This looks a hell of a lot better on the new site, but this'll have to do for now :P
After INSANE amounts of patience and kindness @PatrickWeekes will be joining the program tonight to talk about @dragonage Questions?
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#Bioware talk with @PatrickWeekes "Inquisition is a story about faith, in you, the organization and the world"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#Bioware talk with @PatrickWeekes "It took us a while to understand what building an organization really meant for the players"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes "Iron Bull began before I arrived, the idea was "The complete opposite of Sten"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes Writing Iron Bull is analogies to watching Prime time football
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes Writing Iron Bull is analogies to watching Prime time football
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes Iron Bull shipped the closest to how I originally imagined him
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes @RealFPJr gave Iron Bull that slight hint of culture, completed changed the character
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
@VGS_640 @PatrickWeekes thats right! Patrick and i are cultured gentlemen with fantastic calf muscles!
— Freddie Prinze Jr (@RealFPJr) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: @Mike_Laidlaw and Patrick at lunch talking about the Iron Bull being romanced able- Mike said, "…REALLY"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes when researching Iron Bulls sexuality he talked to members of the BDSM community
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes our goal is to give the players the type of fantasy fulfillment they want Re-Iron Bull
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes staged the BDSM sex with @eplerjc in @dragonage before it's creation, respectfully
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes on the Iron Bull Dorian romance, how it happened
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes every character pairing had a "razor" overall flavor of character relationships
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk: The romance was discovered when @davidgaider and @PatrickWeekes role played the characters bantering- then kissing….
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
Down to making sure that Bull's reaction to 'I'm not interested' came across in no way disappointed.
— Mr. Nhoj (@eplerjc) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: His Iron Bull canon end, Chargers are alive, he's an exile, and "Slapping the Inquisitors ass forever"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Iron Bull is the lense to understand the Qun, through the opposite of Sten
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
And working with @PatrickWeekes on that romance strengthened our personal and professional relationships. Excited to work together as leads.
— Mr. Nhoj (@eplerjc) June 3, 2015
Making it absolutely clear that romance with Bull was 100% consensual occupied more of my time than any other piece of content.
— Mr. Nhoj (@eplerjc) June 3, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes On going to the land of the Qunari "100% confirmed"…..Well no but he wants to.
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes now on #Krem voiced by the incredible @jhaletweets
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes originally Krem was suppose to be Tevinter just to show that Iron Bull would take anybody
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes Krem's name was originally intended to be called RED SHIRT visa-vi #StarTrek
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
PAX LGBT Pannel "The only time I have seen transcharacter is when they are made into monsters are jokes" @PatrickWeekeslisten with #Krem
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Everyone said yes to #Krem as being a transcharacter
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Creation of #Krem by @Bioware was one of the most inspiring things Patrick had ever seen in gaming
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes on choosing @jhaletweets to voice the trans-gender character #Krem in Inquisition
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: @jhaletweets REALLY focused on making sure her role of #Krem in Inquisition was authentic
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Outlines all the times he botched different sexual experiences with characters, learned from the expert
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Originally had Iron Bull "out" #Krem as trans, something the community…DID NOT like
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: "I'm really proud of #Krem, just as surely there are things I'm gonna do differently next time."
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Might have changed the Inquistor's response to #Krem talking about his gender, hard to nail
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: We would allow the character to be ignorant, NOT allow the character to be hateful #Krem
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: On the importance of teaching pro nouns in @dragonage in terms of #Krem
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: #Krem will NOT be the last intersex character we have in the @dragonage world
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: People that don't want trans-characters in their video games "I feel sorry for them, play something else"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: "Large issue today with 'This isn't for me' to 'this is objectively wrong"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Now onto Solas!
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Everyone knew who Solas was, everyone knew how his story was going to end before he took it over
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Solas went through more changes than any other character
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: First draft ALLL Solas ever talked about was "Elves Elves Elves"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Solas still works even WITHOUT the Dread wolf backing
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Earlier version of Solas lied a lot more, weakened his character him and Blackwall Liars who don't lie
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Talking about the connections between a character like Mordin and Solas
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Solas approves of "People who are interested in finding out knowledge"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Established knowledge of the Dread Wolf didn't affect the characterization of Solas
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: With Solas, "anyone who here's trickster god….makes the player think Loki in the Avengers"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Solas COULD have been the Jack Nicholson screaming riddler of @dragonage
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: We wanted most players not to know the secret that Solas had, EXCEPT on your second playthrough
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Slap the forehead on the second playthrough style of writing….on #Solas
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The Solas 'wink' at the end was something he really REALLY liked
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: We had versions where you were present when Solas confront Mythal
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The stinger means "Just in case you were wondering, we aren't DONE"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: On where he wants to take the @dragonage franchise going forward
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The next @dragonage will not be @davidgaider next story, @PatrickWeekes respects his work TOOOO much
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Patrick wants to keep the thematic elements going in the next #DragonAge games
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Now onto the Solas DLC…..
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Which he obviously can't say ANYTHING about or even confirm exists but still Wolf #DLCforever
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: On the Inquisitor + Solas romance and the amazing work of the gameplay designers
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The moral perspective of the Solas and Inquisitor romance was supremely important to the story
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The story of Solas is NOT a happy one
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Now onto Here Lies the Abyss quest plot
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The quest line had FAR too many different character variables to deal with!! Different Hawkes,
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: I do two types of villains, the villain that thinks she's the hero and the mean girl villain
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: On what the Nightmare said to Solas in Here Lies the Abyss- What does it mean!
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Here Lies the Abyss originally was suppose to be where you met, The Architect from DAI DLC
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Hawke might not be dead! Well obviously
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Onto Cole and him picking up the reigns from @davidgaider
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Cole started out with more powers and was "Zanier"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Cole being a spirit of compassion informed all choice the character would make
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Writing for Cole realllllly affected Patrick, ruined his day because of the intensity
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: In an early version Cole was either, more Spirit or more Demon
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The division between the human Cole vs the Spirit Cole, the difficulty
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Patrick chose to make #Cole more spirit
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Cole absolutely KNEW what #Solas is and was and continues to be
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: On Cole making the Inquisitor "forget" himself
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: Finishing up! Any questions?
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: We just did a game about building an empire, we probably won't do that again
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The next game will focus on what worked in surprising ways in Inquisition
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: He likes the agent recruitment aspect, wants that feature to be pushed into the narrative somehow
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: The Dragon age franchise is at it's best when it remember it's human
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
#BiowareTalk with @PatrickWeekes: To the fans on leading @dragonage "I was a fan before it shipped and I will do it justice"
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
Final HUGE thank you to both @PatrickWeekes and @davidgaider for their tireless efforts and speaking to me about @dragonage
— VGS (@VGS_640) June 4, 2015
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