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Chris Avellone

1971 - Today

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Chris Avellone (/ˈævəloʊn/) is an American video game designer and comic book writer. He is known for his roles on a large number of video games, primarily role-playing video games, praised for their writing across his three-decade career. Avellone joined Interplay in 1995 and was one of the designers of Fallout 2 (1998) and the lead designer of Planescape: Torment (1999), the latter of which has been regarded as "one of the best-written and most imaginative video games ever created". After departing Interplay in 2003, he became one of the co-founders and the chief creative officer of Obsidian Entertainment, where he was the lead designer of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004) and a senior designer on Fallout: New Vegas (2010). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Avellone is the 75th most popular game designer, the 16,590th most popular biography from United States and the 25th most popular American Game Designer.

Chris Avellone is most famous for his work as a lead designer and writer on critically acclaimed role-playing games, particularly for his contributions to the "Fallout" and "Planescape: Torment" series. He is known for his deep storytelling and character development in video games.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Chris Avellone ranks 75 out of 77. Before him are Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Tom Hall, Chris Sawyer, Hajime Tabata, Rebecca Heineman, and Michael Morhaime. After him are American McGee, Toby Gard, Chris Metzen, Kensuke Tanabe, Adrian Carmack, and Jonathan Blow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Chris Avellone ranks 905. Before him are Diederik Samsom, Yoshiyuki Shinoda, José Francisco Cevallos, Tomohiro Katanosaka, Rustam Sharipov, and Rikiya Kawamae. After him are Rolando Tucker, Duncan Ferguson, Jörg Albertz, Megyn Price, Sam Michael, and André Schubert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Avellone ranks 16,597 out of 20,380. Before him are Aaron Yoo (1979), Zak Penn (1968), Jessica Cauffiel (1976), Lorenzo Brown (1990), Lela Rochon (1964), and Tejay van Garderen (1988). After him are Joshua Bolten (1954), Kyle Hines (1986), Brianna Brown (1979), Charles Robinson (1964), Ciara Bravo (1997), and Josh McDermitt (1978).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Chris Avellone ranks 25. Before him are John Tobias (1969), Amy Hennig (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), Tom Hall (1964), Rebecca Heineman (1963), and Michael Morhaime (1967). After him are American McGee (1972), Chris Metzen (1973), Jonathan Blow (1971), Cory Barlog (1975), Rob Pardo (1970), and Jane Jensen (1963).

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