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ByWorstUsernameEver
OnFebruary 21, 2016

BioWare Executive Producer Tests Waters for Dragon Age Tactics Game

While it’s hardly an official announcement or even a tease, the fact that BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah – a veteran who has worked at the company since the Baldur’s Gate days – has asked the Twitter audience whether they’d…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnFebruary 15, 2016

David Gaider on Leaving BioWare, Joining Beamdog and Working on Baldur’s Gate

The folks at ZAM have published a brief article based on a chat with Beamdog creative director David Gaider, which most of you here will know for his 17-year long career at BioWare, which included highlights such as the launch…

ByBuckGB
OnFebruary 1, 2016

Remembering Dragon Age: Origins

Eurogamer took advantage of a sleepy weekend to publish a retrospective piece on BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins, in which they pay close attention to the game’s development influences, the game that ultimately ended up making it into stores, some of its…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnJanuary 26, 2016

Dragon Age Lead Writer Audio Interview

The folks at Video Game Sophistry got a hold of Patrick Weekes, lead writer on the Dragon Age series since last year, and heard his thoughts on his career, the circumstances that lead him to become the lead writer on…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnJanuary 22, 2016

David Gaider Leaves BioWare

Just like when Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka left BioWare and Chris Avellone left Obsidian, this is yet again a case where I find it difficult to imagine this particular developer outside the studio he’s worked at for so long. And…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnSeptember 20, 2015

The Lost Magic of Magic

The latest RPG-focused column for Rock, Paper, Shotgun from Richard Cobbett investigates how magic is portrayed and mechanically implemented in fantasy RPGs. For the most part, Cobbett is disappointed by how magic is portrayed in recent RPGs, though he acknowledges…

ByBuckGB
OnJuly 25, 2015

Why BioWareâ€™s Games Inspire a Unique Kind of Fandom

The editors at PC Gamer have editorialized about the fervent fanbase that BioWare enjoys due to the studio’s story-crafting abilities, the interactivity they present in each of their titles, their inclusion of homosexual romances, and their focus on character customization.…

ByBuckGB
OnJuly 18, 2015

Dragon Age “Narrative and Storytelling” Video Interview

In a new sixteen-minute video interview on Gamereactor, BioWare’s David Gaider talks about the feedback they’ve received from fans since the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition, how they plan to expand the storytelling in the next game (and leveraging a…

ByBuckGB
OnJune 28, 2015

Dragon Age: Origins Retrospective Video Interview, Part One

Video Game Sophistry managed to corner BioWare’s David Gaider for a lengthy retrospective audio/video interview that dives into his early days at the video game development studio before moving primarily into Dragon Age territory. In it, we learn about how…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 18, 2015

David Gaider on Sexual Diversity in Gaming

The folks at Video Game Sophistry have recently had the chance to chat with David Gaider, the former lead writer on Dragon Age: Origins and a fairly important writer at BioWare. The full interview isn’t out yet, but they have…