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Post by Fen'Harel Faceman on Nov 14, 2018 22:31:26 GMT
This isn't Twitter-related, but I thought it was funny. BioWare is looking to hire a new Digital Content Specialist and they've advertised it on LinkedIn. I was looking over the qualifications and I saw this in there: Current knowledge of gaming culture, the gaming market, and the greatest players in the galaxy - our fans. This includes a good knowledge of BioWare portfolio; you should understand why Solas is a jerk tragic hero, why it had to be Mordin, and which Turian cooked you a burnt steak. Fixed that for you, Bioware.
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Post by SwobyJ on Nov 14, 2018 22:53:24 GMT
Sounds like the job would be easy, but then look at all the responsibility.
I'm basically looking to be in the field that includes doing these things, but I'd want to start as a junior for years before touching this.
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Post by vertigomez on Nov 14, 2018 23:04:51 GMT
This isn't Twitter-related, but I thought it was funny. BioWare is looking to hire a new Digital Content Specialist and they've advertised it on LinkedIn. I was looking over the qualifications and I saw this in there: Current knowledge of gaming culture, the gaming market, and the greatest players in the galaxy - our fans. This includes a good knowledge of BioWare portfolio; you should understand why Solas is a jerk, why it had to be Mordin, and which Turian cooked you a burnt steak. This is beautiful.
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Nov 14, 2018 23:33:37 GMT
This isn't Twitter-related, but I thought it was funny. BioWare is looking to hire a new Digital Content Specialist and they've advertised it on LinkedIn. I was looking over the qualifications and I saw this in there: Current knowledge of gaming culture, the gaming market, and the greatest players in the galaxy - our fans. This includes a good knowledge of BioWare portfolio; you should understand why Solas is a jerk tragic hero, why it had to be Mordin, and which Turian cooked you a burnt steak. Fixed that for you, Bioware. I feel like including a lengthy explanation of why Solas is in fact a misunderstood woobie with your application would make BioWare more likely to hire someone for this. It shows you care!
Of course, a lengthy explanation of why every conversation hub in Dragon Age: Inquisition should have included a 'punch Solas' option might work just as well.
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Post by Fen'Harel Faceman on Nov 14, 2018 23:42:55 GMT
Fixed that for you, Bioware. I feel like including a lengthy explanation of why Solas is in fact a misunderstood woobie with your application would make BioWare more likely to hire someone for this. It shows you care! No need... they know I'm right... lol, then it would have been difficult to explain why Solas doesn't turn the Quizzy into stone at the end of Trespasser if he's been punched 30 times.
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Post by Serza on Nov 15, 2018 8:37:29 GMT
This isn't Twitter-related, but I thought it was funny. BioWare is looking to hire a new Digital Content Specialist and they've advertised it on LinkedIn. I was looking over the qualifications and I saw this in there: Current knowledge of gaming culture, the gaming market, and the greatest players in the galaxy - our fans. This includes a good knowledge of BioWare portfolio; you should understand why Solas is a jerk tragic hero, why it had to be Mordin, and which Turian cooked you a burnt steak. Fixed that for you, Bioware.
I'd be willing to argue he's an antihero
But the definition is... I dunno, the fit is not concrete.
Sounds like the job would be easy, but then look at all the responsibility. I'm basically looking to be in the field that includes doing these things, but I'd want to start as a junior for years before touching this.
On the other hand, if I knew I could survive in Canada on my own... I'd be firing off a CV. I mean, they want a knowledge of the gaming culture - after a decade and a half of PC gaming, I'd say I have that. Gaming market? Alright, gimme some pointers, I'll learn that in a day (or in a single flight to Canada, if it's a short topic) and... I know the lot of you, don't I?
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Post by marikahaliwell on Nov 15, 2018 16:04:06 GMT
All right, I just finished the second comic from the Deception and i have to say, I am intrigued even more. also Autumn !
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Post by SwobyJ on Nov 15, 2018 18:19:29 GMT
Fixed that for you, Bioware.
I'd be willing to argue he's an antihero
But the definition is... I dunno, the fit is not concrete.
Sounds like the job would be easy, but then look at all the responsibility. I'm basically looking to be in the field that includes doing these things, but I'd want to start as a junior for years before touching this.
On the other hand, if I knew I could survive in Canada on my own... I'd be firing off a CV. I mean, they want a knowledge of the gaming culture - after a decade and a half of PC gaming, I'd say I have that. Gaming market? Alright, gimme some pointers, I'll learn that in a day (or in a single flight to Canada, if it's a short topic) and... I know the lot of you, don't I?
ha I'm talking about all the other things Media production and marketing management and production always seems easy and then it's not.
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Post by Serza on Nov 15, 2018 18:40:58 GMT
I'd be willing to argue he's an antihero
But the definition is... I dunno, the fit is not concrete.
On the other hand, if I knew I could survive in Canada on my own... I'd be firing off a CV. I mean, they want a knowledge of the gaming culture - after a decade and a half of PC gaming, I'd say I have that. Gaming market? Alright, gimme some pointers, I'll learn that in a day (or in a single flight to Canada, if it's a short topic) and... I know the lot of you, don't I?
ha I'm talking about all the other things Media production and marketing management and production always seems easy and then it's not.
Well...
I wouldn't really... Give it a shot, right. They'd probably say they found someone more suitable, but hey. This is basically being a link between the community and the devs. Having a fan is a good option there. I saw such a job posting before, but that was in Prague, and that's pretty far for me. Canada would basically be surviving in Prague times ten.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Nov 15, 2018 18:49:23 GMT
I can't find the job posting. Does anyone have a link so I can read the whole thing please?
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Post by thats1evildude on Nov 15, 2018 18:57:54 GMT
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Post by coldsteelblue on Nov 16, 2018 11:32:15 GMT
So I went ahead & applied, don't have a snowball's chance in hell, but thought "hey, what's the worst that could happen?"
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Post by Serza on Nov 16, 2018 12:08:56 GMT
I don't have the experience and portfolio required turns out.
So it's not even theoretical for me.
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Post by phoray on Nov 16, 2018 15:09:34 GMT
I recall a discussion or tweet on here about how Bioware was stuggling to finish or complete Dragon Age Origins for financial "may have to close" reasons when EA bought them out, demanded an Archdemon and the rest is history. Did I imagine that?
An "EA ruined Bioware" person I just started seeing demands a citation.
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Post by Heimdall on Nov 16, 2018 17:54:39 GMT
I recall a discussion or tweet on here about how Bioware was stuggling to finish or complete Dragon Age Origins for financial "may have to close" reasons when EA bought them out, demanded an Archdemon and the rest is history. Did I imagine that? An "EA ruined Bioware" person I just started seeing demands a citation. Well I know they were working on DAO for awhile before being bought by EA. This is the first I’ve heard about EA demanding the Archdemon
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Post by gervaise21 on Nov 16, 2018 18:21:33 GMT
I vaguely recall this story as well but I'm not sure where exactly. Still since phoray also remembers it I obviously wasn't dreaming. Could it have been something that DG said at some point?
From what I recall, DAO was originally going to focus more on political intrigue but it was felt (not necessarily by EA) that there needed to be a more "traditional" destroy the world villain, which is where the arch-demon came from. For a time the means of killing it was just going to be a special weapon but then they came up with the way to get rid of it that required the Grey Wardens specifically. From that came the ultimate sacrifice and dark ritual in order to avoid it. It is because this wasn't originally part of the plot that some of the details don't seem awfully well thought through, particularly why the dark ritual will work. Then they muddied the waters even further with the survival of Corypheus.
It would seem that DA2 was the original team trying to prove that a story-line that didn't involve a save the world scenario could be just as interesting and well received. Unfortunately, because of the rushed development time it seemed like it wasn't, when many people agree that there was nothing wrong with the two main plot threads in DA2; it was the technical execution that was the problem.
Then it was back to the over-arching save the world scenario with DAI, although again I would have said that, like DAO with the arch-demon, the bits involving Corypheus (particularly if you took the mage route) were the least interesting parts and it was everything else that contributed to the enjoyment of the game.
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Post by midnight tea on Nov 16, 2018 18:33:53 GMT
Stories tend to change over time as they're being worked on, sometimes drastically (duh...), and I think most of us can imagine that a story for a video game, where factors for changes to the plot can range from writers re-thinking things to whole levels being cut, would be a very dynamic process that may have both a lot and very little to do with external pressures. Anyway - there's some history of game development for each DA title in David Gaider's interview for VGS. In it, he also mentions that at the time they were working on DAO they were clearly hoping that they'd be able to make more games in the series, but they simply weren't sure if DAO will be successful enough to get one, hence they added stuff like epilogues. But that's all I remember off the top of my head.
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Post by phoray on Nov 16, 2018 20:29:20 GMT
the gist is EA's acquisition saved BioWare from bankruptcy and enabled them to produce more games post-acquisition (10/2007). Thank you so much! I forwarded the links and some screen shots to him. Back to reality, deciding if the statement, "The gaming industry is made worse by Bioware's existence." is a dating deal breaker for me.
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Post by Heimdall on Nov 16, 2018 20:37:32 GMT
the gist is EA's acquisition saved BioWare from bankruptcy and enabled them to produce more games post-acquisition (10/2007). Thank you so much! I forwarded the links and some screen shots to him. Back to reality, deciding if the statement, "The gaming industry is made worse by Bioware's existence." is a dating deal breaker for me. ...Honestly have no idea what the rationale for that statement could be. It seems strange to resent a company for making games you don’t like so much you want them to cease to exist. It’s not like them ceasing to exist would bring more of the games they do like into existence.
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Post by samhain444 on Nov 16, 2018 20:40:09 GMT
the gist is EA's acquisition saved BioWare from bankruptcy and enabled them to produce more games post-acquisition (10/2007). Thank you so much! I forwarded the links and some screen shots to him. Back to reality, deciding if the statement, "The gaming industry is made worse by Bioware's existence." is a dating deal breaker for me. Yeah, dating considerations aside, that statement has no basis in reality haha Make them sit and watch a "Dragon Age Inquisition" playthrough...if they stay, it was meant to be
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Post by phoray on Nov 16, 2018 20:51:08 GMT
Thank you so much! I forwarded the links and some screen shots to him. Back to reality, deciding if the statement, "The gaming industry is made worse by Bioware's existence." is a dating deal breaker for me. Yeah, dating considerations aside, that statement has no basis in reality haha Make them sit and watch a "Dragon Age Inquisition" playthrough...if they stay, it was meant to be He likes Mass Effect 2, Destiny 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2, I have no idea which Dragon Age would ever appeal to such a person to recommend first because I thought ME2 was okay, I have no interest in D2, and I tried and got bored with RDR2 inside an hour. At least he liked HZD, saving grace? -rhetorical question* (sorry, I am totally Off Topic at this point. Stopping now.)
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Post by Hrungr on Nov 16, 2018 21:00:56 GMT
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Nov 16, 2018 22:06:24 GMT
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