Tag Archives: BioWare

Hathead

So I’ve come to recognize that I wear many hats. I’m a retired game designer, a writer, a software developer, and a consultant. I also blog and I’m (somewhat) active on various social media sites. While wearing the vast majority of my hats I truly want to encourage others to connect with me. I enjoy …

September 9, 2011 – 4:26 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Empire Avenue, Game Reviews, Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Recently Played – Emissary of War

As I noted a few days ago former BioWare co-worker Tobyn Manthrope recently released a new videogame “Emissary of War” for iOS devices. Well I finally squeezed some time in to play through the free first chapter. It was fun. Regular readers know I’m a fan of tactical RPGs and though Emissary doesn’t have a …

September 3, 2011 – 9:09 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Game Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

A Box of BioWare

In this box… all the ‘written stuff’ I accumulated during my years with BioWare. While most of the paper is related to the two sales that occurred while I was with BioWare (selling a company generates a lot of paperwork!) there is some interesting stuff in here too. The black notebooks are full of ‘to …

August 10, 2011 – 11:21 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life | Tagged , | Comments (15)

Indy Alpha

Just a quick post to direct your attention to Mark Barazzuol’s blog. Indy Alpha Mark is a former BioWare designer who’s now forging ahead into indie game development. He has a lot of experience (we worked together on Dragon Age) and I’m curious to see what he’ll be working on. His latest post is looking …

May 28, 2011 – 12:50 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Game Reviews | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

My First Interview?

Stumbled across this interview with me over at IGN. I’m not entirely sure if this is my absolute first interview as a designer with BioWare but I think it is. One of the cool things with BioWare is that they tried to make sure everybody, especially in the early days, had a shot at doing …

March 30, 2011 – 8:26 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Game Reviews, My Life | Tagged , | Comments (8)

Dragon Age 2 Demo

Several visitors to this blog asked me to check out the Dragon Age 2 demo and I finally had the chance to do so last night. (Note: I played it on the xbox360… for comparison I never played Dragon Age Origins on a console, only the PC) Please keep in mind that this is only …

March 14, 2011 – 2:17 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Game Reviews, The Lazy Designer | Tagged , , , | Comments (80)

BioWare Employees

I’m getting a lot of cool folks stopping by here and thanking me for games I worked on in the past with BioWare. But I really can’t take all the credit for the games you have all loved, heck I can hardly take any of the credit. Few BioWare folks seem to have websites (or …

March 10, 2011 – 10:13 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life | Tagged , , | Comments (5)

Auroras, Stories, and More

Just a reminder that my story ‘Digital Rights’ is free right now as part of a Smashword promotion. If you are Canadian and enjoy it please consider nominating it for an Aurora reward. If you are not Canadian and liked it please consider writing a Smashword’s review (and if you are on Empire Avenue let …

March 7, 2011 – 12:02 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in The Lazy Designer, Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

So How Do I Get a Job Writing in the Videogame Industry?

In an earlier post I suggested I would eventually explain how an aspiring video game writer might actually go about getting a job in the industry. And then I forgot about it. But I was kindly reminded today about that post and so here goes. Sadly I don’t have too many tips. This is because …

March 1, 2011 – 8:19 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in The Lazy Designer, Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (9)

Writing Videogames

Just a short observation but I get asked the question of whether its worthwhile to work, as a writer, for a videogame developer, like BioWare. Most often I am asked this by other writers I have met. So here goes. A disclaimer: I was never really a writer at BioWare (other than a bit of …

February 25, 2011 – 4:28 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in The Lazy Designer | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)