Coleman Gailloreto-

Coleman Gailloreto

February, 2020
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, PC, RPG
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About Coleman Gailloreto

A Chicago-based Writer, Author and freelance translator. Looking to prep his readers for the next renaissance or apocalypse, whichever comes first. Frequently publishes ScreenRant articles that explore the storytelling principles and design challenges of computer/tabletop RPGs along with small treatises on the history of influential game genres. Write and publishes web fiction under the pseudonym Aldo Salt on Inkshares.com.

Author Details

Published science fiction and fantasy stories in magazines such as Punk Rokyo, The Fable Online, and the 2021 "Over The Edge" fiction anthology.

Lyricist for the "Pythiad" jazz-string musical symphony.

Designed 11 vivid tabletop RPG systems for sale on itch.io:

https://colesign.itch.io



 

Industry Focus

• Computer Roleplaying Games
• Tabletop Roleplaying Games
• Game Developer Interviews
• Game Narrative Analysis
• Video Game Genre History
 

Favorite Media

Favorite Games: Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Titanfall 2, Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries, Portal 2, Pillars of Eternity 2, Tyranny, The Last Guardian, Into The Breach, Wlidermyth.

Favorite Books: Too Many To Count.

Latest

The Baldur's Gate 3 NPC players encounter when a paladin breaks their oath, a ghastly, undead knight with shining red eyes and ornamented armor.
Baldur’s Gate 3: Paladin Subclasses - All Oaths & How To Break Them

The latest Baldur's Gate 3 update gave players access to the Paladin class, empowered by the sacred Oaths they keep and the Oaths they break.

An array of Elden Ring weapons that use faith or intelligence as a Stat
Elden Ring: Best Weapons For Intelligence & Faith Builds

Elden Ring players who want to create characters proficient in both Sorceries and Incantations should invest in these weapons and magic catalysts.

Hoarah Loux, Godfrey's alter ego in Elden Ring.
Elden Ring: Best Weapons & Ashes Of War For Hand-To-Hand Builds

Elden Ring is full of fist/claw weapons and Ashes of War that let players create brawler characters. Here are the best of these weapons/skills.

The Grafted Scion Boss from Elden Ring DLC
What Happens In Elden Ring When You Kill The Tutorial Boss

Elden Ring players get an interesting reward if they actually beat the "Grafted Scion," a tutorial boss players aren't supposed to beat.

The entity called Garuda, a common summonable creature in most Final Fantasy games.
FF16’s Eikons: How Summons Have Changed In The Final Fantasy Series

Summonnable "Eikon" creatures like Ifrit or Garuda first showed up in Final Fantasy III and became the cornerstone of Final Fantasy 16's plot.

Tidus and Cloud having a starring contest over who has the better blond hairdo.
5 Final Fantasy Games That Were Just As Dark As FF16

Final Fantasy 16 wasn't the first Final Fantasy game to go in dark and edgy directions. Here are a few games in the series with messed-up worlds.

Clive, the hero of Final Fantasy 16, is like Jon Snow in that's he's the unfavorite child, and like Arya in that he's loves revenge.
10 Biggest Things FF16 Steals From Game Of Thrones

Final Fantasy 16's plot draws a lot of inspiration from the Game of Thrones TV series - in ways that are both beneficial and detrimental to the game.

A skeleton enemy in Avowed with glowing orange eyes, wearing armor and a helmet, and swinging a sword.
Will Avowed Players Get To Unlock All The Class Abilities From Pillars Of Eternity?

Avowed takes place in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity, but not every spell or character ability from PoE will fit Avowed's gameplay.

A picture of Link in his blue Breath of the Wild outfit, right next to a picture of the Tarnished wearing the Bloody Wolf set.
Elden Ring Vs Tears Of The Kingdom: Which Open World Is Actually Best

Elden Ring and Tears of the Kingdom are both beautiful open-world RPGs. That sad, which RPG delivers the better exploratory experience?

A Necromancer surrounded by minions in Diablo 4
Diablo 4 Terminology: Series Characters, Events, & Locations Explained

Interested in playing Diablo 4, but haven't played the previous games in the series? Read this article to learn about the setting and characters.

Cal Kestis from Star Wars Jedi Survivor, against a red sky with his trusty droid companion.
Will Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Have DLC? Everything We Know

Many fans of Star Wars: Jedi Survivor are interested in seeing the game expanded with DLC. Does Respawn Entertainment have DLC plans in the works?

TOTK NPCs and playable character includig Link, Zelda, and some of the biggest enemies in the game
Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Is Desperately Missing One BOTW Character

Many characters from Breath Of The Wild made a return in Tears Of The Kingdom, but one quest-giver didn't make the cut.

An image of a dragon from Elden Ring next to a watercolor of Smaug from The Hobbit.
What Elden Ring & The Lord of the Rings Have In Common (It's Not The Rings)

Developers of Elden Ring took great pains to distinguish their game from The Lord Of The Rings, but did explore some of the same themes and myths.

Scary Cemetary Shade superimposed on Shadow of the Erdtree promo image
10 Scariest Additions Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Can Add To Elden Ring

From enemies to environments, the upcoming Elden Ring DLC could introduce even more eerie and grotesque visions to the Lands Between setting.

A Dungeons and Dragons adventuring party in a peaceful, bustling open-air market.
5 Non-Combat D&D Encounters To Trick Your Party Into Roleplaying

D&D gaming group skittish about roleplaying? Ease them into the art of RP with these 5 roleplaying story scenarios and character-building activities.

A still from the Tears of the Kingdom trailer shows Link riding a bird-like vehicle surrounded by a green vortex
10 Vehicles We’d Love To Build In Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom

Vehicles in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild were happy accidents. But with the new mechanics, they can become a fun past-time in TOTK.

A vertically split image showing three characters from separate games. From left to right: Zagreus from Hades, holding a sword on one shoulder; a Tarnished character from Elden Ring wearing the Raging Wolf armor set, carrying a sword and shield covered in blood; and the male option for the main character in Sifu, an elderly man wearing traditional martial arts clothing.
Why Elden Ring Is So Immersive (& Which Games Have The Same Feeling)

How Elden Ring and other contemporary video games take their game mechanics and justify their presence in the setting of the story itself.

Tabletop RPG Gaming Culture In Other Countries
DnD’s Global Competition: Tabletop Gaming In China, Japan, & Brazil

DnD may be the world's first roleplaying game, but gaming communities all over the world have taken the tabletop RPG hobby and made it their own.

split screen of a spirit from phasmaphobia and the playbook from demonologist
How Demonologist’s Co-Op Horror Gameplay Compares To Phasmophobia

Both Phasmophobia and Demonologist are co-op horror video games about investigating and surviving haunted houses. Their gameplay, however, differs.

The Oregon Trail video game cover art, showing two covered wagons and a group of migrants surrounding a campfire at dusk.
History Of The Oregon Trail Game (& The Video Games It Inspired)

How Oregon Trail, an educational program for early school computers, transformed the fledgling video game industry and evolved alongside it.

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