Most of the content of Dragon Age Central has been developer posts to the official Dragon Age forums, first opened in May 2004. But all things must come to an end, and these forums were shut down on 2nd November 2009, the day before the game’s release in North America.
Since I haven’t had time to add much other content to the site for most of 2009, I’ve decided to also shut down Dragon Age Central as it was, leaving it here as an archive.
The new Dragon Age Central is now a much simpler (and fully automated) website dedicated to making developer posts to the new official forum (on Bioware’s social site) easier to find and search through.
It’s been interesting running this site, and in a way I’ll miss it... but hopefully I’ll be too busy finally playing the actual game to care :)
Dragon Age Central
Updated: Monday, 02 November 2009 02:07PM | Synced: 447726 mins ago
Forum posts were made by game developers. Please do not take posts out of context. While these individuals will have special insight into certain game-related questions, they are by no means the final authority. Please read the full topic and all its replies before forming an opinion. Remember, all things are subject to change.
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Georg Zoeller ~ Senior Technical Designer Categories:
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Thread: European Press Event - Collected preview links [+21]
Date: Wednesday, 13 May 2009 05:59PM
Well, except that there was no stream of water in that demo... |
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Georg Zoeller ~ Senior Technical Designer Categories: Quality:
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Thread: Is it true there is no weight limit? [+23]
Date: Wednesday, 13 May 2009 05:58PM
Not to mention that you'd offload most of it onto your henchman... |
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David Gaider ~ Lead Writer Categories:
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Thread: New DAO video on YouTube [+44]
Date: Wednesday, 13 May 2009 04:11PM Wouldn't the question then be whether this trailer is meant to increase awareness or actually sell the game? I don't have an answer -- I'm not in marketing, as I said -- but I will say that awareness for DA was pretty low (and perhaps still is, I don't know). But that's just my perception. It can be kind of a skewed view when you're within a hardcore community like these forums, where the people are already paying attention to everything that comes down the pipe (and groan every time a message is repeated, for instance), but the fact is that from the outside things look very, very different (as you no doubt know). |
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Thread: The Stolen Throne - Translations [+0]
Date: Wednesday, 13 May 2009 03:54PM
I believe Tor has plans to translate the book into other languages, though what the timeline might be on such things I honestly have no idea. As suggested, asking the publisher directly is probably the best way to go.
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Thread: New DAO video on YouTube [+44]
Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2009 11:20PM Okay, sure, but a) We didn't create that picture, nor write the caption. b) All I said was that the marketing will hit different notes, and appeal to different people. Was this one aimed at female gamers? Gee, probably not -- not specifically, anyway. Does it have to be either/or? Even so, my point to I_B was that was bound to be other stuff more relevant to female gamers down the line. Beyond that, doubt away. Time is on my side. |
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Thread: Why was Marilyn Manson picked for the trailer [+7]
Date: Monday, 11 May 2009 09:03PM No argument here. |
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Thread: Why was Marilyn Manson picked for the trailer [+7]
Date: Monday, 11 May 2009 08:00PM Classic black, but it has this ribbing down the sides which is just sweeeet. 
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Stanley Woo ~ QA Ninja Categories: Quality:
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Thread: New DAO video on YouTube [+44]
Date: Monday, 11 May 2009 05:38PM Sorry, no. I prefer "that MM crap" to Dimmu Borgir, which I consider too fast-paced, too dark, and rocking in a completely different way than I'm comfortable with. Not a big fan of singers who growl while eating the microphone. Excpet maybe for The Agonist's singer; she's HAWT. Still can't stand the music, though. In summary: Marilyn Manson good, Dimmu Borgir bad, Agonist lead singer hot. 
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Georg Zoeller ~ Senior Technical Designer Categories:
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Thread: European Press Event - Collected preview links [+21]
Date: Monday, 11 May 2009 05:28PM
London. |
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Stanley Woo ~ QA Ninja Categories:
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Thread: New DAO video on YouTube [+44]
Date: Monday, 11 May 2009 05:24PM Absolutely, it's possible. |
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Georg Zoeller ~ Senior Technical Designer Categories: Quality:
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Thread: will DA:O actually be challenging? [+5]
Date: Friday, 08 May 2009 04:26PM
Oh yes shooters :p |
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Mary Kirby ~ Writer Categories: Quality:
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Thread: Identification / Lore [+3]
Date: Thursday, 07 May 2009 09:04PM
I didn't build anything out of pillows, no. I did that quest, though. Also, there's a wrecked ship on the coast that has a hold full of pillows, and a shipping manifest with her name on it. I actually ferried all the pillows from the ship to her, just to see if I could talk to her about it. (I couldn't.) |
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Thread: Identification / Lore [+3]
Date: Thursday, 07 May 2009 08:20PM
True story: I made a point in Morrowind of stealing every paper lantern in the game. This was particularly tricky as a lot of them were hanging from the outsides of Telvanni towers. You know how many times I got attacked by guards while levitating 50 feet off the ground? When I had them all, I arranged them across the grasslands to spell out my character's name. Er--I mean, I have no idea what you're talking about. Picking up useless items is silly. Yes. Silly. |
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Thread: BioWare and Green Ronin to Publish Dragon Age Pen & Paper Role-Playing Game [+5]
Date: Thursday, 07 May 2009 06:18PM I've read at least an early version of the rules system they're putting together. I'm not sure what their version of "introductory" is, myself, but I would not say their system is over-simplified -- and I say that from the perspective of a tabletop rules veteran (at least, that's what I would consider myself to be). |
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Thread: So many weapons threads... [+14]
Date: Thursday, 07 May 2009 05:51AM
My lady friend was just reading an old Penny Arcade book. She came running over excitedly and showed me this:
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/9/17/ |