GregZeschuk

Wow, that's a very open ended question (in a good way) as we made a lot of stuff I'm really proud of.

From a pure artistry, emotionally impactful story perspective I've always had a really soft spot for Jade Empire. When we made a game, Ray and I usually knew the story, but didn't know the actual implementation (e.g. we didn't know how the KotOR twist would be done) so we could experience like a consumer in our first play-through. Something about Jade's story really worked for me.

Other than Jade, I'm proud we actually managed to deliver Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it was a fairly smooth launch. Making MMOs is damn hard, and it's fair to say I have a greater respect for people making them than we did before our launch.

I could go on with many other games, but I'll stop there...

I had the chance to visit the BioWare team in Montreal last year and see a lot of old friends working on Andromeda. I know there's been a lot of news stories about "KEY TEAM MEMBERS LEAVING"... and the such, but the reality is there are still a number of veterans working on it, and what I saw (which I can't talk about as they make me sign NDAs now when I visit) looked really impressive. I believe they're going to make a kick ass game. Trust me, I'm a doctor!...:)

Sorry, I forgot the favorite companions segment of the question.

Dragon Age - Varric was my overall favorite. He always seemed to have much more going on than it appeared, and he had an interesting attitude.

Mass Effect - Mordin Solus (as I mentioned in another answer), but I also had a soft spot for Wrex. When we were demoing Mass Effect 1 at E3 years ago I was driving while Casey was talking, and we did the Wrex decision scene hundreds of times, and I still was amazed every play-through.

KotOR - Hk-47 - one of my favorite characters of all time. Is there really anyone else?

That would be very cool. I'm always up for opening up new audiences to our (and Obsidian's, in this case) prior games. It's all win from my perspective!

When I left the industry in Fall 2012 I took a huge break from playing games for almost a year. I literally didn't play anything as I was quite burned-out from the never-ending grind of working on a MMO. Don't get me wrong, I loved the opportunity, but MMOs are relentless and I have a bit of a tendency to give everything I've got, but one can only do that for so long. So, short story, I took a break from gaming for a year.

During the course of BioWare I literally tried to sample as many games as possible. I was usually trying a couple games a week, and only finishing the best ones (rarely). That's the main difference now, I sample and play only very few games, but I still play a fair amount.

I got into and played League of Legends for about a year and a half, mainly playing ARAM at the end for the "quick fix" nature of it. I've only played a handful of other games: Dark Souls 2 & Bloodborne (finished every boss in both of those solo as I'm a masochist), Fallout IV, Dragon Age: Inquisition (amazing to finally play a BioWare game where I don't know the story), and I'm currently playing Witcher 3 before I undertake a punishing run on Dark Souls 3.