Dragon Age Lead Writer Audio Interview

The folks at Video Game Sophistry got a hold of Patrick Weekes, lead writer on the Dragon Age series since last year, and heard his thoughts on his career, the circumstances that lead him to become the lead writer on BioWare’s beloved fantasy series, the transition to a more cinematic kind of storytelling, how the BioWare designers are now trying to blend the interactive and cinematic side of their games more, how BioWare designers are trying to get better at “training” players, and the videogame writing field in general.

It’s a pretty good chat if you’re interested in videogame writing (especially of the AAA variety) and BioWare’s current and future titles: