Like many other people, I am hooked on Dragon Age. I bought it for the PC (since my boyfriend is hogging the 360 in the other room with HIS copy) and I’m trying not to play it so much that I neglect some other projects I am working on.
I have to say, it’s fan-freaking-tastic. I love the environment, the music, the storyline, the moral decisions, the combat and ability trees. It’s all quite awesome. The dialog is great and engaging. The only thing that’s getting a bit annoying for me are all the female comments.
“I’m not even afraid, and *I* am the girl here.”
“You did alright, for a woman.”
Yes, this is a fantasy world. No, I don’t expect games to be 100% politically correct. It is indeed neat that my gender I chose in character creation does affect the conversation in the game. It’s unfortunate that it affected it in this way, and so often! I’m not very far into the game, and there have been at least 4 mentions of the fact that I’m a woman so it’s surprising that I did so well. Hopefully this stops after I start kicking some major ass.
We’ll see. The game is brilliant and beautiful otherwise. 
Tami Baribeau is the Associate Producer for Metaplace, Inc, currently working on Island Life. She is also the Lead Editor of feminist gaming blog The Border House, and the National Facebook Games Examiner for Examiner.com. She can be reached on Twitter or by email.
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Its no different than the racist attitude you get thrown your way as an elf /shrug . Given the sort of setting it is in the attitudes towards women actually fits in better than just glossing over the fact that you are in what would normally be a mans job (given the setting).
You wait until you meet Stem/r, the guy in a cage. He has some almighty comments concerning women and fighting. I personally thought it was good fun and took it in the humerous light it will but no doubt the feminists of the gaming world will explode in upcry about what he says.
His name is Sten. My bad.