Tag Archives: Mass Effect
Some Thoughts on the Last Year in Video Games
It’s been a long year. Especially when it comes to video games. I’ve been more immersed in the form/industry/community of gaming over the past twelve months than at any other point in my life, and boy is it exhausting. As the release cycle begins to wind down then, and we move beyond 2012 to 2013, […]
A Summary of What I Don’t Understand About Mass Effect (Spoilers)
(Note: Spoilers!) In the first game a single Reaper controls a Turian and an Asari to get them to make armies, presumably for the purpose of making harvesting the galaxy easier. You fuck those plans over by the end of the first game, so that come the second one, the Reapers must take out their Prothean […]
Demo Debriefing: Mass Effect 3
The Mass Effect 3 demo doesn’t pull any punches. From the moment after I chose my game settings and customized my Shepard to the conclusion of the gameplay it was all business. Broken up into two acts, the Mass Effect 3 demo introduces new and returning players to its modus operandi with all of the sophisticated […]
O Shepard! My Shepard!
My Shepard is inconsistent, overly confident, and seemingly without any semblance of a personality. He’s also not my Shepard. Though I respect his bravery, and in many ways admire his unwavering commitment to peace when possible, and disciplined violence when not, he is a product of circumstances beyond both his control and mine. He has […]
