The Palace Job: The Nerd Appropriate Review & A CONTEST!

The Palace Job: The Nerd Appropriate Review & A CONTEST!

A unique opportunity appeared to me in the form of an advance copy of The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes. As soon as I started it, I was transported to a world where chains lock prisoners to pipes high above the ground, camaraderie affords even the strangest of alliances and magic exists in many forms. If you like movies like “Ocean’s Eleven” and enjoy playing games like “Dragon Age” or “Skyrim” this book is, as we say on the podcast, right in your wheelhouse.

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Help Us Interrogate Bioware Scribe Patrick Weekes!

Help Us Interrogate Bioware Scribe Patrick Weekes!

We appreciate games with great writing and are happy to have author Patrick Weekes on episode 75 of the Rated NA Podcast.   Mr. Weekes will be joining us tomorrow from the wilds of Canada to discuss his brand new novel “The Palace Job”, which is available now on Amazon.com.  If you have any questions for Mr. Weekes about Mass Effect, Bioware, writing, or The Palace Job, please ask here or send us a message on Twitter @NerdAppropriate.

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Dragon Age III: Inquisition – Six Things We’d Love To See!

Dragon Age III: Inquisition – Six Things We’d Love to See!

Like sneaky witches from the wilds, Bioware announced today that Dragon Age III has been in the works for almost two years and is being built on a customized version of the Frostbite 2 engine (see: pretty). While details about DA III are almost non existent, we quickly came up with some things that we’d love to see from one of our favorite franchises. Behold a list!

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Mass Effect 3: Operation Alloy – By Our Powers Combined!

Mass Effect 3: Operation Alloy – By Our Powers Combined!

An alloy is described as “A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, esp. to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.” This weekend, by promoting two or more of your characters in ME3MP you can bolster the war effort and help save the whole freakin’ universe! On top of all that universe saving mumbo-jumbo, you’ll also receive a commendation pack filled with goodies as well as a victory pack if 50,000 characters total are promoted. As always, if they keep making it and we’ll keep playing it. We have a crush on ME3MP.

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Geek Girl Con 2012: Bioware’s The Myth Of “The Female Gamer Perspective” – Panel Coverage

Geek Girl Con 2012: Bioware’s The Myth of “The Female Gamer Perspective” – Panel Coverage

The second BioWare panel at Geek Girl Con titled, “Myth of the Female Gamer Perspective,” was an attempt to explore and generate discussion on what can be a polarizing topic. Karin Weekes (senior editor) moderated the panel while the panelists included were: Sheryl Chee (writer); Jessica Merizan (community manager);  Sarah Hayward (cinematic designer); Melanie Fleming (localization producer) and Kris Schoneberg (level designer).

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Geek Girl Con 2012: Bioware’s Cycle Of A Level Panel Coverage

Geek Girl Con 2012: Bioware’s Cycle of a Level Panel Coverage

After having a wonderful time, making new friends, and exploring Seattle last October, I decided to once again make the trek back this year for the second Geek Girl Con. I wasn’t the only one returning to GGC, the delightful ladies of Bioware joined me as well. This year there were two panels, the first of which was a presentation on the life cycle of a level. Moderated by Jessica Merizan, panelists included, Mary Kirby (writer), Raylene Deck (level designer), Sarah Hayward (cinematic designer), Karin Weekes (senior editor), and Melanie Fleming (localization producer).

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Crystal Graziano: The Nerd Appropriate Interview

Crystal Graziano: The Nerd Appropriate Interview

If you’re a “con carnie” like me, you’ve definitely seen Crystal Graziano’s amazing cosplay in action. Whether she’s dressed as Mourningstar for the game Firefall or sporting kick-ass female Commander Shepard armor, she rocks the cosplay scene as an absolute pro. Enjoy my recent chat with the very stunning costume extraordinaire, Crystal Graziano, as we talk costumes and brand ambassadorship.

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Mass Effect 3: Operation Overwatch – N7 Heroes Hold The Line

Mass Effect 3: Operation Overwatch – N7 Heroes Hold the Line

The Mass Effect 3 bi-monthly challenges continue this weekend with Operation Overwatch.  Unlike July’s Operation Broadside, Overwatch appears as though it should be easier goal to accomplish.  Simply extract your team on any difficulty with one of the new N7 classes, and you’re all set.  The allied goal is a combined extraction of 800,000 individual players on any difficulty level… even bronze.

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Community Game Night: Mission Successful! Thanks

Community Game Night: Mission Successful! Thanks

When we set out to create our very first official Nerd Appropriate community game night, we didn’t really know what to expect. In all honesty we were just looking for an excuse to meet some new players, hang out with friends, and shoot some virtual bad guys. We’re elated to say that our community game night went better than we could have ever anticipated. With dozens of players from all over the world signing up to have some fun, we were able to run five eight person squads for over four hours with new players filtering in and out!

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