-</noinclude><!--Please dont remove, using in canceled games portal-->
-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 1995 or 1996, Avellone moved to Orange County, where Interplay was located.
-Although he was offered the opportunity to work on [[Fallout]], he instead worked on Descent to Undermountain, a decision he later came to regret<ref>[http://duckfeed.tv/woff/61e Extrasode Episode 61]</ref>.
-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 and Chris says that other areas (such as the raiders area) were perhaps lesser developed due to the extra emphasis he placed on this area<ref>[http://duckfeed.tv/woff/61e Extrasode Episode 61]</ref>; Following the completion of New Reno, he helped complete Vault City and worked on the special encounters as well<ref>[http://duckfeed.tv/woff/61e Extrasode Episode 61]</ref>  While he enjoyed his work on the game he felt that a lot of mistakes were made during development including the lack of overall control over a united feel, mistakes that would go on to become the basis of his game design philosophy<ref>[http://duckfeed.tv/woff/61e Extrasode Episode 61]</ref>.
+'''Chris Avellone''' is a game designer who contributed to ''[[Fallout 2]]'', ''[[Van Buren]]'', and ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''.
-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]].<noinclude><!--Please dont remove, using in canceled games portal-->
+==Background==
-Aside from ''Fallout'' games, Avellone was also the lead designer of ''Planescape: Torment''.
+Avellone joined [[Interplay Entertainment]] in 1995. He was a level designer on ''[[Fallout 2]]'', as well as the co-lead designer of ''[[Van Buren]]'', the canceled ''Fallout 3'' project.<ref name="linked">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100711044608/http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisavellone Chris Avellone on linkedin.com (Archived)]</ref> In 2003, Avellone left Interplay, joining [[Feargus Urquhart]] to found [[Obsidian Entertainment]], where he became the new company's chief creative officer.<ref name="linked" />
+At Obsidian, Avellone served as the senior designer on ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', and both project director and creative lead designer of its add-ons.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisavellone Chris Avellone linkedin.com]</ref>
-===Obsidian Entertainment===
-</noinclude><!--Please dont remove, using in canceled games portal-->
-After leaving [[Black Isle Studios]], Avellone, together with [[Feargus Urquhart]], founded [[Obsidian Entertainment]].<section end="CXPortalFeaturedArticle" /><!--Please dont remove, using in canceled games portal-->
-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.
+In 2015, Avellone left Obsidian to pursue freelance work.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/608274470768222209 Chris Avellone Twitter, 9 Jun 2015] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210831075727/https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/608274470768222209 Archive])</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/765713084660854784?cn=cmVwbHk%3D&refsrc=email Chris Avellone Twitter, 16 Aug 2016] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211125120613/https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/765713084660854784?cn=cmVwbHk%3D&refsrc=email Archive])</ref><ref>Kickstarter campaign description: ''"To help shape and direct the existing narrative of System Shock, we've enlisted the help of Chris Avellone, who is best known for his work on a number of role-playing games, including; Fallout: New Vegas, Wasteland 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Planescape: Torment, and Fallout 2. Chris will be working closely with Stephen Kick (our Creative Director) and Jason Fader (our Project Director and Senior Producer from Fallout: New Vegas) as well as several other key developers from Fallout: New Vegas to bring modern AAA quality into the world of System Shock.''"<br />[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/description ''System Shock''] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180217231521/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/description Archive])</ref> Avellone also criticized Obsidian's upper management, feeling they have a "lack of ethics" and "serious flaws that need to be addressed" because they attempted to restrain his ability to speak freely about the games he has worked on in the past. He also wished Feargus to have no financial gain.<ref>[https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/updated-chris-avellone-talks-about-departure-from-obsidian-entertainment TechRaptor article]</ref>
-On June 9, 2015, Avellone announced on his Twitter account that he had left Obsidian Entertainment.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/608274470768222209 Tweet Chris Avellone on June 9, 2015]</ref>
 ==Notes==
+* Player characters may encounter a mercenary named [[Chris Avellone (Boneyard)|Chris Avellone]] in ''[[Fallout]]''.
-Chris has been referenced directly in many Fallout games.  In [[Fallout]] players can encounter a mercenary [[Chris_Avellone_(Boneyard)|who bears his name]].  In [[Fallout 2]], when fighting  alongside [[Marcus]], the sheriff of [[Broken Hills]], he will yell out "Chris Avellone loves you!!" before attacking.  Chris Avellone is also referenced in Fallout Tactics through both an [[Avellone (location)|off screen location]] and as the [[Chris Avellone (Fallout Tactics)|Mayor of Springfield]].
+* An NPC named [[Chris Avellone (Fallout Tactics)|Mayor Chris Avellone]] appears in ''Fallout Tactics'', but Avellone did not provide voice acting for the role.<ref>@AgentC1983: ''"Hey Chris, quick question, are you able to confirm if you voiced the character “Chris Avellone” in fallout tactics?''"<br />@ChrisAvellone: ''"I did not, no. To my shame, I had forgotten "I" was in there (and if I'd known, probably would have asked them to take it out).''"<br />[https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/592014484534796288 Chris Avellone Twitter, 25 Apr 2015], ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200620173853/https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/592014484534796288 Archive])</ref>
+* There is a location named [[Avellone (location)|Avellone]] in ''Fallout Tactics''.
-When asked about the Fallout Tactics dialogue, Chris Avellone stated that if had realized the character was being included he likely would have asked that it be removed due to it breaking the fourth wall.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/592014484534796288 Twitter conversation] with [[User:Agent c|Agent c]]</ref>
+* Avellone wrote the ''Van Buren'' [[Tibbets Prison design document]].
+* The [[Vault City designer notes]] include credit to Avellone for the design of [[Vault City]].<ref>[[Vault City designer notes]]</ref>
-==Quotes==
+* Lyrics of the song "[[Begin Again]]" featured in ''[[Dead Money]]'' were co-written by Avellone.<ref>[[:File:FNV Begin Again Sheet Music cover.png|Begin Again sheet music credits]]</ref>
-{{quotation|The biggest lesson <nowiki>[learned from Fallout 2]</nowiki> was if you give the player the ability to create a certain type of character, make sure that you honour the player's character build.  What I mean by that is if you give a character to option to dump 500 points into [[speech]].  Make sure they have an experience thats very cool and is appropriate for a speech based character.  The same thing is true if you're a stupid combat monster, if you're a sneaky thief who no one ever sees... If you're allowing the players to build a character like that with the rule set, then make sure your content supports that experience.|Chris Avellone|[http://duckfeed.tv/woff/61e Extrasode episode 61]}}
+* The ''[[Fallout Bible]]'' was compiled by Avellone, consisting of behind-the-scenes design documents and developer statements about ''[[Fallout 2]]''.
+* He wrote the script for {{In|FNVAR|noin}}, a promotional item released with the ''Collectors Edition'' of ''Fallout: New Vegas''.<ref>[[:File:All Roads credit page 1.png|''All Roads'' credit page]]</ref>
+* In 2022, he started ''[[Fallout Apocrypha]]'', in which he would answer more fan questions. In it, he mentioned he does not hate [[Bethesda]] for supposedly "ruining" ''Fallout'' and that Bethesda has kept the series popular and alive. He also complimented [[Todd Howard]], calling him a good guy who was always nice and respectful.<ref>https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1496968682110545924</ref>
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-|to      =2005
+|to      =May 2003
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+|role    =Lead Designer
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+|from    =June 2003
-|to      =2015
+|to      =May 2015
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+|role    =Creative Director<br />Chief Creative Officer<br />Co-Owner
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-{{Employment history table|row
-|from    =2015
-|to      =Present
-|company =InXile Entertainment<ref>[https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/614194037923295232 Tweet showing him at InXile's offices]</ref>
-|role    =
 }}
 {{Employment history table|end}}
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 ==Credits==
 ===''Fallout'' series===
-{{Credits table|start}}
+{{Credits table/Lua
+|year 1  =1998
-{{Credits table|row
-|year   =1998
+|title 1 =FO2
+|credit 1=Level Designer
-|title  =FO2
+|year 2  =2003
-|credit =Designer
+|title 2 =VB
+|credit 2=Co-Lead Designer
+|year 3  =2010
+|title 3 =FNV
+|credit 3=Senior Designer
+|year 4  =2011
+|title 4 =FNVDM
+|credit 4=Project Director
+|year 5  =2011
+|title 5 =FNVOWB
+|credit 5=Project Director
+|year 6  =2011
+|title 6 =FNVLR
+|credit 6=Project Director
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-|credit =Lead Designer
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-|credit =Project Director<br />Writer
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-|credit =Project Director
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-{{Credits table|row
-|year   =2011
-|title  =FNVLR
-|credit =Project Director
-}}
-{{Credits table|row
-|year   =2002
-|title  =FB
-|credit =Writer
-}}
-{{Credits table|row
-|year   =2010
-|title  =AR
-|credit =Writer
-}}
-{{Credits table|end}}
 ===Other work===
-{{Credits table|start}}
+{{Credits table/Lua
+|year 1  =1997
-{{Credits table|row
+|title 1 =[[w:c:memory-alpha:Starfleet Academy|Star Trek: Starfleet Academy]]
-|year   =1999
+|credit 1=Additional Mission Design
-|title  =[[wikipedia:Planescape: Torment|Planescape: Torment]]
-|credit =
+|year 2  =1999
+|title 2 =[[w:c:torment:Planescape|Planescape: Torment]]
+|credit 2=Lead Designer
+|year 3  =2000
+|title 3 =[[w:c:icewinddale:Icewind Dale|Icewind Dale]]
+|credit 3=Designer
+|year 4  =2002
+|title 4 =[[w:c:icewinddale:Icewind Dale II|Icewind Dale II]]
+|credit 4=Designer
+|year 5  =2004
+|title 5 =[[w:c:starwars:Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords|Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]
+|credit 5=Lead Designer
+|year 6  =2006
+|title 6 =[[w:c:nwn2:Neverwinter Nights 2|Neverwinter Nights 2]]
+|credit 6=Creative Director
+|year 7  =2010
+|title 7 =[[w:c:alphaprotocol:Alpha Protocol|Alpha Protocol]]
+|credit 7=Lead Designer
+|year 8  =2011
+|title 8 =[[w:c:dungeonseige:Dungeon Siege III|Dungeon Siege III]]
+|credit 8=Chief Creative Officer
+|year 9  =2014
+|title 9 =[[w:c:wasteland:Wasteland 2|Wasteland 2]]
+|credit 9=Highpool/Ag Center
+|year 10  =2014
+|title 10=[[w:c:southpark:South Park: The Stick of Truth|South Park: The Stick of Truth]]
+|credit 10=Chief Creative Officer
+|year 11  =2015
+|title  11=[[w:c:pillarsofeternity:Pillars of Eternity|Pillars of Eternity]]
+|credit 11=Narrative Design
+|year 12  =2016
+|title 12 =[[w:c:torment:Torment: Tides of Numenera|Torment: Tides of Numenera]]
+|credit 12=Writing
+|year 13  =2016
+|title 13=[[w:c:divinity:Divinity: Original Sin II|Divinity: Original Sin II]]
+|credit 13=Additional Narrative Design
+|year 14 =2018
+|title 14=[[w:c:pillarsofeternity:Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire|Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire]]
+|credit 14=Additional Writing
+|year 15  =2019
+|title 15 =[[w:c:starwars:Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]
+|credit 15=Story and Writing Consultant
+|year 16  =2022
+|title 16 =[[w:c:dyinglight:Dying Light 2|Dying Light 2]]
+|credit 16 =Head Narrative Designer
 }}
-{{Credits table|end}}
-==Videos==
+==Quotes==
+{{Quotation|The biggest lesson <nowiki>[learned from Fallout 2]</nowiki> was if you give the player the ability to create a certain type of character, make sure that you honour the player's character build.  What I mean by that is if you give a character to option to dump 500 points into [[speech]], make sure they have an experience thats very cool and is appropriate for a speech based character. The same thing is true if you're a stupid combat monster, if you're a sneaky thief who no one ever sees... If you're allowing the players to build a character like that with the rule set, then make sure your content supports that experience.|Chris Avellone|[https://www.watchoutforfireballs.com/61e Extrasode episode 61]}}
-{{Video gallery|widths=310
-|[[File:Matt Chat 62 Chris Avellone's Early Days|310px]]|t1=Chris Avellone's Early Days
+{{Quotation|There are issues with domesticating tribals and forcing them into one view of the world, there are issues with treating a wonder of the old world as nothing more than a bloody battleground, there are issues with propping old flags from Rome and California without a clear understanding of what those flags represent, and the long-range perspectives of many characters you'll encounter in the world have strong opinions about what's going on in the present, all born from the elements above. The question of the Old World making itself heard in the present - in the Mojave - is a core theme in Fallout: New Vegas, and whether overt or not, we hope it sinks in with the player as well.|Chris Avellone on the themes of Fallout: New Vegas|[[User blog:Willooi/Developer Diary and Reflections from Chris Avellone and John Gonzalez]]}}
-|[[File:Matt Chat 63 Planescape Torment with Chris Avellone|310px]]|t2=''Planescape Torment'' with Chris Avellone
-}}
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-MCAandTimCainNukaBreak.jpeg|Chris Avellone and [[Tim Cain]] on the set of fan project "Nuka Break: Season 2"
+MCAandTimCainNukaBreak.jpeg|Chris Avellone and [[Tim Cain]] on the set of fan project ''Nuka Break: Season 2''
+File:NB Tim Cain 1.png|Chris Avellone's first appearance as "Chris" in fan series ''Nuka Break''
+File:NB Tim Cain 3.gif|Chris in the climactic shot of ''Nuka Break,'' wielding a bat upside-down
+Chris Avellone System Shock.png|System Shock staff photo
 ChrisAvellonesCannon.jpg|Chris Avellone at the Alamo
 </gallery>
-==External links==
+==Videos==
+<gallery widths="300">
-* [http://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/ Chris Avellone on Twitter]
+Matt Chat 62 Chris Avellone's Early Days|
-* [http://bethblog.com/index.php/2010/04/07/inside-the-vault-obsidians-chris-avellone/ Bethesda Blog: Inside the Vault - Chris Avellone]
+Matt Chat 63 Planescape Torment with Chris Avellone|
-* [http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/vault/diaries_diary13-10.06.10.html Fallout Official Site: Developer Diaries - What's Old is New Again]
-* [[Wikipedia:Chris Avellone|Chris Avellone]]
+Big and Robot- Entertaining Guests - Chris Avellone|
+</gallery>
-* [[starwars:Chris Avellone|Chris Avellone]] at Wookieepedia, the ''Star Wars'' wiki
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