Dragon Age Lead Writer Patrick Weekes "origin story" podcast interview
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http://www.nerdappropriate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Rated-NA-75.mp3
Interview portion begins 6:58 mark.
Inspiring to hear especially (for me) the part where he's about to be a parent, he was hesitant to start a different career in gamedev (from copywriting and high school tutoring) in a different country, but his then expecting wife convinced him to follow up a network job referral at Bioware.
From wiki:
Interview portion begins 6:58 mark.
Inspiring to hear especially (for me) the part where he's about to be a parent, he was hesitant to start a different career in gamedev (from copywriting and high school tutoring) in a different country, but his then expecting wife convinced him to follow up a network job referral at Bioware.
From wiki:
Patrick Weekes is an American author. He was born in California and attended Stanford University, where he received a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature. He is a writer at BioWare[1] where he has written for both the Mass Effect and the Dragon Age writing team. In 2015, it was announced that he would be succeeding David Gaider as the Lead Writer for the Dragon Age franchise[2]
Patrick currently lives in Edmonton with his wife Karin Weekes and his two sons.