95: Dragon Age with Ella Watts

Hyperfixations

It's Christian allegory at its ham-handed best

Trigger warning: this episode contains mentions or discussions of religious abuse, religious trauma, historical religious abuse, sexism, ableism, homophobia, racism, genocide, sexual trauma, sexual abuse, rape, Islamophobia, slavery, child death, child sexual abuse, transphobia, slaughter of innocents, ultra-conservative Christian values, crusades, colonialism, religious grooming, magical versions of being stripped of your will and identity, sexual coersion, drug abuse, the Holocaust, acts of terrorism, torture, denial of necessary healthcare, stigmatisation of mental health, police brutality, state-sanctioned violence,

Warning: This episode contains spoilers for the entire Dragon Age series

Aaaaand we're back folks, hope you missed us. We're back with a bang, as our guest this week is the multi-talented Ella Watts. Ella Watts is a Director and Producer who specialises in audio drama. She's best known for her work on Doctor Who: Redacted, Marvel Move and Eliza: A Robot Story. She's also a tabletop game designer. You can buy her queer fantasy game, Upriver, Downriver from MacGuffin and Company. In this episode we discuss studio interference, the lack of access to the original two games, multiple ways of dealing with trauma within the world, extended media in the Dragon Age franchise, and our thoughts on Dreadwolf. and one of us reveals we are immortal.

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Download Zombies, Run!, the app Ella makes content for from the Apple App Store, or Google Play today

Buy Ella's game Upriver, Downriver from MacGuffin and Company today

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Ally - Twitter: @alleykat_, Instagram: @ally_k_keegan

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Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339