#post fixed sry ^^

[felassan]

EA site update:

"The Dread Wolf Rises Dragon Age Day 2023 Happy DA Day to our friends across Thedas!"

"[Mark] Dragon Age has always been a franchise about characters. Characters to fall in love with or to learn to loath. Those characters need a place in which to live, to fight, and to love—a place that shapes them and the events they find themselves swept up in. Today we explore the place they call home that forms the stage for everything that you do: Thedas. Corinne and the Dragon Age: Dreadwolf team have created a game that celebrates the rich and varied past of the franchise while crafting new experiences and stories. It has been incredible to come back to BioWare and see all of the progress they’ve made, and I’m excited for some of that world to be shared with all of you today. [Corinne] Thank you, Mark! I fondly remember playing each entry in the Dragon Age franchise, being completely immersed and enamored in the world you all had built. It amazes me to be here now, working alongside you and the team, to bring new stories and characters (not to mention a few returning characters) to all of the fans of the franchise. Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is the product of hard work and love. We know how much this world means to all of you, how these experiences stay with you. We want to get it right, so we’ve taken our time. We're so excited to join in this celebration of all things Dragon Age and the incredible fandom that surrounds it. Within the dev team, we’ve been eagerly awaiting Dragon Age Day as the enthusiasm, stories, charity, and artwork you share motivates us to be our best and create new experiences for all of you. To celebrate DA Day, we’re sharing a look at a few of the in-game locations you’ll explore on this new adventure (and perhaps a little more for those who listen closely). The stage is set. The Dread Wolf is ready to make his move. Oh, and one last thing before I go… In summer 2024, we’ll be fully revealing Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to you! We honestly can’t wait. See you all in Thedas, — Corinne Busche, Game Director & Mark Darrah, Sr Production Advisor"

"You’ve visited the lands of Thedas thrice before in our games and many more times in comics, books, art, and short stories. This time, you’ll be venturing to places unseen and returning to places from long ago. To celebrate Dragon Age Day, we wanted to show you some of those sights. [link to new trailer] We stand on the precipice of change. This is a world brimming with stories and characters waiting to meet you. The fate of this world teeters on the edge of a knife. In past games, you only got to see a slice of the world. In Origins, it was Ferelden—a land ravaged by war and Dark Spawn. In II, it was Kirkwall and its locales—festering with corruption and a dark underworld. And in Inquisition, you ventured across much of Orlais—facing down political intrigue as often as combat."

"This time, however, much more of Thedas is yours to see. The desolate, beautiful badlands of the Anderfels with curtains of distant mountainous spires. The twisting canals and gleaming towers of Antiva, where Crows may lurk in any shadow. The turquoise seas of Rivain with its rushes of greenery and hardy sea-faring people. And of course, there’s more."

"We felt this was best for the tale we wanted to tell this time and we hope you enjoy it as much as we have! It’s allowed us to create many more locations than past games, including both some you’ve longed to go to…and some you’ve never heard of before!"

"To help capture the wonders of Thedas, we partnered with three wonderful artists from our exceptionally talented community and gave them an early look at what you’ve now seen. We’ve always been so fortunate to have such an incredibly skilled community of artists, and getting to work with these three was a true joy! We asked each of them to create a vista of one of the three regions in the video based on their interpretation of it in their own unique styles. Please enjoy their wonderful work, and be sure to send them some love when you check out their personal channels for more of their art!" [link to art]

"Turning our focus to your closest kitchen, if you’re looking for a fun gift this holiday season or want to try some Thedosian dishes yourself, we’ve got you covered with Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas from our partners, Insight Editions! This project was lovingly crafted by the author, Jessie Hasset, as well as members of our team who have an affinity for the kitchen and a love of cuisine."

"The cookbook features recipes suited to all skill levels, but we know that jumping in may be a daunting task for some. To help you out, we’ve partnered with MisoHungrie, a wonderful YouTuber who specializes in cooking, with a particular knack for video game and entertainment-related dishes. If you’re looking for a place to start on your culinary journey, check out his video and follow along. And be sure to let us know what you think of these Thedosian delights! In addition to this, there are two giveaways you should keep an eye out for! For the first, our friends over at Insight Editions are giving away five copies of the cookbook on their social channels, so be sure to check them out. And it doesn’t end there. For those of you who decide to try your hand at making a culinary delight from the book (including one of the ones we’ve released separately), be sure to follow our own Dragon Age social channels for the second giveaway. Keep an eye out for the opportunity to submit your creation for a chance to win a BioWare Gear Store package, including the brand-new Morrigan romance bundle! Details on that giveaway will be posted next week."

"As we mentioned earlier this year, we’ve partnered with Dark Horse to create a digital package of all their comics for Dragon Age and Mass Effect on Humble Bundle. Visit the Humble Bundle page to find out how our partners are working to support Child’s Play, an organization that seeks to make the lives of children in hospitals more comfortable through the enjoyment of games. There’s no better time than the holidays to bring a smile to someone’s face. BioWare is also supporting a few local charities this month that focus on helping the most vulnerable in our communities via food banks. This includes the Edmonton Food Bank, the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, Les Banques alimentaires au Québec, and the Central Texas Food Bank. All of them provide food to thousands of people each month and rely on kindhearted donations and volunteers. If you’re wanting to give back this holiday season, please consider supporting Child’s Play or donating to your local food banks. Many communities also accept non-monetary donations of canned, dried, and packaged goods, clothing, and other useful supplies. However you choose to support those in need, know that every bit helps and can make a big difference in someone’s life, whether they’re in your community or around the world."

"An insult that he took as a badge of pride. An insult to inspire hope in his friends and fear in his enemies. That is what Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf, truly is. Not a man who sees himself as evil, but someone who believes he’s fighting for a good cause and is willing to get his hands dirty. This long-awaited chapter of Dragon Age is fast approaching—the time close at hand. We’ll see you next summer with answers to your questions, including ones you have yet to ask. With that will come our full reveal including new trailers, gameplay, and—of course—the long-awaited release date. The Dread Wolf will rise once more and we’ll have much more to share with you as we approach Summer 2024. Please keep an eye on our social channels for all the latest information on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s reveal and beyond. Know this, though: The Dread Wolf has not been idle these past years. His reach is far, and soon his plans will come to fruition—a cataclysmic rejoining of magic and realms hundreds of years in the making. Will you be able to stop him? We hope so. Always believing in you,             — The Dragon Age Team"

[source and full post]

[fishuus]

from 2022, when i first watched DSOD and lost it at ryou crying out of empathy at the movie's villain.

me: damn ... what could this mean .... well, probably nothing aha ha

[driftsart]

Year old doodle of Orion Pax and Megatronus I found lmao

[lemongogo]

[lorephobic]

weve been talking about barrys notebooks a ton but i also want to point out that theres a jacob saltburn notebook out there and he never calls it his saltburn notebook but /i/ know it is, because he shows it off in this old gq interview and says it’s a character journal for an upcoming role and 1. i mean. look at the cover lol. and 2. he just HAPPENS to also be reading brideshead at the time of this interview which i have to believe was assigned reading from emerald LMAO

[distortedclouds]

I had a moment of epiphany

[carmen-in-space]

i truly am my own target audience

[connormoving]

watching a youtuber talking abt a horror movie and itis so obvious when somebody has only talked to mental health professionals for like. depression or anxiety* . bc shes sitting here like Woah i dont understand this guys like engaged to a therapist why doesnt he understand that someone being mentally ill doesnt mean theyre an evil scary person... I am sorry to say this but even being a mental health professional doesnt mean you dont think mentally ill ppl r evil and scary and gross

*this is an assumption on my part bc this yter has never talked about having anything other than those afaik Obv its her right not to just in my experience and the experience of other ppl ive spoken to . it seems like if you have pretty much anything other than those and talk to a therapist you would not have this idea that mental health professionals are like. inherently understanding and whathaveyou

[gelyblue]

Day 3. No more arguments left [TT WIB AU Ruth & Thatcher]

That was it.

As Ruth stared down at the half-smoked cigarette she was holding between her fingers gently, she realised she had nothing to say back. There were no words, no statements, or anything to convince Thatcher her idea wasn’t as bad as it could seem. Yet he was right.

She couldn’t deny that despite having gone through it once and knowing a thing or two about handling it, he had a point, maybe even more. Just enough to prove her suggestion horribly wrong. Fuck, even she knew how terrible it was, but it had to be done. There was no other way around, not without ensuring the two of them make it out together, alive.

“I know what you may be thinking,” Thatcher spoke up, making Ruth flinch and nearly drop the cigarette, having forgotten how human bodies even worked. She looked up to him as he continued after taking a drag out of his own cigarette. “That you’ve been through this so it has to be fine this time. But we do know it might as well ruin our plans for everything. Didn’t you mention Alternates got, like, hivemind?” He asked and shifted his gaze to her.

Ruth nodded and pressed her lips tightly, avoiding the gaze. She still couldn’t get over it, and her heart still ached. “I mean, as long as you keep those out of mind, you should be safe. Not to mention Alternates barely give two shits about each other, so just gotta stay low.” She explained and inhaled some smoke.

Thatcher hummed at that, perhaps considering her words. It wasn’t like he didn’t know, though. He had been haunting her for years onwards, of course he would know everything about being an Alternate. “But what if they’ll be aware now? I doubt the higher powers, that thing included, wouldn’t remember anything from the previous time. So that may be putting everything at risk.”

“And nothing is worth it, I know. Heard and saw it far too many times.” Ruth exhaled, going over every single encounter with this phrase, still being able to recall the robotic voice repeating it over and over again, engraving itself into her memory. “But what else can we do? What else can we do to prevent this? It’s not like we can avoid that call or spend the rest of our lives in fear.” She asked and forced herself to glance at Thatcher, perhaps hoping he’d have the solution or give any idea. Alas, his face told a different story, the brow furrowed in contemplation.

“That- I don’t know yet.” Ruth sighed upon hearing this and stared down at the ground. “But we…we’ll figure it out, okay? Just- don’t make any rash decisions yet. We both know it’s not something you want” Thatcher promised as she nodded along, unable to deny the fact that he was right, again.

Ruth slowly took out another drag out of her cigarette and looked away.

Apparently, they both had no more arguments left.

[felassan]

Article: 'Laid-Off Dragon Age Testers Will Picket BioWare'

Unionized ex-Keywords devs won the right to protest, against EA's wishes

Excerpt:

"Former quality assurance testers who worked on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are preparing to picket outside Bioware’s Edmonton offices after being laid off earlier this year. Electronic Arts tried to block the protest but the developers prevailed in a ruling by the Alberta Labour Relations Board in Canada. BioWare laid off 50 employees in August, including some longtime developers whose tenure goes back to the beginning of the Dragon Age series. It also cut its contract with Keywords Studios, which was supplying quality assurance testers on in-development sequel Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. Those same testers had unionized just a year earlier. Last month, they were laid off from Keywords as well, with the outsourcing company blaming it on the loss of the BioWare contract. Now, as first reported by Game Developer, those former Dragon Age testers say they’re planning to picket outside BioWare’s office on November 7 around noon. They are demanding that Keywords reinstate them and continuing bargaining their first contract, calling the layoffs earlier this year a “union busting tactic.” But Keywords doesn’t have any offices in Alberta so they are going to BioWare instead. EA was apparently far from happy about the decision. The publisher tried to force the laid-off developers to take their protest elsewhere, noting that, as fully remote staff, they never technically worked inside BioWare’s Edmonton office. Instead, EA tried to convince the Alberta Labour Relations Board to make them picket outside their homes. The regulators were unmoved, ultimately siding with the workers. “We view this Labor Board ruling as a huge win for not just us, but remote workers everywhere in Canada,” former Keywords tester James Russwurm told Game Developer. “Workers can now go ‘oh, I can picket my employer’s offices downtown even though I didn’t work in the office.’” The ex-testers had been contracted to work at BioWare beginning during the pandemic, first on Mass Effect Legendary Edition and later on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. When BioWare moved to force staff back into the office, the group successfully unionized to try and keep their remote status and improve pay. The Keywords developers were laid off before they could finish bargaining their first contract. EA said at the time that it had previously renewed its contract with Keywords and not doing so in September had nothing to do with the group unionizing. But the publisher has never made clear why it cut staff on a highly anticipated game like Dreadwolf that is still deep in development following several reported internal delays. EA and BioWare did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

[source] [the referenced Game Developer article] [more on the Keywords topic]

[kimuramasaya]

top 10 tracks of 2023  ⁘  january - june (click for full res)

tagged by @dongkwan, @jikyu, @lunetual, and @yangsminho ♡ there are maybe like six people in my dash circle who were also fuse dedicate live enjoyers but mid 00s pop punk rachel watched it every day after school so hopefully someone gets the reference. for those unfamiliar with dedicate live, it was a music video show where you could submit messages to be aired during the show. honorable mentions and additional tagged mutuals below the cut!

honorable mentions: skyscraper - vanner // coco colada - dkb // step by step - 24k // hola - bxb // wave - sevenus // u - ikon // lunch - bss // mirage - onlyoneof // deep sleeping - woodz // but i like you - boynextdoor // drowning - bobby // fix you - tan // waterfall - younite  // i want you back - junhoe

tagging: @woodziecup @ingblr-s @y5ngha @jangdaehyeonz @kyubins @dreamaze @ambivartence @blahblahblahcollapse and anyone else who wants to do this! I know I’m late with this (as always), so if you’ve already posted yours, feel free to send it to me or tag me in a reply!

[aspecpridecalendar]

Aspec Pride Calendar: Round Two!

It's just about time for round two! I created this blog last year to celebrate aspec identites and experiences during Pride Month. We're too often left out of other celebrations, and even apart from that, we just deserve to be celebrated! I'll be posting a celebratory/introductory post each day for the day's identity/experience at 10 am CST and doing my best to queue eight related posts throughout the day, one for each successive hour. (I also want to note that for my own mental health, I will not be vetting every single blog I reblog a post from, so if I happen to reblog from someone with bad opnions/shitty takes/is problematic, don't automatically assume I agree with them, just let me know.)

I also encourage you to participate by creating or submitting posts celebrating those identies. Anything goes - original content like stories, poems, personal posts, crafts and fan content like fic, art, headcanons, recs, edits - and anything not listed! Just @ mention the blog @aspecpridecalendar and/or mention it in the tags, and I'll reblog your contributions.

This years themes are all new with no repeats from last year to highlight as many different people as possible, and I've also decided to give each individual identity its own post this time around rather than pairing up ones that match (ex: last year demisexual and demiromantic shared a day, while this year caedsexual and caedromantic will each get their own). Without further ado, here is 2023's Aspec Pride Calendar:

acemid

amid

aromid

alterous attraction

aplaroace

aplatonic

aplspec

apothiplatonic

apothiromantic

apothisexual

arospike

acespike

austistic asexual

austistic aromantic

bellusromantic

bellussexual

caedromantic

caedsexual

demiplatonic

fictoromantic

fictosexual

greyplatonic

nebularomantic

nebulasexual

non-partnering

omniaspec

orchidromantic

orchidsexual

reciproromantic

reciprosexual

[uhhbeans]

mack what is baldur's gate about. i just see posts about babygirl characters

...it's about babygirl characters.

Actual answer: You're kidnapped by these mindflayers, and infected with their tadpole parasites (that turn you into one of them). the game progresses with you escaping their kidnapping and trying your best to cure the parasitic infection before you turn into one of them :). You're accompanied by a bunch of babygirls who also have such tadpoles behind their eyes and are trying to solve that + other issues (other issues including: escaping abuse. escaping abuse again. escaping abuse again. escaping-). You can also date these people and put them in silly outfits.

It's like DND if the DM was the game itself. it's...very big (122gigs, oh god), and there's A Fuckton of options/choices to go through. only game in the past decade I'd say is worth the $60. which sounds like bullshitting but I didn't pay for it (thanks wife), and *I want to*.

[nicodiangelato]

Here's what I do that helps me get stuff done on time without stressing myself sick:

Split tasks up into their bare, basic components. Then, make a checklist of each component. Planners are my best friends, because I have an easier time remembering to do something if I write it down.

I find it a lot easier for me, motivation wise, to get through an essay by writing :

"do research/ find sources,

find quotations and create citations,

create an outline,

write paragraph (1,2,3, etc.),

edit rough draft,

create final draft"

because I can check off each little part and still feel like I'm making real, tangible progress vs. just putting down "turn in essay by (deadline)" in my planner.

Then, figure out what's the absolute *bare minimum* you need to do each day (or any other incriment of time that fits your schedule) to meet your deadline. Whatever it is, make sure to add an extra day or two as padding, so you can meet that deadline even if something comes up. Don't be afraid of asking for extensions or setting up accomodations. Be realistic with your limitations and time constraints.

For example: I have 5 hours of lecture I need to get through over Thanksgiving break to meet a deadline. Over 6 days, I need to watch at least 45 mins of a lecture each day. For me, 45 of lecture time is doable over a day because I know I dont have to do it all in one sitting. Realistically, I know it will take me anywhere from 1-5 hours to watch and take notes for these 45 minutes of lecture, because I am preemptively assuming I will need to take some breaks in between.

Breaks: when I get bored, I dont fight it. Instead, I take time to pivot. This is particularly helpful when I find myself doing something I have no interest in, and my brain does not for any reason want to let me do it. I take the time to scroll aimlessly, but also to get a drink/eat/use the restroom. I'm actually writing this while on a hw break right now. And when I get back from my break, all my stuff is in the same place where I left it at my desk, so I have a much better time easing my way into being productive again. If I still don't wanna work on what I was before, I start working on something relatively quick & easy from my to do list that I *do* want to do and ride the wave of productivity I get from finishing that.

The last part: reward yourself for the small victories. Yes checking things off a to do list is fun, but so are stickers. My planners are FULL of gold stars, smiley faces, and cute character stickers. There's a reason teachers use them, they are amazing motivators.

There's a bunch of adhd advice out there that's like "people with adhd tend to work better under deadlines due to the anxiety so here are ways to artificially induce a stress response in order to get you to get work done" and it's like well what if I don't want to be stressed out all the time in order to function

[lizeon]

anyway, the bird

[chaddicus]

so I uhhhh I use Tumblr on Firefox Android and idk what happened but for a second my dash uhhhh

uhhhh

(I randomly picked a post to demonstrate)

it went back to normal when I reopened in a new tab but???? tht just confuses me more????