Codex Entries

We finish up at the circle tower.  Content warnings: Magical imprisonment, magical coercion, torture, possession, excessive blood and gore, general fantasy violence, blood magic. You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Wikigacha (there are 100 of these sites, this is the one we use): https://wikigacha.win/ Molly's website: https://starshipgemini.com/ Jade's website: https://goblinmode.com/ Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We rescue the stone prisoner, then go back to the circle tower. Content warnings: Magical imprisonment, magical coercion, possession, excessive blood and gore, general fantasy violence, blood magic. You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Molly's website: https://starshipgemini.com/ Jade's website: https://goblinmode.com/ Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.   additional music credits: untitled2x - elektrobear

We hang out in Lothering. Content warnings: Generalized fantasy violence, fantasy racism, dog violence. You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Molly's website: https://starshipgemini.com/ Jade's website: https://goblinmode.com/ Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We are officially inducted into the Grey Wardens and take part in the battle of Ostagar. Content warnings: Generalized fantasy violence, blood and guts, dark rituals, fantasy racism, lobotomization. You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Molly's website: https://starshipgemini.com/ Jade's website: https://goblinmode.com/ Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We begin Dragon Age: Origins. Editor's note: Shortly before the release of this episode, friend of the show Cat Manning gifted Baldur's Gate 3 to Jade. Glenn: you can stand down.🫡 Content warnings: Generalized fantasy violence, blood, blood magic.  You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne. Mystic Forest (CC-BY 4.0) by FarBeyond Studio (https://farbeyond-studio.carrd.co/)

We talk about the overarching plot of Dragon Age 4: The Veilguard (formerly known as Dragon Age 4, also formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf).  Content warnings: Generalized fantasy violence.  You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We talk about the combat, UI, mechanics, systems, and party members in Dragon Age 4: The Veilguard (formerly known as Dragon Age 4, also formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf). Content warnings: Generalized fantasy violence.  You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

In this episode we talk Hercules. Check out Barbarous and 3rd Voice webcomic. Content warnings: Rape, murder, gendered violence, so much gore, slavery, suicide   You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

In this episode we talk with Brian Bucklew about Dragon Age 2, Caves of Qud, and more! Check out Caves of Qud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky! Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We finish the game.   Stay tuned until the end to find out what we're doing next!   Content warnings: Gratuitious fantasy violence, blood magic, getting put in the crystal, bombing.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky!   Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

In this episode we do almost every quest in act 3. That's the best descriptor I've got, I'm sitting here waiting for Silksong to drop.   Content warnings: Spiders, fantasy violence, fantasy racism, spousal murder.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky!   Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We play through the entirety of the Legacy DLC.   Content Warnings: blood (generally), blood magic, generalized fantasy violence.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky!   Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We're back from our Summer Break! It's a break you take BEFORE summer and return right smack dab in the middle all warm, refreshed, and ready to be thrown back into the stinky trenches of Kirkwall. In this episode, we play the second part of Mark of the Assassin.       This episode and the remainder of season one have been edited by Jade. We extend our endless gratitude and appreciation to Carly for the production and editing she did on episodes 1 through 8 part one. We recommend her wholeheartedly for any of your audio production needs. Thank you, Carly!   Content Warnings: Generalized fantasy violence, fantasy racism, poop talk, 2011 humor.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at  ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. You can also follow us on Bluesky!   Our theme song is composed and performed by Carly Besterman. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We play the first part of Mark of the Assassin.   Production note: we refer to this DLC as "the first DLC for Dragon Age 2". That is actually incorrect, it's the last one. We somehow totally missed it when we recorded these and never thought to follow up. For our show specifically there ends up being a really great payoff by doing them in this order though, so it all works out!   Content Warnings: Generalized fantasy violence, fantasy racism, poop talk, 2011 humor.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more.   The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We finish act 2, and it all goes perfectly fine.  Content warnings: lots of fantasy violence, decapitation, dog killing, racism, threats of rape. Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more. The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

We're off this week for a Snow Day! We'll be back with episode 7 in two weeks. In the meantime, meet our producer and enjoy a dramatic reading of one of her favorite DA2 codex entries!   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at  ko-fi.com/codexentries  and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more.   The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.   "Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/    

We continue playing through Act 2, and for some reason talk a lot about Frankenstein?????? Who can say why? Not us!    Content Warnings: Generalized fantasy violence, parental death, bodily mutilation, Frankenstein stuff.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more.   The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.     "Magic Escape Room" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Decline" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

In this episode we continue our adventures through act 2.   Content Warnings: General fantasy violence, torture, mutilation, forced corruption   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more.   The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.  

We finish Act 1, discuss "who is the Jesse Pinkman of Dragon Age 2?", and play through the first few quests of Act 2.   Content Warnings: General fantasy RPG violence, grief and loss, spiders, fantasy racism, kidnapping, mass poisoning.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more.   The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

In which we finish everything other than the final quest of Act 1.   Content Warnings: excessive violence, gore, demon possession, dismemberment, implied harm to children.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more.   The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.

This is the second episode of the show! Wow!! In this episode we continue our playthrough of Dragon Age 2, and do a ton of act 1 story quests (and some other stuff).   Content Warnings: self-immolation, slavery, lobotomization, death and dismemberment, racism and bigotry.   Thank you for listening to the show! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and more.   The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here.   The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.    

This is the first episode of the show! In this episode we begin our playthrough of Dragon Age II and talk about the game's intro, character creation, the opening sequences, and a few quests.    Content warnings: sibling death, spousal death, depictions of and discussions on slavery, fantasy racism.   Thank you for listening! You can support us at ko-fi.com/codexentries and gain access to our newsletter, (future) bonus episodes, and more!    The show is produced by Carly Besterman, who also composed and performed the theme song. You can find her music project House Phone here. The show's cover art was illustrated by Lex Shalitmontagne.