Tag Archives: Dragon Age

Roll a Die by the Sword: An Engagement with Jennifer Hepler’s Ideas

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Quinnae

  There were many things wrong with the recent bacchanal of hate that surrounded Bioware writer Jennifer Hepler this past week, but one of the more critical ones was this: she was being savaged for merely offering an opinion in … Continue reading →

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Social responsibility in pop culture and video games

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Tami Baribeau

There is a great article today over on one of my favorite non-gaming blogs, This Ain’t Livin, about whether or not pop culture has social responsibility.  While the post itself isn’t about gaming, there are definitely some intriguing thoughts within … Continue reading →

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The Border House Podcast Episode 1 Transcript and Call for Volunteers

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Alex

Below is the transcript for Episode 1 of The Border House podcast. But before we get to that: we need your help! Transcription is a big job, so we are looking for volunteers who can transcribe 5-minute segments of the … Continue reading →

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The Fantasy Cyborg: Reading Passing Narratives in Dragon Age

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Mattie Brice

(Spoiler warning for the Dragon Age series) Topics about social minorities in video games typically manifest in the relationship humans have with other sentient characters of their world or universe. Games often present humanity as space-warfaring Americans or in a … Continue reading →

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The Border House Podcast – Episode 1: Lewd-onarrative Dissonance

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Mattie Brice

  It’s finally here! In our premier episode, we talk about diversity issues in the portrayal of romances in the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series from BioWare. As to be expected, there are spoilers for these games in the podcast (though, if you … Continue reading →

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Goddess Save the Queen: Dragon Age’s Queen Anora

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Quinnae

When I roleplay I often use some of the better characters I’ve come across in my time playing video games as templates. These are characters I found to be unusually well-textured, motivated, in-depth and interesting and could provide the basis … Continue reading →

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The Kirkwaller’s Guide to Social Justice

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Guest

The following is a guest post from Alis Dee: Alis Dee runs a gaming blog at azeroth.me which, despite the title, is not always about World of Warcraft. She is a multi-ethnic white-passing bisexual Australian ciswoman. The following post has … Continue reading →

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No More Excuses: “It’s The Middle Ages, Yo!”

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Quinnae

Recently Static Nonsense related their adventure with webcomic author Ryan Sohmer and an ableist comic he wrote for his well read LFG Comic. Static Nonsense submitted a polite letter to Mr. Sohmer and received the following reply from him: Hey … Continue reading →

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BioWare on Racial Diversity in Dragon Age 2

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Tami Baribeau

A player on the official Dragon Age 2 discussion boards posted the following question yesterday: Do we know if DA2 will have a better range of racial diversity?  I was dissapointed that Dragon Age, a game that seem to use elves … Continue reading →

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BioWare Adds Women’s Sizes to Online Store

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Brinstar

Many women gamers are in a pickle when it comes to wearing branded apparel of their favourite games. The majority of times, licensed clothing is not available in women’s sizes, and whilst men’s t-shirts can fit many women, a lot … Continue reading →

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