Swooping is Bad, Bones are Better: The Zooarchaeology of Dragon Age - Ep 31

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Join us on the latest part of our imagined videogame zooarchaeology series! Following popular demand, this episode is all about Bioware’s Dragon Age and its weird and wonderful creatures. Learn more about battle nugs, gibbering horrors and the Dragon Age version of ‘ritual’: it’s magic!!

Sources

• Galinas, B. et al. (2015) Dragon Age: The World of Thedas - Volume 2

  Dark Horse Comics

• Dragon Age Fandom

A Dragon Skull from Dragon Age: Inquisition

Contact

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz

• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady

• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology

• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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The Weird and the Wonderful: Imagined Zooarchaeologies of Video Games - Ep 13

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Simona and Alex finally get to be experts in this fun episode imagining the zooarchaeologies of video games! Using the hundreds (and, if you're Alex, THOUSANDS) of hours of gaming experience, Simona and Alex go through popular video game series (The Witcher, Fallout, Dragon Age, and Skyrim) and try to reconstruct and compare some of the weirder creatures you encounter.

Links and References

• Galinas, B. et al. (2015) Dragon Age: The World of Thedas - Volume 2, Dark Horse Comics

• Johnson, E. (2018) Fantastic Bones and Where to Find Them. I Feel It In My Bones.

• Merciel, L. (2014) Dragon Age: Last Flight, Tor books

• Sapkowski, A. (2015) The Sword of Destiny, Gollancz

• https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Skyrim

• https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fallout_Wiki

• https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Age_Wiki

• https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Witcher_Wiki

Contact

• Alex Fitzpatrick

  • Twitter: @archaeologyfitz

• Simona Falanga

  • Twitter: @CrazyBoneLady

• Music

  • "Coconut - (dyalla remix)"

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY