Kanah Belflower

I love Dragon Age, I’ve been a nerd for this stuff since 2011, and I’m excited for the new game, but for the love of all things holy just drop the “THE”! It just fits with the rest of the series if you cut the fat on that name. But, with that out of the way, I’d like to just talk about some things I’m expecting of the game. Based on what I have seen, which is remarkably little because I have only watched the initial trailers plus a TikTok or two, there are a few line items that intrigue me. Lucani s . I believe that the spirit or demon which has latched onto this companion, whose name has been listed as “Spite”, may actually be a form of the Old God of Night: Lusacan. I do not have hard evidence for this, and honestly this line of thinking only came from the name likeness of Lucanis to Lusacan, but I don’t think it to be entirely out of the realm of possibility. I don’t know, just something I’ve been fixated on. Minimal world state choices. There are only ab...

So...that was fun. As of about a month ago, Avenue stopped working with independent creators to make content for the platform. The app has now released on both Apple and Android, but has pivoted entirely towards AI-generated, kid-focused content. Princesses, dragons and spaceships - oh my! Creators can no longer publish their work on the app; however, our existing content still shows up on the front page. Is there a moral or ethical line that they have crossed? Probably. Does it ultimately matter? Well, no. I suppose it doesn't. Our stories still belong to us. We are able to move them to new platforms, new mediums, re-release them and so on. But the sting of a slammed door remains. It felt like my foot was already halfway through it, and now I'm back at square one. Many members of the community have migrated from the now-defunct Avenue Discord server to a new server run by a community member; it's a nice place where people who have grown acquainted with one another can stay...