FUCK LMAO! I STILL LOVE YOU DRAGON AGE! FUCK! BEAR WITH ME LIKE IM THE NORTHERN HINTERLANDS! LMAO

We finally make it out of Kirkwall! Giancarlo finished the game and we look back on our thoughts and his decisions. Also I think we accidentally became Anders apologists? Don't think too hard about it.

• What's that Dragon Age?
• and then we realized that was AI and picked a SECOND ONE

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Elena Fernández Collins.

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

This week on How to Act Fereldan, we get... way to philosophical. Don't think too hard about the lore, you'll just hurt yourself like we did.

• What's that Dragon Age?

Dragon Age News:

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard director reckons he could write the base for 5 more games "in a couple of weeks because I'm always thinking about Dragon Age"
• https://www.thegamer.com/dragon-age-the-veilguards-director-would-love-dragon-age-legendary-edition-remaster/
• Journal #10 - Accessibility Spotlight
• https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/dragon-age/dragon-age-the-veilguard/news/composers-announcement  
• Journal #8 - Exploration Across Thedas

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Elena Fernández Collins.

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

Don't be deceived by the goofy title—this week we talk about how fucked up the lore behind lyrium is... and then Giancarlo tells us about his experience of the All That Remains quest! Yaaaay! [confetti emoji]

• What's that Dragon Age?

Dragon Age News:

• Passing of Peter Renaday, voice of Duncan
• https://aftermath.site/dragon-age-veilguard-previews?giftLink=c2205c209e2b0897200c7c63c3556777 
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard Reveals How Long It Takes to Beat the Game 
• Don't worry, Dragon Age fans, The Veilguard will be a "complete out-of-the-box package" meaning no post-release DLC that finishes the story | VG247
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard Fans Are Worried About Certain Choices Not Carrying Over

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Elena Fernández Collins

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

Sorry to all the Anders fans. We're Fenris Girlies (gender neutral) for Life. This week, we poorly debate whether Anders or Fenris is the better love interest, and also Giancarlo braves the DEEP ROADS.

• What's that Dragon Age?
• Evil New Jersey Falkor

Dragon Age News:

• ??? Wil didn't include any in the notes doc, so... sorry!

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Elena Fernández Collins.

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

Let it be known that Anne still objects to this episode title, but its release is here and we don't have a better option. That's right, this week in How to Act Fereldan, your podcast field guide to all things Dragon Age, we're talking about the Qunari.

• What's that Dragon Age?

Dragon Age News:

• Game informer……………….
• Voice Actors in Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Full Announced Cast - Press SPACE to Jump
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard Art Director Hopes New Character Designs Will Give Cosplayers A Challenge
• Dragon Age Developer Q&A Hosted On Discord Reveals More About The Veilguard
• Dragon Age: Inquisition's Forbidden Oasis Temple Is Everything That's Wrong With The Game    

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Elena Fernández Collins.

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

Welcome to How to Act Fereldan, your podcast field guide to all things Dragon Age. This week, we break Giancarlo's heart with news that you can't romance Varric, and we dive into the absolutely messed up history of the worst town in Thedas.

• What's that Dragon Age?

News:

• This is when they changed then name of the game!!!
• We also got the first trailer and some gameplay for Veilguard.

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Elena Fernández Collins

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

Welcome to How to Act Fereldan, your podcast field guide to all things Dragon Age. This week, we finally start DRAGON AGE 2. It's time for this game to make Giancarlo insane, too.

• What's that Dragon Age?

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Elena Fernández Collins.

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us for this first season of How to Act Fereldan and coming along with our Hug House Hero of Fereldan on his adventure to save Thedas from the darkspawn. We'll be back on October 22nd with our introduction to Dragon Age 2 and then following Giancarlo's Hug Hawke from there!

If you want to get access to the audio before its public release, you can support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/HugHousePods. Supporters get early audio, extended episodes, can join us in Discord to rant about just how much we don't like the combat style, and also get bonus audio... like Anne and Wil's initial reactions to Dragon Age: The Veilguard that we'll be releasing in early November after taking October 31st to play the game.

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Elena Fernández Collins.

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

We made it! It's been a wild introduction to the Dragon Age series for Giancarlo and he's leaving full of Dragon Age Romance Trauma, courtesy of Morrigan. :) That totally won't come back to haunt him in later games, right? :)

• What's that Dragon Age?

Credits:

How To Act Fereldan is made in collaboration between Hug House Productions and Whimsic Productions. It is co-hosted by Anne Baird, Wil Williams, and Giancarlo Herrera, with sound designed by Wil Williams and transcripts by Ted Heavner.

Learn more and access full research notes for each episode at HowToActFereldan.com, and follow us on Tumblr at @ActFereldan for even more Dragon Age chaos.

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