Listmas 2023: Gaming Goodies for BioWare Buffs

It goes without saying that I enjoy BioWare’s games. True that I’ve not played each and every game the studio has offered since its inception, but I can say that I love their brand of gaming. Deeply narrative, infused with choice, and set in imaginative worlds, BioWare has hit some lasting homeruns with the likes…

Characters Good Enough to Love…and Hate

As I mentioned last week, I’ve recently picked up Baldur’s Gate 3, and it’s sort of been my obsession ever since. A big part of it is the tactical gameplay and how you can stumble across interesting quests in the weirdest places, but it’s also due to the writing.

Dragon Age: Origins is Both Better and Worse 13 Years Later

It’s amazing to me that 2009 is already practically ancient history as far as video games are concerned. Yet, a lot has indeed changed, especially when it comes to presentation and storytelling. Where everything was (for some reason) meant to be dark, gritty and very brown back then, now vibrance carries the day.

Listmas 2022: Cary’s most wanted remakes/remasters

Remakes and remasters… love them or hate them, they have become staples of the gaming industry and likely aren’t going away anytime soon. So, for our second Listmas list of the month, we decided to make an attempt to embrace the ever-growing trend and pick our own sets of games that we’d like to see…

We now know the title of the next Dragon Age game, and it is…

Dreadwolf! If you’ve been following the development of what has been thrown around as “Dragon Age 4” and caught wind of #TheDreadWolfRises on social media a few years back, then this probably isn’t the biggest shock. But, at least that which has been suspected is now officially true according to BioWare. Fans of the series…

My Dragon Age 4 Wishlist

Of all the amazing next gen games that we’ve gotten glimpses of this year, none have me more excited than the next Dragon Age title. BioWare’s been tight-lipped about the game’s promise, but a couple weeks ago, at Gamescom 2020, they finally opened up, just a little, about what may be in store in the…

“Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights” May Foreshadow Dragon Age 4’s Setting

Talk about a paper-bound tease! A newly-announced collection of Dragon Age short stories subtitled “Tevinter Nights” is setting DA fan’s radars ablaze (mine included) with the hopes that it might provide a big clue as to where things may be headed the next Dragon Age game. That “where” is the mysterious Tevinter Imperium.

The Call of the Lore

Despite some of the personal positives that came out of E3 this year, I am still left wanting with two games that were absent from the proceeding: Fable 4 and Dragon Age 4.   The original Fable was there for me when things went south with me and Nintendo via Super Mario Galaxy. Dragon Age introduced…

Favorite Running Gags in Games

It’s April Fool’s Month on Virtual Bastion! Join us as we celebrate all the silly and kooky things we love about games and gaming. My first theme for the month is running gags. There’s so much ridiculousness here, I can hardly contain myself! When it comes to comedy, sometimes a good running gag really hits…