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May 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…

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February 11, 2015

A Closer Look at BioWare’s Progressive Sexual Politics

Kill Screen’s Jason Johnson has penned an article that analyzes the sexual politics BioWare expressed throughout the games they’ve developed. Johnson praises BioWare for its introduction of romantic subplots and gay and bisexual characters, and argues that this might help…

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January 21, 2015

BioWare 2000-2009 Period Interview

RPG Codex has published an interview with ex-BioWare developer Brent Knowles, who was the lead designer on Dragon Age: Origins, with a particular focus on the PC-focused titles BioWare published during the first decade of the 21st century. There’s a…

BuckGB
December 30, 2014

Jade Empire Retrospective

The folks at Continue Play have cranked out a retrospective review of Jade Empire, BioWare’s Asian mythology-inspired RPG that set the action-heavy tone that the studio has been leveraging ever since. They wind up at a score of 7/10, and…

BuckGB
March 22, 2014

Five Gaming Franchises That Should Live Again

The folks over at Continue Play have rounded up a list of five video game franchises that they’d like to see further installments to, and as it turns out three of them are familiar to role-playing game enthusiasts. I certainly…

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August 19, 2013

The Best BioWare Characters, According to GameInformer

Judging from the list the editors at GameInformer have put together, I have to guess that they really appreciate BioWare’s knack for humor, as a large chunk of their favorite characters from the studio fill the role of comic relief.…

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June 11, 2013

Jade Empire: Special Edition Released on GOG

Another BioWare title is landing on GOG.com, as this time their kung-fu action-RPG Jade Empire is now available on the DRM-free digital download service. The game is currently discounted to $9.99 for launch, but its base price will actually be…

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April 10, 2013

Greg Zeschuk Interview

GamesIndustry is offering an interview with BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk with a plethora of subjects covered, from his opinions of the console industry, to why he wishes Jade Empire had been an Xbox 360 launch title, to the culture of…

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February 1, 2013

Greg Zeschuk Interview

The Los Angeles Times online edition is offering an interview with Greg Zeschuk, known by most of our readers as one of the two BioWare co-founders, the doctors, who left the company last September. Here’s a snip: (Console stuff has…

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January 31, 2013

The Long, Strange Journey of BioWare’s Doctor, Developer, Beer Enthusiast

Polygon is offering a long and interesting interview with BioWare co-founder and now ex-employee Greg Zeschuk which covers everything from his early career to his decision to leave, to his current passion… beer. Here’s a snip: “It’s one of those…