BioWare Goose Cam

April 27, 2016 10:06 AM

The roof of video game developer BioWare's Edmonton studio has been chosen by a pair of Canada geese as their nesting site for the spring. For the next few weeks, you can watch Ganders (female), Arishonk (male) and hopefully some eventual goslings on the BioWare Goose Cam.

Geese nesting on high-rise buildings are not uncommon in Edmonton. The Canada goose is a federally protected species under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, and interfering with a nest is prohibited. Cheekily naming the occupants is not.

posted by figurant (15 comments total)

The real problem is the tiresome shooting elements grafted onto what is basically a goose dating sim
posted by The Whelk at 10:24 AM on April 27, 2016 [19 favorites]

The game soundtrack really adds something to it. Then takes it. Because the geese are not doing anything or following the cues from the music.

Worst direction ever.
posted by lmfsilva at 10:27 AM on April 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

The Canadian people are very warm and friendly.

But their geese are assholes.
posted by bondcliff at 10:29 AM on April 27, 2016 [13 favorites]

SPOILER: This being BioWare, they're not geese, but rabbits which had already eaten their young weeks ago, and now trying to do better.
posted by Smart Dalek at 10:34 AM on April 27, 2016

where is the mod to give these geese better eyebrows
posted by poffin boffin at 10:34 AM on April 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

Ganders (female)

A gander is a male goose. I would have gone with Morriganser. Or since they're Canada geese, Brantany Hawke. Someone in the YouTube comments suggested Morrigoose.
posted by jedicus at 10:35 AM on April 27, 2016 [4 favorites]

But their geese are assholes.

Having grown up in one of the poorer areas of Scarborough, Ontario, I can say for certain that it's not minorities who comprise the toughest urban gangs, regardless of what the tabloid press would tell you.
posted by Freelance Demiurge at 10:51 AM on April 27, 2016 [3 favorites]

#gandergate - it's really about ethics in goosecams
posted by Devonian at 11:58 AM on April 27, 2016

A gander is a male goose

No it's cool, you can romance them regardless.
posted by Panjandrum at 12:48 PM on April 27, 2016 [2 favorites]

Any guesses when the eggs will hatch?
posted by crazy with stars at 12:51 PM on April 27, 2016

Well, at least this'll let us keep an eye on Ganders, so maybe...nope. Still too soon. TOO SOON, BIOWARE.
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 1:02 PM on April 27, 2016

I was kind of hoping they'd used an infrared camera so that we can still see them after dark :( At least it's spring/summer in the northern hemisphere and the sun is setting pretty late.
posted by snap, crackle and pop at 8:51 PM on April 27, 2016

Now I want to see a nature video where they strap a webcam to a videogame enemy and see what they get up to when the character is not there.
posted by Galaxor Nebulon at 10:15 AM on April 28, 2016

OH MY GOODNESS THEY'VE HATCHED!
posted by snap, crackle and pop at 4:04 PM on April 28, 2016

The goslings were named via Twitter vote:

• Shepbird
• Garroose
• Darth Malgoose
• Bethany Honke
• Urdnot Pecks
• Cassandra Pentagoose

posted by rewil at 4:27 PM on April 28, 2016