Dragon Age News Thread

Brianne Battye 🦇 @bbattye
Had my work peer reviewed today by a bunch of smart, awesome people. It's so good getting eyes on your work. Now I'm feeling energized and ready to dive into my favourite part of the writing process: Revisions!

John Epler @eplerjc
Oh hey, I've officially been at @bioware for 12 years as of today. I will briefly celebrate.

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
Congrats, dude. Looking forward to working with you for many more.

USG @usgamernet
10 years later, Dragon Age is still living in the shadow of other BioWare games. But it shouldn't.
www.usgamer.net/articles/on-its-10th-anniversary-dragon-age-origins-is-better-than-you-remember

John Epler @eplerjc
Who is your favourite John Epler?

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
Me, ironically.

Hockey, hockey, hockey! Cheezits! Socially progressive politics! FFXIV!

John Epler @eplerjc
How DARE you.

Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah

Kit @vhenasarghilana
What DO elves call elfroot?

Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah

Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah
I exploded the twitters today. And answered a few hundred questions with a preemptive “Maybe” GIF.

the magnificent presto, abd @bloodredrache
i received a digital galley of @bioware/@dragonage’s TEVINTER NIGHTS this morning. because with great power comes great responsibility, i won’t spoil but i will post my reaction to each story in gif form on this thread and an overall review at the end.

ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH

THREE TREES TO MIDNIGHT by @patrickweekes:


DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN by @sylvf1


THE HORROR OF HORMAK by @eplerjc


John Epler @eplerjc
The reaction gif I hoped for.


🌈 🎄Merry "Fuck The Nine Dash Line" Mozzarella 🎄 🌈 @mothermuchy
How did you get it OMG!

the magnificent presto, abd @bloodredrache
I’m a bookseller! One of the parts of my job is to read and review books for next season so my store & the publishers have an idea what response will be.

rachel roepke @bloodredrache
LUCK IN THE GARDENS by @sylvf1
(please know Hunchback is my favorite of all the Disney films)




HUNGER by @bbattye




MURDER BY DEATH MAGES by @akacaitlin



Caitlin Sullivan Kelly @akacaitlin
OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST I LOVE IT

danny @dannyodwyer
For the first time ever @esrbratings allowed cameras inside to unveil the process of rating games, how they enforce advertising standards and their reaction to everything from decapitations to loot boxes.



Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
The number of times I have had to sheepishly say, “Okay TECHNICALLY this is a joke about oral sex...”

simon wars: the rise of sheev @simonjadis
Surely not. Sera was just talking about eating a peach!

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
In DAI, if you romance Bull and then Sera, they have a banter, and Bull says, "Glad I loosened the lid for you," and the foreign-language localization team asked what Bull meant, and I had the longest, stammering-est email saying, "Um... would you believe... emotions...?"

Jo Berry @joanna_Berry
So glad that apparently no one ever caught on to "--Sixty eight. Plus one." 😄

Karin Weekes @karinweekes
One of the weirdest and most entertaining parts of my job is having to count instances of each type of swear word in game text. 🤣

David Gaider @davidgaider
Not to be outdone by the "profanity meeting" we had each project. 😉

Karin Weekes @karinweekes
OH YES.

And the "who's doing who" meetings! Remember that last one we had as a lunch meeting at the Italian place that was the reason we decided we needed to keep those discussions behind closed doors for the good of humanity? 🤣😂

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
That's right, Weekes, go back and check Twitter every couple of minutes. That will make the outside-comfort-zone conversation you're trying to write magically finish itself!

Mary Kirby @biomarykirby
I hear that playing youtube videos of fluffy dogs being groomed also helps get this done.

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
Update: Wrote the thing. Despite myself.