BioWare Blog: Hero Time

BioWare’s Jay Watamaniuk returns to the company’s official blog to briefly explain why he’s drawn to video games, and role-playing games in particular.

Gaming in whatever form is my chance to right some wrongs about reality. I think I should have been a gruff ex-cop who smokes too much and wears a bandage over his knuckles, or a bestial bandit king who sacrifices himself to save the last druid, or an eccentric spymaster with too many secrets, or a terse Paladin who can’t admit he is painfully lonely or many more. What other pastime allows you this?

It was a revelation when I realized all these characters over the years were just facets of me wanting a little hero time. It makes me wonder how some people can stand to live their whole lives without being – just once- the guy who saves the day.