Just noticed that Dragon Age won both Game of the Year and the best writing award at the Canadian Videogame Awards — see the Edmonton Journal article for details.
Sending a huge congrats to the Dragon Age team. Well done!
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This is the sixth of ten posts, one for each year that I worked for BioWare.
And Along Came Jade
So there I was busily working away on Dragon Age, settling into a good routine when one day I’m drawn into a Serious Discussion. Now these are always worrying, they usually mean something is up. [...]
I was pleased to stumble across a Dragon Age review on the Tor.com blog.
Mur Lafferty, the blogger, is enjoying the game and has written an entertaining review.
http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58659
This is the fifth of ten posts, one for each year that I worked for BioWare.
Conquering the Hordes of the Underdark
As summer 2003 turned into fall, the Hordes of the Underdark team was hard at work on the second Neverwinter Nights expansion. We were fast approaching our deadlines and I was able to poach [...]
This is the fourth of ten posts, one for each year that I worked for BioWare.
Neverwinter Nights Expansion Packs
So it was around this time that we started working on the expansion packs for Neverwinter Nights, specifically Expansion Pack #2. Yes, you read that correctly. The team I was leading was focused on the second [...]
According to BioWare’s webpage Dragon Age has gone gold. Should be in stores next week. (In case you’re just jumping in and wondering why I care, I was the lead designer on Dragon Age for the majority of its development.)
I’m thrilled for the team, years of their hard work have made this a fantastic game. [...]
This will be the first of ten posts, one for each year that I worked for BioWare.
Preamble
After graduating the summer of 1999 from the University of Alberta I set out to look for a job. You know, to pay that massive student loan I had.
I sent about fifty resumes out, mostly programming jobs. But one [...]
