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Drew Karpyshyn (born July 28, 1971) is a Canadian video game scenario writer, scriptwriter and novelist. He served as a senior writer for BioWare's ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' and lead writer for the first two ''Mass Effect'' video games. He left BioWare to focus on his own projects and ''Chaos Born'' novels, and returned to it three years later in 2015. ==Career== Karpyshyn was at one point employed as a loan officer.〔 Following a car accident, he quit his job and returned to college, gaining a degree in English.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Drew Karpyshyn )〕 He got his start as a game designer for Wizards of the Coast, and he also has written two novels for Wizards of the Coast, both published in 2001 and both set in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting: ''Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal'' and ''Temple Hill''. Karpyshyn joined the video game company BioWare in 2000.〔〔Gelinas, Ben (September 16, 2008). "(Spinning a gripping ... game )", ''Edmonton Journal'', p. D1. Retrieved September 29, 2011.〕 He wrote the scenario and much of the dialogue for ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'', and was one of the lead writers and planners on ''Jade Empire'', as well as working on several games in the ''Baldur's Gate'' series. His next major project was the ''Mass Effect'' series of games. His third book, ''Darth Bane: Path of Destruction'' was published by Del Rey Ballantine Books in 2006.〔 ''Mass Effect'' was named Game of the Year, in addition to receiving four other awards at the 2008 Elan Awards.〔Zacharias, Yvonne (February 18, 2008). "Mass Effect dominates as game of the year: Science fiction video, made by Edmonton company, cleans up at Elan Awards", ''The Vancouver Sun'', p. D1.〕 Karpyshyn moved to Austin, Texas to help with ''Star Wars: The Old Republic''.〔 He retired from BioWare in February 2012, in order to focus more on his own projects.〔 He returned to BioWare 3 years later in 2015. and will focus on the post-release development of SWTOR. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drew Karpyshyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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