Joystiq interview with Felicia Day plus 'mark of the Assasin' info

[thewaterbandit]

I just saw this on Facebook and thought you lot might be interested in it! The actual hard info is buried among some icky comments about cleavage and fisting and what have you (yes, we get it, Felcia Day is a woman and she plays video games, how very sexy). However there's some interesting stuff about location, enemies and amount of companion

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[popehippo]

The dwarven companion Varric is being interrogated by the Seeker Cassandra about yet another piece of the Champion's puzzle, which he again neglected to spill the beans on.

This makes me laugh; is every DLC gonna start out this way? "VARRIC, TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS RANDOM WACKY ADVENTURE THAT'S MORE THAN LIKELY NOT ATTACHED TO MY ACTUAL MISSION."

[popehippo]

That said, I'm actually pretty glad that it's Day and not just a random celeb cameo done for star power who didn't care at all. She's made it clear that she loves the series and wants to know everything about it, and I hope that passion for the games shows in the DLC.

I spent a few minutes doing the Benny Hill shuffle, running from the wyvern with the Champion,

Excuse you, but we here in Bioware Land call that the Arishok Shuffle, get your terms right.

[thewaterbandit]

I'm pretty glad it's her too. I have nothing against Felicia Day as a person- I just take issue with the way she's sometimes approached in articles like these as a 'sexy grrl gamer' as if that's the most important thing about her.

[popehippo]

Agreed. On one hand, I'm glad to see a woman that's a major figure in geek culture but... yeah, on the other hand, when that same woman's presented as 'the sexy little girl gamer', that shit's annoying.

[omgdontlook]

Here is another interview with her that has a bit more info on the DLC.
http://kotaku.com/5844168/

[thewaterbandit]

Thank you! I don't usually browse Kotaku so missed this. 'Colourful story-based diversion' actually sounds pretty good :p

[thewaterbandit]

Eh, I don't think it'll be anything heavier than the way Hawke can have a threesome with Zevran and Isabela, seeing as she doesn't seem to be a permanent companion. It'll probably be something along the lines of 'Hi, Tallis!'>Flirting>Sex>'Bye, Tallis!'.

[sandvich]

I'm one hundred percent sure that they won't pull anything like that with Anders or Merrill. They're both too wrapped up in Hawke to look anywhere else, and Bioware knows how attached people get to their LIs.

As for the other thing, though, I can totally see it happening. Between the need to promote the upcoming webseries and the need to capitalize on the cult of Felicia, I'm sure they'll make Tallis as over-the-top awesome as possible to get people impressed and interested. I just hope they manage to make it enjoyable instead of grating.

[geekums]

i am so excited for this dlc, just anxiously awaiting for Oct 11 to come faster T_T