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He Co-Wrote Portal 2. Who Is His Favorite Character?

Valve lead writer Erik Wolpaw lent his clever pen to sci-fi shooter Portal 2. If you’ve played the game (this post has spoilers!), you might have your favorite character. Wolpaw does.

According to Wolpaw, his favorite character (co-writer Jay Pinkerton’s, too) is Rick the Adventure Sphere, the jabbering AI sphere with a Texas twang.

ā€œThe problem with the adventure sphere, from a under-appreciation perspective, is that you kinda miss his best stuff unless you play the final battle a few times and leave yourself a bunch of time with him,ā€ Wolpaw told blog New World Notes.

Wolpaw said ā€œpretty muchā€ all of his dialogue was written before hand, but voice actor Nolan North improvised some stuff in the recording studio

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ā€œAs for inspiration, we just thought it’s be funny to have this totally impotent charming rogue sphere,ā€ said Wolpaw. ā€œAll man, loves the ladies, but can’t do anything about any of it because he’s a slightly malfunctioning metal ball.ā€ Regardless, added Wolpaw, they wanted Rick to be confident and upbeat. ā€œNothing gets him down.ā€

New World Gaming: Valve Writer Erik Wolpaw on Rick, Under-Appreciated Star of Portal 2 [New World Notes]

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