An Ode to Alistair: Love, Lust, and Loss in Fereldan

I’ve been playing video games for the better part of my life, and through the years, I’ve certainly had my crushes. So when Dragon Age came out, it was bound to happen. Having played World of Warcraft for quite some time, Dragon Age was a revelation. My brain had been filled with so many fantasy […]
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I’ve been playing video games for the better part of my life, and through the years, I’ve certainly had my crushes. So when* Dragon Age* came out, it was bound to happen. Having played World of Warcraft for quite some time, Dragon Age was a revelation. My brain had been filled with so many fantasy novels, medieval dalliances, and general chatter regarding all things dragony and sword-like, that being able to play a video game in which, ostensibly, I was the center attraction in a marvelous world… Yes, crack. I can’t even tell you how many hours I put into the game. But I can tell you that I played through three times.

And I only fell in love once.

[Read the rest of the sordid tale, and hear the accompanying Heart video, over at GeekMom.]