Friday Favorites #8: Most Horrific Transformations

The Broodmother, Dragon Age: Origins 

The Broodmother was once an ordinary female dwarf, but Branka the Paragon let her be “fouled” by Darkspawn so that her transformation into a Broodmother could be studied. The Broodmother is a hideous mass of multi-breasted flesh that spawns more Darkspawn.

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The 3rd Birthday: Introduction — What Came Before

Trigger Warning: This article discusses rape.

The 3rd Birthday

Developer: Square Enix/HexaDrive

Publisher: Square Enix

Format: PlayStation Portable

Released (Japan): December 22, 2010

Released (NA): March 29, 2011

Released (EU): April 1, 2011

Knowing plot details about the earlier installments in the Parasite Eve franchise is not necessary for enjoying The 3rd Birthday, but it does help, even though the games are not really direct sequels to the original novel. It’s… complicated.

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