See that's interesting because I haven't played a lot of Dragon Age. The first one gripped me with the story but I couldn't get into the combat and since I never finished it I decided not to even try the second. This one looked a lot more promising and so far I love it. (Plus in the interim I've become very enamored…

I am cooking for three. Me and two pals, who are both single and all of us are Thanksgiving orphans. I'm making THIS: (Chicken In A Pot... Chicken, in a dutch oven, with lots of veggies, wine, and with a dough ring around the pot so when you put the lid on and cook it, it seals up.) I'm also making stuffing, gravy,…

Yeah. What's remarkable is that, even if you take Darren Wilson's own lengthy, messy, inconsistent, at-points-totally-implausible grand jury testimony at absolute face value and think he's 100% telling the truth — like, even if you read Wilson's story and believe that Mike Brown would reach for his waistband multiple…

I have a dream that one day gang rapists will be treated more harshly than shoplifters.

Are you that surprised? Midler (and don't get me wrong—I think she's fabulous), along with the other aging divas, comes from a generation where this kind of sexual liberation was nonexistent. It wasn't considered slut shaming for them; it was simply observation of a woman who was showing a lack of self-respect in…

MacKenna "Mac" Trevalyan. Human, Rogue, Dual Wielding. I was glad to see the return of scars. Gave her a half Glasgow smile. She kind of looks like my FemShep...oops. You know, I usually play purely nice, and often religious characters. But, for whatever reason, this one I'm playing a dry humored, sarcastic smart ass…

Siobhan the Dalish Mage - she gives exactly ZERO fucks about Templars, Chantry or anyone wants to hold back magic.

No worries, I didn't mean to accuse you of stereotyping in a bad sort of way, just pointing out that whatever norm you expect will inevitably never be what you find. XD

My elven mage. pretty happy how she turned out but the lack of long hair styles is very disappointing.

My warrior Eva! Also I feel there weren't a lot of options for the hair. Was hoping for a bit more variety. Otherwise fun CC to mess around with!

People who play as females are loud minority actually. Bioware showed the stats and I think it was like 20% or something that played female Shepard. I'm not 100% sure about that, but it was way less than male Shepard players.

I spent some time yesterday and made the worst dwarf I could... Her (yes, her) name is Helga.

Allenia, apostate Dalish mage. Wary of the Chantry and the circles. Believes that since the Dalish have mastered magic for centuries without the aid of templars the circle is unnecessary. Generally good natured however tends to keep to herself and becomes stand-offish when discussing religion, alienage elves or her…

Horns are neat.

Meravas Adaar.

Here's mine! I'm really pleased with how he turned out, though 10 hours in I had to remake him because I got to Redcliffe, read the Hero of Ferelden codex entry, and quickly realized I had neglected to actually upload my tapestry on the Keep after finishing it. Blah.

not mine ! buuttt gotta post

I think these are better.

Yep. Gameplay was more fun in my opinion. I just got kind of bored killing stuff in the exact same cave, over and over...

The populist narrative around the first two games in the Dragon Age series, in a nutshell: Dragon Age: Origins was a masterpiece, a throwback to the classic CRPG days of yore and one of the meatiest fantasy role-playing video games ever made. Once you installed it, it would periodically mail you $20 bills, and…