Kill Kast 14: Gaming Merch and Our Fav Soundtracks
Posted by Spawn Kill on August 20th, 2010
The Kill Kast is back again and we hope to start a new streak of consecutive podcasts. In Episode 14 Stephanie, Eric and Rebecca get together to talk about what they’ve been playing which includes Dragon Quest IX, StarCraft 2 and Mafia II. We go through some recent news such as Mass Effect hitting the PS3, the Windows Phone 7 and the Sony PSP phone. For our topic(s) this week we discuss last week’s Community Voice and what you all said along with our recent Staff Picks and why we love those soundtracks. We also talk about Dragon Age a whole lot, mainly why Origins is so awesome and why Dragon Age 2 has us worried. It happens. I think it’s high time we just start a separate Dragon Age podcast…
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BioWare has announced yet another piece of DLC goodness for their barely-two-week-old RPG Dragon Age: Origins. Return to Ostagar will, surprisingly enough, bring you back to Ostagar and allow you to take revenge upon the darkspawn and quest for King Cailan’s lost armor and weapons. Coming to PC, Xbox 360, and PS3, the Return to Ostagar DLC will be released before year’s end for $5 (400 MSP).
On October 28th, 10:00 AM GMT, BioWare will be hosting an international gaming event called Dragon Age: Origins-Warden’s Quest. This 24 hour competition taking place in London, England will host ten four-player teams from all over the world including a team “comprised of the most loyal BioWare fans.” I don’t know why I haven’t been contacted yet… but I’m waiting BioWare. Anyway, what’s the point of this competition other than to play some sweet Dragon Age: Origins? Oh, the grand prize is $50,000 per team (that’s $12,500 each, buddy).
Video game books… They are such a perilous field. There is enough bad fantasy writing out there that they can quite easily fold themselves into the mix, but they also run the risk of tainting games that otherwise might speak to us on levels unheard of. Dragon Age: Origins has the potential to be such a game. For those of us descended from Baldur’s Gate fanaticism, I liken Dragon Age to a Beatles rooftop concert or something else equally epic that you’ve been waiting half a decade for. Sure, BioWare has had phenomenal games in the in-between, but there was something special about the Baldur’s Gate games that never stopped resonating through many of us. The question is, can these books live up to the game experience? You’d probably have to read the newest installment from David Gaider in the series, entitled Dragon Age: The Calling, to find out.


