Episodes
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the latest Dragon Age: Dreadwolf teaser trailer released on Dragon Age Day in December. Also there's quite a bit of talk about how well we think Dreadwolf will end up doing once it's released, and... more BG3. Also: spiders.
Published 01/04/24
Published 01/04/24
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan lament the departure of the BioWare employees laid off in August and discuss what it means for the studio. Also: N7 Day teaser and what it means for Mass Effect fans. Also: also: maybe something about the voyages of the "Titanic."
Published 11/15/23
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the newly released Baldur's Gate 3! We talk character creation, companions, choice and consequence, and everything else to love about this RPG. Also: Dragon Age comparisons.
Published 08/06/23
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the Summer lineup of gaming showcases, give their thoughts on Dragon Age: The Missing comics, and discuss Star Wars: The Old Republic moving on from BioWare Austin developers.
Published 06/22/23
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan come back for another "half episode" to discuss the return of Mark Darrah to BioWare! Long time Dragon Age Executive Producer is returning as a Consultant on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. We talk about what that means for the game, for BioWare, and for Darrah. Also: the ghost of Jordan's mic.
Published 03/29/23
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan return from a long winter slumber to talk about the latest BioWare blog outlining some design concepts around character progression and leveling up in Dragon Age Dreadwolf. Also: some stuff about Texas and counting.
Published 03/29/23
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the cinematic teaser for Dreadwolf released on Dragon Age Day - AND Dragon Age: Absolution on Netflix. We talk about our impressions of the show, what we thought of the new characters, the cast of actors, and the ending. Also: Geralt and his tendencies around sorceresses in the Witcher. 
Published 12/15/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss Dragon Age: Dreadwolf hitting a major development milestone - making it to alpha stage. Now that the devs have gotten a start-to-finish draft of the game in place, we discuss what's next for Dreadwolf, and how long its main quest might be. We also talk about the end-of-life for mobile game Heroes of Dragon Age. Also: Dragon Age: Absolution, N7 Day, and (very briefly) what it's like to be a musician on the Titanic. 
Published 11/10/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss some new codex entries related to Dragon Age: Dreadwolf - fancy Nevarran tombs, dragon diets, and... other things. Also: old emojis. 
Published 10/23/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan talk about magic and technology in the Dragon Age series so far, what we'd like to see in the future, and what we think may not work so well for future games. Also: Amazon and EA. 
Published 08/31/22
In this episode Caitie and Jordan discuss the latest addition to the BioWare writing team - Mary DeMarle. We talk about DeMarle's writing experience on Guardians of the Galaxy, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and what her experience could add to the Mass Effect franchise. Also: a cartoon dog named Bluey. 
Published 07/15/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the announcement and trailer for Dragon Age: Absolution, the new Netflix Dragon Age animated show. We talk about Netflix and their existing catalog of animated shows, what we expect to see in Absolution, and why expectations for Netflix shows in general can be a tricky thing. Also: we talk about Starfield, Marvel/Star Wars fandoms, and other random things people like to chat about these days. 
Published 06/27/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan react to the reveal of the title for the fourth Dragon Age game - "Dreadwolf". We talk about the implications of the focus on Solas, some of the lore around Fen'Harel, and the color purple. Also: we read the dictionary. NOTE: Audio for this episode is not up to our usual standards due to an issue with our recording platform. Apologies, we'll get fixed it for next time. 
Published 06/05/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan review Mass Effect 3 - we talk about why Kai Leng is awful, why Garrus is great, Tali romance, some of our favorite story moments, gameplay improvements, DLC and more. Also: what happens when a fish slaps a zebra. 
Published 04/15/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss Christian Dailey, former Dragon Age 4 Executive Producer, leaving BioWare. We also discuss the report from Jeff Grubb saying that DA4 is on schedule and doing well, as well as the recent interview with former BioWare dev Mark Darrah. Also: we talk about The Batman. 
Published 03/10/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss Mass Effect 2, get Caitie's reaction from beating the game for the first time in 8 years, talk story, characters, gameplay, and more in order to rate Mass Effect 2 against other games in the series. Also, we talk about Aloy from Horizon and FemShep aesthetics. Also, also: bonus Death Stranding conversation at the end.  
Published 01/27/22
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss a grab bag of topics including the recent Dragon Age 4 time jump, the Mass Effect "next" teaser trailer that went missing for a second, and the Game Awards. Also: what's the name of our show? 
Published 12/16/21
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan review the story, characters, gameplay and overall execution of Dragon Age 2 and all its DLC. Also: we discuss nerd culture and some Mass Effect modding. 
Published 11/19/21
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss fan perception of and reaction to games development transparency; we contrast different development and release strategies from past BioWare games as well as different kinds of early access games like Divinity Original Sin 2, Baldur's Gate 3, and Star Citizen. Also: what it's like to paint miniatures. 
Published 10/29/21
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the core elements of Dragon Age and "what makes a game Dragon Age game?" We discuss the themes, aesthetics, gameplay mechanics, and use of lore that seem to define a Dragon Age game. We also discuss what it might mean to see another studio make a DA game. Also: we hate on Twitter some more. 
Published 10/07/21
In this episode Caitie and Jordan review Mass Effect 1; we cover ME1 in a 1 out of 7 review format and discuss our favorite and least favorite aspects of everything Mass Effect. Also: a little bit of KotOR remake talk. 
Published 09/16/21
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss how the Anthem community is keeping itself alive and carrying on the fandom around Anthem, what it means, and how it could affect the future. Also: what it would sound like if Jordan was invited to a meeting with EA (sort of). 
Published 08/31/21
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan do a full review of BioWare's 2009 Dragon Age: Origins! Inspired by our companion review episodes, we cover DAO in a 1 out of 7 review format and discuss out favorite and least favorite aspects of everything Dragon Age: Origins. Also: Caitie tells a harrowing tale of a very bad thief. Also: Also: Caitie and Jordan mea culpa for past audio problems and try to do technology better. 
Published 07/08/21
In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss E3 2021, make some predictions about what may be shown at EA Play in July, and talk about the future of gaming events. We also briefly discuss the news about BioWare's new general manager. 
Published 06/21/21