Dragon Age Writer Snubs Romance in Video Games

Dragon Age Writer David Gaider has recently gone on record against romance in video games. What’s slightly ironic about that is that Dragon Age – along with most of BioWare’s other titles – all include romance as part of gameplay in some form or fashion. Citing romance in games as a “side show” and not necessary to the game’s storytelling, Gaider stated on his blog that romance was optional – just a little extra side quest thrown in to appease gamers and give them something else to do.