Friday 28 March 2014

Maker's breath...Simon Chadwick as Nathaniel Howe

Maker, I confess that the moment I heard Simon Chadwick as Nathaniel Howe, I promptly melted into a delirious puddle of sweet oblivion.





(A small sample of Mr. Chadwick's non-Dragon Age work may be viewed here and, for the curious, his complete body of work may be found here).

Tuesday 25 March 2014

Mme Ann Lemay: une femme formidable!

Ces temps-ci, je pense des femmes que j'admirais. Et j'admire beaucoup Mme Lemay. Elle est une scénariste-dialoguiste chez BioWare Montréal (il y a presque 3 ans) qui a conçu le dialogue de Nyreen Kandros, la première femelle Turian très attendu dans Mass Effect 3 OMEGA. J'ai lu ses entrevues précédentes, mais c'est la première fois que j'avais l'opportunité d'écouter sa voix.


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Instead of dwelling in disappointment over how women who could have achieved great things have used their power, I have turned my thoughts to women I admire. And I admire Ms. Lemay. A lot. A writer for BioWare since 2011, she was responsible for penning Nyreen Kandros, the highly-anticipated first female Turian of the Mass Effect franchise who appeared in Mass Effect 3's Omega DLC. I've read previous interviews, but this is the first time we get to hear her speak.

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Thursday 6 March 2014

Call Me Superficial...

...but I would pre-order DA:I for its visuals alone. It rains in Thedas! It can be nighttime elsewhere, other than in camp! And did you see that veil tear? I'm so glad they decided to retire their in-house engine and go with Frostbite 3.

DA:O has sold 4.48 million units to date, while DAII has sold 2.29 million units. Even though I am fairly new to gaming, I shall hazard a prediction that DA:I will exceed sales of DA:O.



On an entirely unrelated note, today marks the two-year anniversary of the release of ME3. Two years later and, instead of remembering all the good things about ME3, my immediate visceral response to this realisation is something akin to grief. Frostbite 3 notwithstanding, now that John Dombrow and Chris Hepler have left, I'm not sure stunning visuals will be enough for me to reinvest in the franchise.

The Dread Wolf's Lover

Of course Tala will try to redeem him. As if you had to ask. "Tala sometimes came awake from dreams in which her lover wa...