Tag: Dragon Age

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Gaming
Jordan Pollock

Pixel Clicks Podcast #3 – They Leveled Up

You can listen to this episode on our Pixel Clicks Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Hey you wonderful people, it’s time for the Pixel Clicks Podcast! PCP is a gaming podcast in which Jordan, a gaming writer for Pixelated Geek, and his friends (Cody, Shane, and Sergio) discuss the week in gaming news! Or at least

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Gaming
James Trauben

“Discover the Dragon Age” trailer released, with commentary

Bioware’s newly-released “Discover the Dragon Age” trailer may as well be a travel brochure for the world of Thedas in the upcoming Dragon Age: Inquisition. “Discover the Dragon Age” pans through grandiose, lushly-detailed landscapes, showing off various features of Bioware’s new Frostbite engine. Certainly Thedas looks like a nice place to vacation, if not for

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Agency and Constraint – How Much is Too Much?

While at PAX Prime, I was lucky enough to attend a Dragon Age panel held by a group of Bioware’s creative team for discussion of the series’ future. The room was packed. Fans cheered at most of the announcements, particularly those that suggested a departure from Dragon Age 2 towards their beloved Origins. When it

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Gaming
James Trauben

Dragon Age 2 Aims for Moral Ambiguity

Dragon Age: Origins was about saving Thedas. Dragon Age 2 is about living in it. For all its attempts at grit and moral ambiguity, Origins was a fairly conventional fantasy narrative beneath a patina of grime and blood. Though it took place in an unusually bleak setting, the narrative goal was fairly conventional: save the

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Gaming
Alex

Being a Gay Gamer in a Straight Gamer’s World

In the past few years, homosexuals have been in the media more and more. From shows like “Queer as Folk” and “The “L” Word,” which cater to a very specific section of the public, to “Will & Grace,” whose box sets you can find in many American households, gay men and women are becoming more

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Top 5 Aspects Dragon Age 2 Looks to Improve

Dragon Age 2’s demo has dropped and, as with anything involving Bioware, it’s kind of a big deal.  The first game appealed to gamers by playing to more traditional role-playing elements.  The game won many RPG-of-the-Year awards and continued Bioware’s run of high quality triple-A titles.  The game however, was not without its faults.  Bioware,

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