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[Maricsblade]

@tsm—Ha ha, in my response I almost said, "If there are more, tsm will know them all…" XD How do you do it?!?!

[theskymoves]

alisgirl wrote...

@tsm—Ha ha, in my response I almost said, "If there are more, tsm will know them all…" XD How do you do it?!?!

No life + head completely filled with useless information.

~tsm

[Phedra]

@LT123 I got it, thank you.

[Maricsblade]

This page needs some Alistair:

[Maricsblade]

Meh, stupid BSN, double post. *never mind*

Modifié par alisgirl, 19 septembre 2011 - 04:23 .

[AbsoluteApril]

Alistair running off with the cheese, that pic is too funny!

Question about the fills/prompts, can it be just art or does there also need to be a written story? (sorry for lame question, never participated before)

[RagingCyclone]

AbsoluteApril wrote...

Alistair running off with the cheese, that pic is too funny!

Question about the fills/prompts, can it be just art or does there also need to be a written story? (sorry for lame question, never participated before)

It can either or both. Some like to write, some draw, and that cheese pic was a toolset manip for an older prompt.

[java_jive_girl]

There's no other place I can go to talk about this and have anyone really understand...I just finished another play through (I still have three more that I'm in the middle of...I'm not good at finishing what I'm doing before starting something else)...this time I made Alistair king...he didn't leave my Dalish elf because I have the mod that lets anyone marry Alistair.  Ki'Ari was going to rule at his side, but decided not to go with the Dark Ritual.  She knocked Alistair out so she could make the death blow to the archdemon...*sniff* Oh, Alistair!  "I...I thought we'd be together forever." (How could you think that when you guilted Ki'Ari out of asking you to sleep with Morrigan so that neither of you had to die?!  Very sweet, but did it really come as such a surprise?)  This is the only video game that has made me shed a tear...even though I knew it was coming! 



There.  Just had to get that out.  Now to go finish one of my other play throughs and have a happy...happiER ending...tomorrow. 

[Maricsblade]

@jig I love the sad endings too...biggest regret is having read spoilers...my Cousland chose to rule beside him but I would have turned down the DR and Alistair would have died. I wish I could have experienced that!

Don't you love this place? :-) I do wish more people would come back, but I suppose they've moved on.

[Maricsblade]

Grr, can't edit posts on iPhone. Just got all choked up looking at your screencap. *sniff*

[Maricsblade]

Never mind

Modifié par alisgirl, 20 septembre 2011 - 05:53 .

[RagingCyclone]

I always felt this one was a little worse of the one's I've seen. From the dice roll game where Alistair was suicidal at the end:

[Maricsblade]

Yep. Another sad one.

[Maricsblade]

I had posted earlier whether anyone had seen any in-depth articles on falling in love with video game characters. I keep thinking I've found something and it turns out to be some really shallow piece for a gamer blog. I know Cilfford Nass at Stanford did some work last decade about how people respond to computers as if they're human, but it didn't get into this area. I'm kind of boggled by the lack of writing about it. Keep switching up my search terms, but nothing.

Just now I Googled "RPG romances falling in love" and guess what came up as the first hit? My own fanfiction.net profile! Sure didn't expect that.

Modifié par alisgirl, 20 septembre 2011 - 06:16 .

[RagingCyclone]

lol

[theskymoves]

@ alisgirl : Probably not what you are looking for, but anyway...  Love in 2-D

This is probably closer, and is DA-centric  -> “I'm in love with someone that doesn't exist!!”: Bleed in the context of a Computer Game (PDF file)

and on this page is a cite for this:

Waern, A. (2011). Pixel crush doesn't begin to explain it!. Playground magazine. Issue no 1, Feberuary 2011.
Abstract: In Dragon Age, game characters can be made to fall in love. As it turns out, so do the players.




[This space reserved for Alistair content TBD]

It's Kill 'em All, Let the Maker Sort 'em Out Tuesday, innit? Let's see....

Dual-wield Alistair dispenses with Fade Goldanna.



(bonus, cos my kill-shots all stink) Somebody's cranky!



~tsm

Modifié par theskymoves, 20 septembre 2011 - 07:29 .

[java_jive_girl]

@Rage - Aw!  That is sad!  ...I am kicking myself right now for not taking screen shots of the dialoge between the Warden and Alistair when arguing over who is going to sacrifice themself.  I have no idea why I didn't!  I was planning on putting together a story board for Ki'Ari's story and now it is missing that very important discussion! 

@Alisgirl - It came up with your own site?  lol!  That's a good thing, though, right?    That is an interesting thought, though...you would think there would be more out there on the subject, especially in this day and age.

@TSM - My kill shots always suck, too.  I keep wanting to get that instance when the head is being severed before the head seems to disappear...but it may just be that I'm not playing in high enough resolution to see that?  Anyways, I'm always a tad too early or a tad too slow...which brings me to my screenshot for Dismemberment Tuesday!

It's a mix of a derp moment and the dismemberment...lately I've been getting this glitch that happens...not all the time, but it looks pretty weird when it does happen...okay, Ki'Ari...I like the invisible Ogre you are slaying...is this some kind of Voodoo magic?

[theskymoves]

@java - I've seen that glitch too, on occasion, usually during a massive battle when everything is lagging like crazy... It's always a giggle to see, though!

Another one from The Fade. Not much gore, but he looks so determined here! (This one is cropped.)



~tsm

Modifié par theskymoves, 20 septembre 2011 - 09:16 .

[Drone696]

Hi Ali fans!
I've never posted in this thread before; just stopping by to say I miss him :'(

[Penarddun]

alisgirl wrote...

I had posted earlier whether anyone had seen any in-depth articles on falling in love with video game characters. I keep thinking I've found something and it turns out to be some really shallow piece for a gamer blog. I know Cilfford Nass at Stanford did some work last decade about how people respond to computers as if they're human, but it didn't get into this area. I'm kind of boggled by the lack of writing about it. Keep switching up my search terms, but nothing.

That's a very interesting concept, one I've thought about myself. I think an anaylsis of why and how we fall in love would have to be included, and it would also have to pull in the idea of perceptions in real life, and how our internal thoughts can affect our world.

It's definitely a cross between psychology and philosophy. The big question, what is real? I'm reminded of this old Star Trek episode where someone lives out the rest of their life in a simulation, because they are paralized. The question of whether that is real enough or just a sad delusion came up. I haven't quite decided what I believe in regards to that. Definitely something to consider for a topic if I ever get my doctorate in psychology.

I would easily admit that I "fell in love" with the character of Alistair. Or maybe it's that I love to watch what I consider my "ideal man" personified in a visual and audible way that is very accessible (because of the interactive nature of video games), moreso than a novel or film.

Modifié par Penarddun, 20 septembre 2011 - 11:42 .

[rak72]

Hi Rapunzel!


Got a dismemberment for tues:

[Maricsblade]

Welcome, Rapunzel :-)

@Penarddun — Yes, exactly; that's what I want to find out. I've seen hundreds of love scenes in TV and movies over the course of my life, and none of them was ever the punch to the gut (in a good way) that I experienced in Dragon Age. It wasn't like watching the hero romance the heroine; it felt direct and *real*. Even my husband mentioned this regarding Morrigan, though he wasn't even motivated enough to finish his playthrough. I haven't played other CRPGs, so I don't know how common it is, and if it isn't, I want to know the reason for that, too.

@tsm—Thanks for the links, which I'll have to check out tonight.

[rak72]

^ maybe because in a game, we tend to self insert ourselves to some extent, so it's not like watching a movie.

Just because I love when men aren't afraid of wearing pink:

[Maricsblade]

Oh, God, rak. You should hang out on Tumblr more ;-)

[rak72]

Tumbler is confusing