7+ Chris Avellone Quotes And Sayings

I've got to be honest, I absolutely don't like designing romances. I think that you get a lot more drama and impact from failed romances, or unrequited relationships that occur in games. I think that creates more player tension.

The moment you start dictating content/themes/story vs. allowing the player to be a participant in the story and carve their own path, you're doing the player a disservice.

I am never going to do an Empire Strikes Back ending again in a game, even if they put branding irons to my feet.

I think actually any morality system that rewards only the extremes is a flawed system. Players don't approach life that way, they don't approach games that way, and they shouldn't be trained to approach games that way. They shouldn't be in the mode where, "I've got to choose every good option." They should just play the game. And they should get equal consequences or rewards for that, that are different from the extremes.

I don't think I could ever stop being a game designer, that's just where my brain is going to be at until I'm in the coffin.

Time is not your enemy, forever is.

Women were the reason I became a monk - and, ah, the reason I switched back.