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Why a Car Chase in Lair of the Shadow Broker?

Dave Feltham — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:28:40 +0000

Why did we put in a car chase in Lair of the Shadow Broker? Well besides Patrick Weekes and I thinking that it would be necessary for pacing, that it would really jump the intensity to actually chase down [redacted for spoilers]. But the main reason for fighting to keep this divergence from typical ME2 gameplay was that we knew from our experience, in our gut, what the player reaction would be. And Darksydephil is a prime example of it.

Happy Mass Halloween Effect

Dave Feltham — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:52:36 +0000

From the bowels of BioWare on the freezing fucking 53rd parallel, I bring you….Patrick Weekes as Subject Zero from Mass Effect 2.
WARNING: Not Safe for…really anything.

This is just Not Right

If you’d rather a less scary Halloween Wallpaper from Mass Effect 2, visit: http://masseffect.bioware.com/media/wallpapers

Mass Effect 2: Video Dev Diary

Dave Feltham — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:21:22 +0000

We’ve released a video interviewing Casey, the director, Preston, the Lead Designer, Derek, the Art Director and Parrish, the Lead Cinematic Animator. They talk about details on what we’re doing with the game. Enjoy!

BioWare Blog: The Long Road to BioWare: A Designer’s Origin Story (Part IV)

Dave Feltham — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:35:09 +0000

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Let’s try some links that actually work, shall we?

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The final of my 4-part article on ‘What I do’ and ‘How I got here’ is up on Bioware’s blog, though I do have more coming. I’ll mention now that the intent was to have it in 2 pieces, but I ran a little long at the mouth and shot the shit a little too long. For best absorption read 1&2 together, then 3&4, with a Scotch and Soda and cigar in hand.

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/22/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designers-origin-story-p4/

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/22/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designers-origin-story-p3/

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/22/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designers-origin-story-p2/

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/22/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designers-origin-story-p1/

BioWare Blog: The Long Road to BioWare: A Designer’s Origin Story (Part III)

Dave Feltham — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:07:04 +0000

The posts on BioWare’s Blog featuring articles written by yours truly continues. This is part three of the 4-part series and in this I discusses what a Level Designer does. CLICK IT!

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/22/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designers-origin-story-p3/

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/22/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designers-origin-story-p2/

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/22/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designers-origin-story-p1/

BioWare Blog: The Long Road to BioWare: A Designer’s Origin Story (Part II)

Dave Feltham — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:16:15 +0000

As I mentioned last time BioWare is featuring a couple of articles I wrote. This is part two of the 4-part series and in this I discusses how I got into the industry and eventually to BioWare. You know what to do with the link!

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/19/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designers-origin-story-p2/

BioWare Blog: The Long Road to BioWare: A Designer’s Origin Story (Part I)

Dave Feltham — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:38:18 +0000

BioWare is featuring a couple of articles I wrote, this one (Part I) discusses how I got into the industry. Click the link below and take a gander!
The purpose of the BioWare Blog is to speak to our community, about the things they are interested in, resolving curiousity about the people behind the curtain. In an effort to pull back that curtain, this article tells the tale of how I got into this seat at BioWare.

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/18/the-long-road-to-bioware-a-designer%E2%80%99s-origin-story-p1/

Mass Effect E3 Summary Post

Dave Feltham — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:00:36 +0000

Along with Dragon Age and Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 2 made it’s debut public performance this week at E3 in Los Angeles. Greg and Ray both introduced Mass Effect at the EA press conference and showed a full version of the trailer (that was unfortunately truncated on GameTrailers the week before) This official trailer shows more gameplay and all in-game footage in its explosive glory.

Director Casey Hudson and Lead Systems Designer Christina Norman, along with a slew of BioWarians showed Mass Effect 2 to select select press and people behind closed doors at E3.

http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/03/bioware-at-e3-day-1/
http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/03/bioware-at-e3-day-2/
http://blog.bioware.com/2009/06/03/bioware-at-e3-day-3/

As the days go by no doubt there will be write-ups like the first to report on this showing, Nick Breckon of Shacknews. And while I could write lines and lines of prose about how Mass Effect 2 will blow your fucking socks off, and how everyone here is working their ass off on the project (I’m here at 10pm at night right now), that we want make sure it goes beyond what Mass Effect was and will be a game that you, the fan, will be proud of…it’s easier for me to list links upon links of kudos from everyone in the games industry press that saw our game.

IGN Preview http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/991/991756p1.html

IGN Demo http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/990/990002p1.html

“Working with your teammates, dealing with health, selecting and using powers, and swapping weapons have all seen subtle changes that add together to make a combat system that is a heck of a lot better.”

“From what I saw, there is no reason to believe that this sequel won’t surpass the original in just about every way”

Erik Brudvig

1UP.com

GAMESPOT.com

http://kotaku.com/5279409/

http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/2344/Mass-Effect-2/p1/

“This new tech is all neatly wrapped with even more impressive visuals, inching ever closer to photorealism. The dialogue moments are breathtaking enough in Mass Effect 2 to exude some honest human emotion out of its users…”
Dale Nardozzi

http://www.gamedaily.com/games/mass-effect-2/xbox-360/game-features/mass-effect-2-reasons-youll-want-to-play/

“Based on the brief demo at E3, this is easily one of the best games on the show floor.”
Libe Goad

New Mass Effect Teaser

Dave Feltham — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:55:23 +0000

None of my work is being shown here, but there’s some fantastic moments.
Enjoy!
Update: It appears we broke youtube so here’s a link http://masseffect.bioware.com/teaser/index.html

Mass Effect 2

Dave Feltham — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:41:30 +0000

“I create for a living! I’m a creator! I am a creator! ”
…Barton Fink, 1991

Mass Effect 2 is now officially announced and I’ll leave the teaser do the rest. I’ll only say: you have NO idea.

Well as I still try and swim through the needled river of the year of the Ox, certain things are appearing on the radar that (will hopefully be) wonderful. I’m working on a new pet-project that is starting to bear fruit, to become something that, well Poppy Carnahan put it best in Barton Fink: “lord knows I have a gut, and my gut tells me it’s simply marvelous.” I’m still at the early stages, but I’m feverish with excitement and anticipation of going home to do absolutely any little thing to do with….well we’ll call it A Neat Idea right now. It’s too early to discuss anything, but I’m onto something here. So for now, it’s research research research as I try to find a zone that will take The Neat Idea into a fullblown home-project. Vague and as annoying as that might be, I’m too excited not to mention something.

In non-work news, Watchmen is weeks away from opening and I don’t think I’ve been this excited for a film since The Fellowship of the Ring was making its way onscreen. Seeing Rorschach in the toilet fight is all I really want to see.

That’s about it. More on A Neat Idea in the months to come!