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"Sexy sorceresses" and "bare-chested fighters": Dragon Age's original artists wanted to base it on Conan the Barbarian, much to the outrage of the designers

Buried in the vast and sooty-fingered Summer Eternal anthology , there's an interview with former BioWare developer and Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider, who is now creative director at Stray Gods outfit Summerfall Studios. The interview is a podcast-length account of BioWare's transformations over Gaider's career…

"Sexy sorceresses" and "bare-chested fighters": Dragon Age's original artists wanted to base it on Conan the Barbarian, much to the outrage of the designers
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Buried in the vast and sooty-fingered Summer Eternal anthology , there's an interview with former BioWare developer and Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider, who is now creative director at Stray Gods outfit Summerfall Studios. The interview is a podcast-length account of BioWare's transformations over Gaider's career…

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10/19/2026 13:05
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Timeline: Dragon Age

What’s come out about Dragon Age so far, newest first.

  1. Former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah explains what he'd change about each game: 'It's kind of filler'PC Gamer
  2. "Não é um conteúdo excelente": ex-executivo de Dragon Age diz que, hoje, alteraria ou descartaria vários momentos-chave da sérieIGN Brasil
  3. 'It's Not Great Content': Ex-Dragon Age Exec Says He'd Now Change or Ditch Several Key Moments From the SeriesIGN
  4. Mark Darrah, co-director of Dragon Age: Origins, has played Riven for 3 minutes and Factorio for 832 hours: 'If you want to know what kind of programmer someone would be, have them play Factorio'PC Gamer

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