VI is the one that was labeled as III on SNES, right? I unfortunately never got around to that one. I picked it up recently though.

Hi devs!

What advice would you give to someone who wants to break into the gaming industry? Specifically the creative side (design, concept art and so on).

Thanks!

Hey, that's me!



It depends on the company and the project. Every project starts off with a set budget, but over the course of development things change, the project evolves and it's nice when there's a bit of flexibility to allow the budget to evolve with it. That's not always possible. I worked at 2K games for many years, and as a public company, things were very, very strict, but even then we managed to make things work within what we had.



Best part: I get to work on a freakin' FALLOUT GAME. With people who made my favorite RPGs of all time (both at Obsidian and Bethesda). That rocks.

Worst part: Uh...I'm not a big fan of paperwork. I have to do a lot of that. Also Excel isn't nearly as thrilling as you think it is, even when the numbers you're pushing are related to awesomely amazing videogame stuff. But it's necessary, so I live with it.

But really, the worst part is not being able to tell people how cool some of the stuff in FNV is. You'll thank us when the game comes out and everything hasn't been spoiled, but until then it can be pretty frustrating.

Yeah. I've played most of the games I worked on and enjoyted them. I think in some cases, depending on the game, it can be hard to play it after retail when your friends want to play with you. But I think you really HAVE to play your game while in development and when you are 'done' if you want to appreciate the things that went right and the things you can improve on

Hi to all the devs for NV, a game that I will definitely play and commit hundreds of hours to it just like Fallout 3. If you are able to answer this, how many vaults will there be in the game? I find the vaults interesting and there's still plenty of vaults that can be implemented (I believe like 100 out of the 121).

to all the dev's watching, do you like cheese? If so, what's your favourite?

Assemble a body of work. There are so many tools out there for fans to mod and create content there's really no reason not to submit a resume with a body of work that demonstrates you are serious about your potential profession. It also is a good preview of what your potential job will be like. Resumes that show education in the field where possible AND extra work to expand game knowledge and make games always get a finer look than ones that have neither.

sit in or go out??

So I can't just show up at your doorstep with a basket of freshly baked cookies?

For any of the artists; what are your favourite thing to make? (For modelers/texturers/concept it could be monsters, weapons, characters etc. and level designers things like dungeons, building interiors, exteriors etc.)

Does anybody ever have any trouble pronouncing any of your names? (First and/or last)

Do you get major lolz when you look at all the speculation?

:>

Also, how do you feel about ramen noodles?

Yep - it was the III in the US, though it was re-released on GBA as VI. It's an absolutely beautiful game, I hope you enjoy it!


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Not unless they try to pronounce my middle name, which is Japanese (it has two vowels together that are pronounced separately).


We had quite a few chuckles when that first big round of rumors came out. Now we're just enjoying the speculation fueled by the teaser and mag articles. My heritage ensured a deep-seated love of ramen, but unfortunately I didn't get the "good at math / Starcraft / DDR" genes.

For someone that enjoys math, what would be the best spot in the gaming industry?

Well I'm not a dev but I'd probably say programming.

Skittles.



I was incredibly excited. I love the franchise and the thought of potentially (at the time I was still on AP) working on it was an incredibly awesome one.



Naw. But that's okay. I'll sometimes take a random weekend day and drive up "for research."



I still enjoy playing our games as they're coming along. It's a great way to get inspired for things like, "This over here would sound cool if...," or, "What if he said?" On release I would just fun pointing out to friends the little things we did that may have gone by unnoticed (which is sometimes the case within the nuances of sound).



Sometimes people will pronounce my first name as, "Mickey." Not sure how that works. Also my last name has often times been pronounced to rhyme with, "bowling."



The speculation is ammusing. Though reading the theories on the teaser trailer is a real treat.

As for ramen noodles, I love them. There's a place out in Fountain Valley that some of the guys go to now and then. It's really great stuff.

All I will say today is that the level of participation in the Devs thread from both Obsidian and Bethesda is AWESOME!

Sorry to yell at you like that, I just had to get it out!

It gives away nothing of the game that you wouldn't want us to know, but really puts us in touch with How the game is being made and by Who - which is Really cool to read.

Cheers! :foodndrink:

Which one of the released Obsidian games/campaigns (including the NWN2 expansions) is your favourite thus far?

Is there any particular franchise that you would just *love* to make an RPG of?

Was there ever an argument of which version of Blue Moon to use for the trailer? I like Ella Fitzgerald's version the most.

-KoTOR 2: Great story, obviously suffered from rushed deadline.
-NWN 2: Few good points but overall it was pretty meh.
-MOTB: An actually good dark plot, spirit-eating mechanic is annoying but there's an override file to render it useless. Interesting to see a FR CRPG set in Rashemen.
-SoZ: SOZZY!

I was wondering, watch your favorite movie?

You guys do a great job at making games by the way

Your taste kinda svck but you're not a developer anyways.

I love Final Fantasy VI as well. I've played almost every release of it so far and I still love it.



I wish.



I enjoy my work, but after a while I do get tired of seeing RockCanyon01 or whatever all over the place. I can probably identify almost every rock in the game at this point.



Sometimes people have a hard time pronouncing Dini for whatever reason. Usually the people at Starbucks, I've seen them write like 12 different versions of my name.



I'm a huge fan of KOTOR 2 and would love to be involved in a Star Wars game since I sadly was not here when KOTOR 2 was being developed.

favorite place to vacation?

Have you guys played Mass Effect 2 yet? If so, did you play with more paragon or more renegade?

What is your favorite day of the week?

When you were in kindergarten did you ever eat paste?

If you were in a battle to the death with Gstaff what would be your weapon of choice?

Adam Sandler or George Carlin?