Part 2 of 4 by Ethan Levy
One of the two leaders of our group here at EA 2D is veteran super producer turned VP of Development Pete Hawley. Pete’s career highlights include being executive producer of Burnout Paradise, serving as development director at Sony, heading production at Lionhead and producing Driver. Simply put, Pete is one of the most accomplished producers in the game industry.
We recently had to decide on a name for the game, as the placeholder Dragon Age 2d wouldn’t hold. As we were clearly banging our heads against the wall, Pete told us a story about the naming session for Lionhead’s flagship franchise. At the beginning of the night that with a gang including Hawley and Peter Molyneux, Pete and a few others made the suggestion that they go with the short, simple descriptor that fit their storybook heroics, Fable. As with any meeting that involves a handful of creative friends working on a problem with no clear solution, the night went long, and soon the clock read 3am and then someone says, “Enough. I’ve got it. Jesus 2000. He’s back, and this time, He’s pissed!” But the answer had been staring them in the face all along.
Our naming session began with Dragon Age: Journeys as one of the top contenders. But the naming session stretched on, we got increasingly exasperated and our suggestions became a string of gaming nerd in jokes, such as:
• Ages of Dragon Age
• Dragon Age: Origins’ Origins
• Dragon Age: Origins: Origins
• Dragon Age: TitNS (This is the New Sh*t)
• Heroes of Dragons and Magic
• Paper Dragon Age
• Dragon Age: Tactics Advance Online
• Dragon Age: Sexy Browser Adventures
• Dragon Age: Age of the Dragon
And of course:
• Imagine: Dragonz Age Fun Time Babyz Party
But, the more we went back to it, the more true Pete’s advice rang and the better Dragon Age: Journeys started to sound. The problem was that we already planned on releasing three separate chapters of single player gameplay to start, and more in the future. How would we differentiate each forthcoming chapter?
The solution was simple. We had to move the colon. Dragon Age Journeys was our brand name. It’s the umbrella under which we’ll release all of our browser based offerings. This freed us up to give each chapter a name indicative of its story, and gives us the freedom we’ll need for our future plans.
Awesome!! I can’t wait to play it!! The names were hilarious!! Dragon Age: Origins soon!!!
:D:D:D
Sexy Browser Adventures was the best one
i like “Dragon Age Stories”
or:
“Age of Dragons, and other mythical things: Part One, The Journeys some of these beings go on”
I liked Dragon Age: Age of the Dragon so much I bought the domain name and made it the site for my upcoming module (about 3 years ago). age-of-the-dragon.com
Dragon Age: Tactics Advance Online Square enix might get offended
After working years in advertising, I also have found that simple names are the best. Dragon Age Journeys have the ring of an epic saga to it.
how about dragon age the south krap episodes?
How about Dragon Age: Prequel?
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What about something a little more grandiose? Like “Dragon Age: Awakening” or “Dragon Age: Ascension”?
How about Dragon Age: Aged Dragons? Or Dragon Journeys: Age?
This looks fantastic and I cannot wait to play … will this be out before Origins?
how about… lol, dragon age.
Why not Dragon’s Gate: Throne of Ages?
Next Chapter.
Dragon Age Journeys: Don’t Stop Believing
Dragon Age Journeys: Revelations
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Dragon Age Journeys: The Awakening
Dragon Age Journeys: Fall of the Bal’Duron (a dwarven thaig in other words
dragon age: the black gate
dragon age: dragon war
Dude, Dragon Age: Origins’ Origins was the best one. That made laugh so hard.
Dragon Age Journeys : Frozen Age
Since its based unerground Dragon Age: The Deep Dark Hole
For the Mac platform:
Dragon Age: Apples & Origins
i played chap 1 and it was fun … so when and where can i play chap 2 and so on
Hey, This is a great post. I found you on bing. Keep up the work.
Weeeell..? Im drooling all over my freakin laptop waiting for chapter 2… any expected release-date yet? PLEASE guys, we’re all waiting!!
whens chapter 2 gonna be done???????????