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‘Dragon Age: Origins’ and a Few Notes on Class

06.02.11 – 2:26 pm

Reposted from PopMatters Moving Pixels. My first attempt at Dragon Age: Origins fell short before I left the prologue. I was bothered about having rolled a dark-skinned city elf only for my family to all be visibly white, and I was further bothered by the city elves’ oppression compounded by the casual rape and murder [...]

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Okay, that took longer than expected.

04.03.11 – 2:44 am

Hey. You were all thinking it.

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Take Your Damn Rivalry Points Like a Man: The Non-Dialectic of Dragon Age II

03.30.11 – 9:12 pm

Reposted from PopMatters Moving Pixels. So, in case you haven’t heard, they’re all bisexual. You may also have heard that the romantic subplots of Dragon Age II are somehow dominating the discourse surrounding the game, presumably directly after whether it’s any good or not. (To which the answer is no, and yes. See my review [...]

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My new wallpaper

03.28.11 – 4:10 pm

Found here!

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Dragon Age: Origins Lets Me Celebrate Girl Power (And Doesn’t Make Me Self-Conscious)

03.27.11 – 5:33 pm

Reposted from PopMatters Moving Pixels. As with about half of PopMatters’ Moving Pixels contributors, I’ve been replaying Dragon Age: Origins and its accompanying DLC and expansion recently in anticipation of the sequel’s release. Admittedly, this is as deeply as I’ve ever gotten into it and I was surprised at the extent to which the writing [...]

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Dragon Age II: Making the Case for “Quality” Games

03.27.11 – 3:05 pm

Reposted from PopMatters Multimedia Reviews. At this point, I am uncertain there is anything I can really say about Dragon Age II that isn’t found half-buried in my deluge of running commentary to my friends made over the course of my two playthroughs. It’s fantastic, it’s horrible. It’s brilliant, it’s ridiculous. This is the best [...]

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsless Rogue: Dragon Age II’s Isabela

03.27.11 – 12:18 am

Reposted from PopMatters Moving Pixels. I’m admittedly cynical about the phrase “owns her sexuality.” Not the concept, but rather the application of it, which I seem to find ascribed to any female character who fits the “girl who kicks ass” cliche irrespective of how she is otherwise objectified and depowered. I have listened to the [...]

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