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Most of the information is known but there was a few interesting tidbits, especially with regards to genders in RPGS and the hypersexualization of women in RPGs.

 

[h/t: RPGCodex]

 

http://provideocoalition.com/news/story/transvergence-summit-josh-sawyer-project-director-obsidian-entertainment

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Posted

They need a new mike, but the interviewer really isn't very good. Josh says a few interesting things, but I think he could've said a lot more if the interviewer didn't box him in with the questions about Dragon Age at the end. 

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Bit of a wasted opportunity in my eyes, the young gentleman interviewer needed notes, research on his subject and an agenda to follow.

 

No disrespect intended of course, well except for the interviewers praising of the demeaning roles that women (and men) are saddled with in Biowares games.

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Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.

I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin.

 

Tea for the teapot!

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Bit of a wasted opportunity in my eyes, the young gentleman interviewer needed notes, research on his subject and an agenda to follow.

 

No disrespect intended of course, well except for the interviewers praising of the demeaning roles that women (and men) are saddled with in Biowares games.

 

Agreed. The interviewer needs more training. He'll get there eventually, I'm sure. Just not yet. 

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Guys seriously, young dude in early 20's who did an on the fly unscheduled interview.  It was fine.  Also Dragon Age treated women with plenty of depth, for every Isabella there was a Wynne or a Aveline.  You guys need to put the blind Bioware hate aside.

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Guys seriously, young dude in early 20's who did an on the fly unscheduled interview.  It was fine.  Also Dragon Age treated women with plenty of depth, for every Isabella there was a Wynne or a Aveline.  You guys need to put the blind Bioware hate aside.

 

Oh, he did fine. And Bioware are not very bad at treating women, at least not considering DA:O, which is all I've played. I just feel he needs some practice in front of the camera, that's all. 

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Agreed. The interviewer needs more training. He'll get there eventually, I'm sure. Just not yet.

I'm sure if he makes enough treks through the mysterious forest and kills enough orcs and wolves, he'll gain enough levels to max out his Interviewing skill, Charisma, and he'll have sold enough loot to afford the legendary-tier recording equipment.

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Should we not start with some Ipelagos, or at least some Greater Ipelagos, before tackling a named Arch Ipelago? 6_u

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Guys seriously, young dude in early 20's who did an on the fly unscheduled interview.  It was fine.  Also Dragon Age treated women with plenty of depth, for every Isabella there was a Wynne or a Aveline.  You guys need to put the blind Bioware hate aside.

 

I personally wouldn't say that I exhibited hate for Bioware but every depiction of characters they make are sickeningly dependant on the protagonist, or possessed of little to no motivation. Take Aveline for example, incompetent at her job which we see from the bandit fights every ten feet in Kirkwall, knowingly abandons her duty and fellow guardsmen to adventure with an old acquaintance, is too stupid to ask for pay putting her life on the line for this person, as a grown widow woman needs help in courting a man, etcetera.

 

This doesn't strike me as a good representation of a character whether male or female, if the interviewer had brought up Kreia, Cass or Jeyne Kassynder as a good representation of a female character then that would have been far more appropriate I believe. Obsidian characters in my view are without a doubt far more nuanced and independent than the set dressing caricatures of Bioware.

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Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.

I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin.

 

Tea for the teapot!

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Any important bits in there somebody wants to highlight for me?  I could not for the life of me listen to that.

Okay... I guess I can always get a new monitor...

 

*uncaps hilighter marker*

 

8)

Should we not start with some Ipelagos, or at least some Greater Ipelagos, before tackling a named Arch Ipelago? 6_u

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Any important bits in there somebody wants to highlight for me?  I could not for the life of me listen to that.

 

Bass is something that happened to other interviews.

 

Josh Sawyer interview! Now with simulated tinnitus!

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Guys seriously, young dude in early 20's who did an on the fly unscheduled interview.  It was fine.  Also Dragon Age treated women with plenty of depth, for every Isabella there was a Wynne or a Aveline.  You guys need to put the blind Bioware hate aside.

 

I personally wouldn't say that I exhibited hate for Bioware but every depiction of characters they make are sickeningly dependant on the protagonist, or possessed of little to no motivation. Take Aveline for example, incompetent at her job which we see from the bandit fights every ten feet in Kirkwall, knowingly abandons her duty and fellow guardsmen to adventure with an old acquaintance, is too stupid to ask for pay putting her life on the line for this person, as a grown widow woman needs help in courting a man, etcetera.

 

This doesn't strike me as a good representation of a character whether male or female, if the interviewer had brought up Kreia, Cass or Jeyne Kassynder as a good representation of a female character then that would have been far more appropriate I believe. Obsidian characters in my view are without a doubt far more nuanced and independent than the set dressing caricatures of Bioware.

 

wat

 

aveline is one of the best examples for a competent and strong female character you could possibly find in any game

sure, there are even better ones, but that doesn't change that

dragon age 2 as a whole has got some of the most competent characters i have seen in video games, each with it's own agenda and lifes

this is still a video game, you just have to make some compromises on character independence, or they simply wont work as campagnions any more

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