Chris Avellone < section begin = " CXPortalFeaturedArticle " / > Christopher Frederic Avellone ( born on September 27 , 1972 ) is a video game designer who has worked on " Fallout 2 " , " Van Buren " ( the canceled " Fallout 3 " by Black Isle Studios ) , and " " . He has also compiled the " Fallout Bible " . 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 . 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 ; Following the completion of New Reno , he helped complete Vault City and worked on the special encounters as well 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 . 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 . After leaving Black Isle Studios , Avellone , together with Feargus Urquhart , founded Obsidian Entertainment . < section end = " CXPortalFeaturedArticle " / > 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 for the " " series of comics and a few issues of " " comic series , such as and , all of which have been published by Dark Horse Comics . He was a writer on " " 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 . On June 9 , 2015 , Avellone announced on his Twitter account that he had left Obsidian Entertainment . in order to use his talents as a freelancer working on titles such as a reboot of Prey and System Shock . Notes . Chris has been referenced directly in many Fallout games . In Fallout players can encounter a mercenary who bears his name , and in Fallout 2 , when fighting alongside Marcus , he will yell out " Chris Avellone loves you ! ! " before attacking . Avellone is also referenced in Fallout Tactics through both an off screen location and as the Mayor of Springfield . When asked about the Fallout Tactics dialogue , Chris Avellone stated that if he had realized the character was being included he likely would have asked that it be removed due to it breaking the fourth wall .