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New Report Suggests The Games Industry Is Failing LGBTQ Players
The latest GLAAD study into LGBTQ representation in games shows exactly where the industry is comfortable resting on its laurels.
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Bioware’s Former Lead Writer Is Starting An Australian Studio
It’s not just Sledgehammer Games that’s taking root in Australia. This morning we can reveal that the creative genius behind Knights of the Old Republic‘s HK-47, the lead writer on Dragon Age: Origins and the author behind Dragon Age‘s prequel books, David Gaider, is opening up a new studio in Melbourne with the help of…
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Dragon Age’s Lead Writer Avoids BioWare’s ‘Increasingly Toxic’ Forums
It can’t be easy to be a BioWare writer. You and your co-workers run yourselves ragged crafting huge, sprawling stories, and afterwards you’re subjected to all manner of intense feedback, much of it shouted by the more extreme corners of your fanbase.
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David Gaider, Ken Levine And Chris Avellone Discuss What Matters Most In Games
This Saturday, at PAX East, I had the pleasure of attending the “Plot vs Play” panel, moderated by Joystiq’s Ben Gilbert and Kotaku‘s own Jason Schreier. The panel brought together three developers who have all worked on landmark, story-driven games to discuss their differing philosophies on the presence and purpose of story in gaming.