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Seasoned RPG devs from Obsidian and Bioware blame the temporary death of the isometric CRPG on 'vibes-based forecasting' from retailers

"I can't stress enough how often I'd hear a retail rep declare a genre/style/look was dead with zero supporting data."

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Obsidian and BioWare veterans explain how retailers killed the isometric RPG: "Truly vibes-based forecasting"

A chicken and egg situation

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Video games and musical theatre: 2023’s most unlikely crossover?

There has been a remarkable intersection between video games and musical performance this year, from villains lending vocals to their own theme tunes to interactive songs

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Dragon Age co-creator would love to see the Baldur's Gate 3 devs make a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic sequel

But leave HK-47 as a ruthless killer, please

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Dragon Age creator explains Baldur's Gate 3 romance debate by confirming that RPG fandoms rarely make the same choices as everyone else

"You'd think they were playing completely different games"

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Dragon Age creator and CRPG vet says he's "not surprised" at how much was cut from Baldur's Gate 3

David Gaider says "almost every game" makes substantial cuts

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Baldur's Gate 3 gets high praise from Dragon Age writer and Baldur's Gate 2 dev: "A worthy successor" and "monumental achievement"

RPG legend David Gaider gives his verdict after finally beating Baldur's Gate 3

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David Gaider says Baldur's Gate 3 is a 'monumental achievement'

Though, of course the game isn't without issue.

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Dragon Age creator somehow surprised to find the OG Baldur's Gate character they helped create in Baldur's Gate 3

David Gaider stumbled upon a very familiar face

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Baldur's Gate 3 Lae'zel voice actor hits back at character criticism

Devora Wilde, the voice actor behind Baldur's Gate 3's Lae'zel, has responded to player's mean tweets about her character.

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Dragon Age fans remind Baldur's Gate 3 players that its best romance feature belonged to BioWare first

Being able to give your loved one a kiss whenever you want isn't limited to Baldur's Gate 3

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Dragon Age writer defends Baldur's Gate 3's Lae'zel, says players are less forgiving to female characters

Dragon Age writer David Gaider has defended Baldur's Gate 3 companion Lae'zel.

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Dragon Age writer defends Baldur's Gate 3's least favorite companion: "Fandom has always treated male characters with more forgiveness"

David Gaider steps up to defend Lae'zel

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Dragon Age writer looks to Baldur's Gate 3 on the eve of his new RPG: "It's worth doing whatever you're doing with your whole ass"

Stray Gods is a roleplaying music that David Gaider knew would be "a risk"

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David Gaider of Dragon Age fame says his next RPG isn't a "full-on RPG"

Stray Gods is more of an RPG-lite "musical extravaganza" about Greek gods

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Stray Gods has changed its release date to avoid Baldur’s Gate 3, which changed its release date to avoid Starfield

David Gaider’s musical RPG Stray Gods is delayed and it’s all Todd Howard’s fault, sort of.

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Starfield having only four romanceable NPCs is 'a good thing', says Dragon Age veteran

David Gaider chimes in on the 'quality versus quantity debate'.

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Starfield and Baldur's Gate 3 have reignited the 'quantity vs quality' debate around RPGs that promise a billion hours of gameplay, but I think they can actually deliver

Stop me if you've heard this before: "Our game has more words than the Lord of the Rings and the Bible put together! It's a billion, kajillion hours long! You can't finish it! No one can finish it!"

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Dragon Age's lead writer defends Starfield's lack of romance options

Smooches aren't for everyone

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Dragon Age writer says there's nothing wrong with magic in games - as long as you avoid one very specific problem

The narrative pitfalls of creating "The Anything Thing"

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Dragon Age narrative lead says BioWare tried AI for content generation and it came out "soulless"

The BioWare veteran also warns devs not to expect too much from AI-generated scripts

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Dragon Age creator says AI is a ‘soulless’ waste of time

David Gaider, who helped create BioWare’s RPG series Dragon Age, thinks using AI for quest writing is a waste of time – and for good reason

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AI-generated story and dialogue is not going to work, says Dragon Age creator David Gaider: 'A lot of effort is going to be wasted on this'

The RPG veteran reveals that during his time at BioWare, the studio experimented with procedurally-generated quests—but they were ultimately a failure.

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Stray Gods is a musical RPG where your choices also change the chorus

Stray Gods debuted a new look at gameplay during the Humble Showcase.

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Former Dragon Age narrative lead weighs in on writers' strike

Veteran writer David Gaider offers sad revelations as to the state of BioWare before his 2016 departure.

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