Tag: Dragon Age

Moral Failings and Monsters

I’ve already spoken quite a bit about this aspect of games and the underlying implications of being unclean and inviting the monster into yourself in the post about Banshees and Broodmothers earlier. I want to return to Western ideas of monsters, though, and Western ideas of the grotesque, because there is a strong connection between... Continue Reading →

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Dehumanizing the Enemy in Games

NOTE: This post is my own musings on game design, and it should not be taken as fact or the opinion of anyone except myself. For my last achievement/ trophy in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, I needed to be naughty enough to call attention to myself from five bounty hunters. There's a system in the game,... Continue Reading →

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Balancing on the Edge

I was working with balancing for the game Mad Max in particular with the challenges that the game uses as a levelling up mechanic for the player character. While I was doing it, I was also playing Dragon Age Inquisition that uses a completely different level up strategy. This lead me to start thinking about... Continue Reading →

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Dragon Age fanart

Here's a thing I did. I bought the Collector's Edition (or Inquisitor's Edition or whatever it was called) of Dragon Age Inquisition. In the box, there's a pack of tarot cards that are really beautiful. It's the same art as the cards in the game, and I really liked that art direction. Since I have... Continue Reading →

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Death on the Bridge

The Old Gods will call to you From their ancient prisons they will sing Dragons with wicked eyes and wicked hearts, on blacken'd wings does deceit take flight, the first of my children lost to night. - Canticle of Silence 3:6 This post is a massive spoiler for Dragon Age Inquisition. If you don't want... Continue Reading →

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