BioWare are on the record with how Skyrim has influenced Dragon Age. The Elders Scroll smash hit brought a wave of new players into the RPG area and these gamers are not familiar with some old RPG tropes, habits and styles. The third game in BioWare’s popular fantasy RPG series; Dragon Age: Inquisition reflects that. […]
Stirling does Dragon Age
Geek favourite Lindsey Stirling is back with a special effects rich Dragon Age video. She’s worked hard to produce videos that are suitable for the YouTube audience and bring her violin music to a wider audience. Just how large is Stirling’s audience? This video has been out 3 days and has had over 2.5 million […]
The roleplayers’ analysis of Microsoft’s E3 – so far
E3 is the big game expo. It’s Monday and Microsoft have been speaking. Let’s take a look at their announcements and have a go at sorting the games into roleplaying tiers. The theory is this; there are computer roleplaying games which do what they can to recreate the RPG experience with a console or computer, […]
Something for Everyone: Dragon Age Asunder by David Gaider
Anyone familiar with the Bioware Dragon Age franchise will be able to anticipate what Asunder by lead writer David Gaider promises to deliver. Having played Origins and Dragon Age II myself, I opened the book prepared to delve into the fantastical political drama and Mage/Templar conspiratorial battlefield explored in the games. Fans of the franchise […]
Bring on the Eldritch: A Review of AGE Bestiary – Alien Horrors
I have touched upon the notion before that in many industries, but gaming especially, if you don’t have an edition, expansion or supplement available for your game that takes advantage of the post-copyright extradimensional behemoth Cthulhu, then you’re missing out. Whatever your take on the Mythos, you need to get it out there. Not to […]
Dragon Age 2 cosplay: Flemeth
This is Flemeth – also known as Asha’bellanar from Dragon Age 2. The cosplayer is Lockheart 18 – also known as Karen. You can check out her
They Might Be…: A Review of AGE Bestiary – Giants
Giants have been an frequent and diverse threat in movies and TV over the last few years – whether the engineers of Prometheus, the Frost Giants of Thor, the trolls from Lord of the Rings, or Hodor from A Game of Thrones (okay, Hodor might not be a threat to most, but you still don’t […]
Release the Beast: A Review of AGE Bestiary – Beastmen
Creatures born of man and beast fill legends and contemporary media alike with monsters of rampant ferocity or unexpected champions of surprising character (often with something of a Red Shirt mentality about their prospects of surviving until the end of the book / movie). You can see examples all over the place – whether Mr […]
Chris Pramas: Green Ronin survived the theft of $100,000 and now deals directly with George R. R. Martin
Chris Pramas is the President of Green Ronin Publishing and veteran of the roleplaying industry. He’s worked for Wizards of the Coast, signed deals with George R. R. Martin and is currently mid-Kickstarter with Freeport: The City of Adventure for the Pathfinder RPG. In this interview we’re reminded that Green Ronin had a whirlwind of […]
The best selling RPGs of the summmer (2012)
Industry watchers ICv2 have released their count of the top five selling roleplaying games this summer. Tallies will always differ but ICv2 run interviews with manufacturers, distributors and retailers. The top five are; Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing) Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast) Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch (Fantasy Flight Games) Dragon Age (Green Ronin Publishing) Dungeon […]
