Dragon Age News Thread

I'm glad so many people are excited for Anthem, but it's not the sort of game I generally enjoy playing. I'm more a sword and sorcery kinda person. So I'm also looking forward to Anthem being released because it might bring us a little closer to a new installment of Dragon Age.

Cori Nicole @genevrael
Happy 4th birthday to my beloved child DA:I. You gave me grey hair, but you were always a labour of love, even in the darkest days.
Ar lath ma, vhenan.



seb hanlon @hanlsp
don’t worry, be happy



Cori Nicole @genevrael
SEBASTIAN



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You could say Anthem has EVERYONE excited.

The new fans because oooh shiny.
And the old fans because when it releases, we'll finally start getting official info on the new Dragon Age.

Allegra Clark @simplyallegra
I can't believe it's been 4 years since @dragonage: Inquisition was released! Four years, and it's still one of my favorite things I've worked on. Much love from Josephine to all you Inquisitors out there!



BONUS: I have to share this beautiful fanart I found while looking for a Josie image for my DA birthday tweet. Tumblr user k-veli, you're amazing!!
Link: k-veli.tumblr.com/post/169467746859/actual-disney-princess-josephine-montilyet …





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Damn that's good. More!

While I hope it does well too, I disagree that BioWare depends on it. Every ME and DA game has made a profit with DAI doing the best ever so they won’t kill the franchises.

wakin up e'ryday and rememberin we still in the anthem hype-release period like

I think that would only work well if they can do good accents... Not every actor can. (*cough* Kevin Costner in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves *cough*).  I know that the American actors in Lord of the Rings had to undergo some pretty intense accent lessons in order to carry off their English-y accents in the movies. That takes extra time and money. I know nothing about how much teaching actors to use an accent might cost, so I've no idea whether that would be more or less cost effective than just hiring some new voice actors.

Setting aside the fact that affected accents are a bad idea more often than not... I wonder if such a scheme would actually be cost effective or not. When 1 person has a ton of lines, they need more breaks to rest their voice.

I can see the efficiency of bundling together a bunch of NPCs under one actor, but 2 huge protagonist parts? Not so sure about that.

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David Gaider @davidgaider
"Dave, why do you hate pigeons so much? Pigeons are cute. They never bothered anyone." WELL! Since you asked, strap yourself in I will tell you whence comes my hatred of those feces-spewing flying rats. (cont'd)

For context, I was working at BioWare at the time. Since our producers occasionally had to do things to keep busy, they'd shuffle people around offices - so we could be closer to each other. Proximity = synergy, "synergy" being a power word for producers which makes them quiver.

In modern times, producers realized they could pile everyone into huge rooms instead, claiming that not only did everyone love it but the synergy was off the charts! In reality, it's just an excuse to pack more people into square footage until everything smells like gym socks.

But I digress. At the time, I was moved into my new office with a few other manager types - in hopes of achieving Management Synergy! - and I had a desk right by a window. A window desk! Light! I recoiled, of course, but the decision was made and so be it.

I actually didn't mind it at first, until I realized something: the window looked out over the rooftop of the adjacent building, so my view included an HVAC unit and a sort of alcove which was just windows for an architectural feature. And a lot of snow, usually.

Then, I began to realize something else: the alcove was where the local pigeons would gather to get out of the cold. There was a ledge around the top of the windows, so they'd all sit along the ledge and be out of the wind. I could hear their gentle cooing through the glass.

Sound lovely? Not so much. You could tell pigeons gathered on the ledges even when they weren't there, as the glass underneath... it was like someone had turned on a shit faucet every foot or so and given it a good spray. Like some kind of Pollock painting, but stomach-turning.

"Aw, Dave, that's just pigeons doin' what they do!" Yes, I know. Also? The HVAC unit right outside my window, since it was next to the alcove, was where the pigeons came to have pigeon sex.

I don't know if you've ever seen pigeons have sex? Probably not, as it's not exactly a channel on Pornhub... but it's violent. Lots of flapping and angry squawking. But, hey, the HVAC was warm so they did this CONSTANTLY.

Here I was, trying to write this golem character for Dragon Age Origins... and every time I gazed outside my window to ponder? Shit alcove. Violent pigeon sex. It was like having only one TV channel which played only Russian snuff films.

At first I wanted to close the blinds, but then everyone in the office complained as it was the only real source of natural light - the one benefit, I was told, of having an exterior office. So, yeah. Weeks and weeks of shit alcove and pigeon sex on constant play.

At first I ignored it, but after a while? I started to hate those little bastards. Every now and again a hawk would come by and I'd be greeted to a rooftop with a single pigeon carcass that looked like it'd exploded. Feathers everywhere. I loved those days.

If you haven't realized, the result of this - the character I was writing for DAO - was Shale. A combination of forced pigeon sex viewings and my bristling hatred of everything outdoors. Mercifully, the producers moved me again not much later... but the memory? It still burns.

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Well I got a reply from EA regarding the job:




Ah well, kinda new that would happen, still, had to try.