UPDATE: Jason Schreier has published an article on Bloomburg.
I don't think this needs much introduction. As a content warning, this is a story from a survivor of sexual assault. The stories she reports took place from 2013-2015 (during his time at Obsidian), but her friends have witnessed him continuing his predatory behavior up until 2018 (when he started doing contract work on games like Prey and Divinity Original Sin 2). It's a lengthy thread, but if you've ever considered yourself a fan of his writing like I have, we owe it to the survivors to read it and believe them.
EDIT: A friend of the Twitter author is sharing her story.
EDIT 2: Avellone has been removed from the upcoming RPG Waylanders and his work will be re-examined by the game's lead writer.
Additionally, Avellone has been removed from Dying Light 2 and Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (source: Techland and Paradox official statements).
EDIT 3: A survivor shared a NSFW text from Avellone in 2013, if there were any lingering doubts about his behavior.
I don't think this needs much introduction. As a content warning, this is a story from a survivor of sexual assault. The stories she reports took place from 2013-2015 (during his time at Obsidian), but her friends have witnessed him continuing his predatory behavior up until 2018 (when he started doing contract work on games like Prey and Divinity Original Sin 2). It's a lengthy thread, but if you've ever considered yourself a fan of his writing like I have, we owe it to the survivors to read it and believe them.
While we're at it, here's another man to add to the gaming industry predator garbage pile. Yesterday was the first time I said something publicly about this, and I'm done being silent, despite that fuckstick in the reply telling me to shut up. I WILL NOT. Thread:
I witnessed, and experienced, his behavior firsthand. He got me blackout drunk on Midori Sours (on the company dime). He and two friends somehow got me back to my room, where he pounced in front of the other guys. They left after a few moments (also drunk), and one of them-
-told me what he had witnessed the next evening. I had very vague impressions that someone had made out with me when I woke up that morning, but thought it was a dream. When I asked Chris about it, he told me that I had eventually refused him. When more of the night came back-
-to me, I realized the ONLY reason I was able to refuse him in my blackout stupor was because I was on my period that weekend. The ONLY reason. (The shame society places on menstruation actually came in handy for once, smdh.) Other nights, I watched him do the same to-
-other girls, some of whom looked FAR younger than me in my late 20s (at the time, and I have always looked young for my age). He would disappear with one or another, come back, then come back to me. The entire con. I did not get drunk with him again, and he was a gentleman-
-about my refusals, including the one where I was drunk off my ass, and when he escorted me to the subway station at 4:30am the morning I left to go home. That kind behavior is what not only kept me in denial about what was actually going on, but drove me to introduce him to-
-one of my best friends, who then endured over a year of heartache, gaslighting, and emotional abuse at his hands. It was much easier to see then, and ALL of us who knew what was going on told her to get out. Eventually, she did, but not before he raged out of a restaurant-
-drunk as fuck (as usual), leaving her behind, after which point she wandered the downtown streets of a major convention city late at night, ALONE, looking for him because she was worried he would get hurt due to how drunk he was. This was my breaking point.
I went to two men I worked with at this convention and reported the situation. Interestingly enough, they were already discussing his terrible behavior when I found them together to report it. With my testimony added, he was blacklisted right then and there.
His behavior didn't stop, though. If anything, it got worse. It took years for his employer to finally fire him (I honestly don't recall the exact reason he was given, it was a while ago and I wasn't there personally - this was relayed to me by a friend who also worked there).
He moved to other studios. Other projects. Other conventions until they stopped inviting him on their own accord (whether due to behavior or relevance, I don't know). I pushed him out of my memory, as did my dear friends, and we only discussed our anger and disgust if he-
-happened to come up. I've said something to some friends in journalism if he came up. Emily reached out to me after seeing my tweet to apologize. For what, I asked her? She didn't know what he was like and carried no fault in this. Most didn't know unless they saw it.
Still no one said anything except in closed circles. *I* didn't say anything except in closed circles to warn people about his behavior. I have no idea if he's remotely better than he was then, but given how protected he's been from true consequences for his actions, I doubt it.
The actions I witnessed myself occurred between 2013 and 2015. Those I was told by friends who remained around him occurred up until 2017 or 2018. This was recent. Who knows how long it had been occurring before then; he was clearly no stranger to doing this when I met him.
I didn't bother blowing this up until today due to work being insane all week, but I've got the time now. Chris Avellone is an abusive, abrasive, conniving sexual predator. People tried to get him help. He refused it and continued. Stop glorifying him.
I witnessed, and experienced, his behavior firsthand. He got me blackout drunk on Midori Sours (on the company dime). He and two friends somehow got me back to my room, where he pounced in front of the other guys. They left after a few moments (also drunk), and one of them-
-told me what he had witnessed the next evening. I had very vague impressions that someone had made out with me when I woke up that morning, but thought it was a dream. When I asked Chris about it, he told me that I had eventually refused him. When more of the night came back-
-to me, I realized the ONLY reason I was able to refuse him in my blackout stupor was because I was on my period that weekend. The ONLY reason. (The shame society places on menstruation actually came in handy for once, smdh.) Other nights, I watched him do the same to-
-other girls, some of whom looked FAR younger than me in my late 20s (at the time, and I have always looked young for my age). He would disappear with one or another, come back, then come back to me. The entire con. I did not get drunk with him again, and he was a gentleman-
-about my refusals, including the one where I was drunk off my ass, and when he escorted me to the subway station at 4:30am the morning I left to go home. That kind behavior is what not only kept me in denial about what was actually going on, but drove me to introduce him to-
-one of my best friends, who then endured over a year of heartache, gaslighting, and emotional abuse at his hands. It was much easier to see then, and ALL of us who knew what was going on told her to get out. Eventually, she did, but not before he raged out of a restaurant-
-drunk as fuck (as usual), leaving her behind, after which point she wandered the downtown streets of a major convention city late at night, ALONE, looking for him because she was worried he would get hurt due to how drunk he was. This was my breaking point.
I went to two men I worked with at this convention and reported the situation. Interestingly enough, they were already discussing his terrible behavior when I found them together to report it. With my testimony added, he was blacklisted right then and there.
His behavior didn't stop, though. If anything, it got worse. It took years for his employer to finally fire him (I honestly don't recall the exact reason he was given, it was a while ago and I wasn't there personally - this was relayed to me by a friend who also worked there).
He moved to other studios. Other projects. Other conventions until they stopped inviting him on their own accord (whether due to behavior or relevance, I don't know). I pushed him out of my memory, as did my dear friends, and we only discussed our anger and disgust if he-
-happened to come up. I've said something to some friends in journalism if he came up. Emily reached out to me after seeing my tweet to apologize. For what, I asked her? She didn't know what he was like and carried no fault in this. Most didn't know unless they saw it.
Still no one said anything except in closed circles. *I* didn't say anything except in closed circles to warn people about his behavior. I have no idea if he's remotely better than he was then, but given how protected he's been from true consequences for his actions, I doubt it.
The actions I witnessed myself occurred between 2013 and 2015. Those I was told by friends who remained around him occurred up until 2017 or 2018. This was recent. Who knows how long it had been occurring before then; he was clearly no stranger to doing this when I met him.
I didn't bother blowing this up until today due to work being insane all week, but I've got the time now. Chris Avellone is an abusive, abrasive, conniving sexual predator. People tried to get him help. He refused it and continued. Stop glorifying him.
EDIT: A friend of the Twitter author is sharing her story.
I've never admitted this on main, but he groped me repeatedly at D*C 2014, by Pulse. Every time you or his gf weren't looking, his hand was on my ass & he was trying to get me to go to his room. I told him I don't fuck my friends' boyfriends & to stay the fuck away from me...
EDIT 2: Avellone has been removed from the upcoming RPG Waylanders and his work will be re-examined by the game's lead writer.
Don't shut up. Speak up. I had no idea about Chris until I saw Karissa's comment the other day, at which point I reached out to her privately with my support. Now allow me to do so publicly. I believe you and I stand with you. Also Chris left The Waylanders this past week.
And for the record, I'm the lead writer of Waylanders, and Chris only wrote a few quests in the game. Which I'm now gonna take an extra look at.
And for the record, I'm the lead writer of Waylanders, and Chris only wrote a few quests in the game. Which I'm now gonna take an extra look at.
Additionally, Avellone has been removed from Dying Light 2 and Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (source: Techland and Paradox official statements).
EDIT 3: A survivor shared a NSFW text from Avellone in 2013, if there were any lingering doubts about his behavior.
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