WRUP: Dragon What?
by Michael Gray 
Nov 14th 2009 at 3:00PM
Last week, it seemed that our dearly beloved World of Warcraft had sprouted some strange, new zone called Dragon Age. I've been nagging Alexstrasza to tell me what's up with that, since I figured that Wyrmrest Temple was a natural place to unlock that zone. But, oddly, she's got nothing. Still, she's pleasant company, and I don't mind lurking around her boots. They're all stylish and kicky.
In all seriousness, though, after reading about so many of the staff trying it out, I have to admit I'm starting to get curious about the Dragon Age myself. Do you think if I ask often enough, Alexstrasza might show up in it to say "hello"?
Let's see what the staff is playing this weekend. Once you've scanned through, drop by in the comments and tell us: What are you playing?
- Adam Holisky: (@adamholisky) - Dragon Age: Origins and MW:2.
- Alex Ziebart: (@aziebart) -Dragon Age, and then soaking my Tab finger in ice for a few hours. Dragon Age players will understand that. The rest of you are mere husks of men.
- Allison Robert: I'm going to spend the weekend continuing to have absolutely no idea what the hell Dragon Age even is, working on some smaller achievements, and running around like a headless chicken trying to find information on the upcoming Pilgrim's Bounty holiday for OverAchiever.
- C. Christian Moore: (@TheArenaGuy) - I basically never use Twitter, I should probably tweet once every day or two. Going to be eating a lot of soup, I think I've got something, but probably not influenza.
- Christian Belt: (@ihatewarlocks) - Torchlight! I love that little Diablo-clone. Also, celebrating the idea of BlizzCon coming to my hometown! Viva Belt Vegas! Party at my place. No warlocks.
...aaaand now I'm mourning the apparent loss of my glorious, fleeting dream of a Vegas BlizzCon. Damn you, Las Vegas Convention Center, and damn your dream-inspiring-then-soul-crushing booking calendar! - Daniel Whitcomb: (@danielwhitcomb) - Yeah, I'm still on the Dragon Age kick. I'm hoping to defeat it before I leave for my big Thanksgiving vacation, but my completionist streak is making me defeat all the side quests too.
- Eddie Carrington: (@Brigwyn) - The big thing this weekend is joining Mike Schramm and a bunch of our WoW.com friends at Counter Burger in El Segundo. The rest of the weekend will be spent split between getting in touch with my Horde side and getting the Dorf closer to 80.
- Elizabeth Wachowski: Dragon Age, same as everyone else on here!
- Matt Low (@mattycus) - Modern Warfare 2. Dragon Age: Origins. Borderlands. TOO MANY GAMES! TOO LITTLE TIME!
- Michael Gray (@writegray) - I'll be spending the weekend hoping the final party (a judge, I think) approves my offer on a property in Maryland.
- Robin Torres: (@cosmiclaurel) - I'm working on my mage, which I will soon be transferring to Zangarmarsh (the It came from the Blog realm). Also, I hear there's some dragon game that a couple people are playing. Maybe I should pick that up.
- Zach Yonzon: (@battlemasters) - Pacquiao vs. Cotto. I will, just like every Filipino, be indoors tuned to the television. If Pacquiao wins, we'll be whooping it up around the country. If he loses, we'll be drowning our collective national grief in alcohol, or in my case, copious amounts of macha latte.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
MIke Nov 14th 2009 3:11PM
Dragon Age: Origins, endings too good!
th0093 Nov 14th 2009 3:18PM
Torchlight. Lots of fun until Diablo III comes out.
Swea Nov 14th 2009 3:22PM
Is his name really C.C Moore?
Or is it just me that has an awesome sense of humor? :)
Swea Nov 14th 2009 3:26PM
Oh, and I'm playing Assassins Creed II. Yes I know I know, its hasnt been released yet. Lets just say I've got special privileges :)
curtisrutland Nov 14th 2009 4:50PM
Yeah, a torrent isn't special privileges.
Swea Nov 14th 2009 5:02PM
Not a torrent my friend :)
Snark Nov 14th 2009 5:36PM
I bet you get laid A LOT!
Joyous_Oblivion Nov 15th 2009 5:21AM
No one cares :)
Evaline Nov 14th 2009 3:26PM
My guild has become deserted during non-raid times. DA:O is the main culprit. Seems like that game has interested a lot more people than Aion did, from what I've experienced anyway.
jealouspirate Nov 14th 2009 3:29PM
I got Dragon Age the day it released.
I'm 30+ hours in, still on my first playthrough, and still thoroughly engrossed. Amazing, amazing game. WoW is fun, but Dragon Age has reminded me how storytelling in MMOs just can't come close to touching an exquisite single player RPG.
Vladeon Nov 14th 2009 7:48PM
Yeah, Dragon Age is a fantastic game. it really took me away from WoW for a while. The only problem is that the bosses in the game are ridiculously difficult. I mean you can be swathing through groups of regular baddies and then come to the boss and have your entire party basically made to look like a row of corn before harvesting. the difficulty difference between regular enemies and bosses is just too great. but the story is amazing, the graphics are breathtaking (on the pc) and the downloadable content is definitely worth the money. I think everyone should pick it up and play it.
Mopo Nov 16th 2009 2:06PM
I have to agree; some of the bosses are extremely difficult (normal mode too). I would not mind loading the game 5-10 times on boss fights (maybe I am doing something wrong...), but the worst is when a boss or a dog/animal gets a hold of you and there is nothing you can do to stop it from draining your life away. Getting stunned or frozen for most of the fight is annoying too.
Okay, I am done QQ, it is a great game though :)
Spiraea Nov 14th 2009 3:30PM
I'll be catching up to the current season of The Office via Netflix's watch instantly service :)
edumansky Nov 14th 2009 4:17PM
Or you could just watch it on NBC :)
Great season btw!
Spiraea Nov 14th 2009 4:27PM
Well I actually started watching the reruns on TBS which lead me to watching the new season on Hulu (it's way more convenient for me) which in turn lead me to finding out all of the first 5 seasons were available to watch instantly on Netflix. Since I already have a Netflix account, it's all win-win :)
Kyle Nov 14th 2009 6:28PM
I just spent the past two days doing the same exact thing, only with Heroes.
video_game_master91 Nov 14th 2009 3:33PM
Dragon Age rocks! I bought it on PS3 and I've only played for about 13 hours so far, but my WoW account expired yesterday so now I finally have some time to beat it before I buy MW2 :D.
Zephyre Nov 14th 2009 3:40PM
2 words, Modern Warfare. Rank 50 and no end in sight yet, too addictive :(
Alanid Nov 14th 2009 5:13PM
this game is addictive on par with WoW... if dragon age is as good as I hear it is then I won't be leaving my room till January
Warren Nov 14th 2009 3:50PM
I will not be playing anything. All my Computers are in the pawn shop. First time in ten years I haven't had a computer. At the Library now.