[:1]On the fourth day of Asura Week, ArenaNet first updated the Asura page on the official Guild Wars 2 website. There is new lore, new wallpapers and screen shots, as well as a stunning video from the asura home city, Rata Sum (bonus points for those who know what the letters in that name can [...]
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
[ANet] Snarky Little Geniuses � Angel McCoy on Writing the Asura
[:1]Angel McCoy about Asura writing. Complete with audio snippets!|||I love it when you talk dirt.||| On the third day of Asura week, Angel Leigh McCoy writes about writing the Asura. The blog post details the Asuran tone of voice, that would be Snarky Mc Smartypants, and even gives some audio examples.
More...|||Fun little critters.
Humans are so boring. I'm really excited with all races except humans.|||Quote:
Fun little critters.
Humans are so boring. I'm really excited with all races except humans.
Hey, humans are people too...wait.|||Quote:
Fun little critters.
Humans are so boring. I'm really excited with all races except humans.
Races in games allow us to entertain stereotypical thinking, which is the foundation of all racism.
I'm going to make a thread about this.|||Shouldn't that be species-ism?
Quote:
Hey, humans are people too...wait.
Yeah, that's the problem.|||Quote:
Races in games allow us to entertain stereotypical thinking, which is the foundation of all racism.
I'm going to make a thread about this.
I must admit to being racist...
I prefer Homo-sapiens to all other primates.|||Quote:
Shouldn't that be species-ism?
No, because while the asura, charr etc. are species in-game, they are actually just facets of real-life humanity.
I'm going to make a thread about this. Some day.
More...|||Fun little critters.
Humans are so boring. I'm really excited with all races except humans.|||Quote:
Fun little critters.
Humans are so boring. I'm really excited with all races except humans.
Hey, humans are people too...wait.|||Quote:
Fun little critters.
Humans are so boring. I'm really excited with all races except humans.
Races in games allow us to entertain stereotypical thinking, which is the foundation of all racism.
I'm going to make a thread about this.|||Shouldn't that be species-ism?
Quote:
Hey, humans are people too...wait.
Yeah, that's the problem.|||Quote:
Races in games allow us to entertain stereotypical thinking, which is the foundation of all racism.
I'm going to make a thread about this.
I must admit to being racist...
I prefer Homo-sapiens to all other primates.|||Quote:
Shouldn't that be species-ism?
No, because while the asura, charr etc. are species in-game, they are actually just facets of real-life humanity.
I'm going to make a thread about this. Some day.
[IGN] GW2: The Asura
[:1]In honor of Asura Week, the good people over at IGN published a short article about our favorite little snarks.|||Pssh, these will always be my favorite snarks:
|||Be careful, when throwing snarks, they may in fact be a grumpkin.|||Quote:
Be careful, when throwing snarks, they may in fact be a grumpkin.
+1.
There seem to be lots of ways to tie the Asura to Game of Thrones.
|||Be careful, when throwing snarks, they may in fact be a grumpkin.|||Quote:
Be careful, when throwing snarks, they may in fact be a grumpkin.
+1.
There seem to be lots of ways to tie the Asura to Game of Thrones.
[Incgamers News Item] Asura Week Day 5
[:1]On the final day of Asura Week, Ree Soesbee shares a piece of Asura lore. In a short story Ree paints another vivid picture of life in Tyria, this time about an asuran Krewe on a mission going pearshaped.. By the time they burst out into the main skritt cavern, it was already a free-for-all. The wargolem’s crystals [...]
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[Talk Tyria] Collection thread
[:1]This thread should be for all things Talk Tyria.
September 8 - My of my.. the New, New Guild Wars 2
Damagedself writes about the iterative design of GW2, and how some changes make him a little antsy. Like the new skill unlock system.|||Two new blogs post up.
Greibach writes about the implications of the new Guild system
September 10 - Thoughts on the Multi-Guild System
and
Karasu talks about the potential for Machinima in GW2.
September 12 - GuildWars2 Machinima: Thoughts and Suggestions|||The Lazy Geek talks about Pink Day and PAX 2011
September 15 - The Prime Strikes Back: A (literal) discussion on PAX Prime 2011
September 8 - My of my.. the New, New Guild Wars 2
Damagedself writes about the iterative design of GW2, and how some changes make him a little antsy. Like the new skill unlock system.|||Two new blogs post up.
Greibach writes about the implications of the new Guild system
September 10 - Thoughts on the Multi-Guild System
and
Karasu talks about the potential for Machinima in GW2.
September 12 - GuildWars2 Machinima: Thoughts and Suggestions|||The Lazy Geek talks about Pink Day and PAX 2011
September 15 - The Prime Strikes Back: A (literal) discussion on PAX Prime 2011
[Incgamers News Item] PCGamer | Asura Interview
[:1]* In honor of Asura Week, PCGamer has put together a two-part interview with Game and Content Designers Jeff Grubb and Ree Soesbee. In the first part, the focus is on the asuran capital Rata Sum, and how the architecture mirrors the asuran society. They also talk colleges, golems and more. The second part of [...]
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