A desperate bid to rediscover creativity
This past Saturday, November 7, was a good one for a lot of people, including fans of the Mass Effect video game. It featured a cast reunion, complete with some line readings. https://youtu.be/BjzXCLpgBXE Bioware also announced a remastered edition of the Mass Effect trilogy for this spring (hopefully), which we can play on next gen… Continue reading Mass Effect remastered
After just emerging from my self-induced Mass Effect trilogy fugue state (in which I played through all three again), I'm now in the middle of installing Dragon Age: Inquisition on the trusty old PS3. Actually now I'm done the prologue. Fantasy RPGs aren't my thing as much as SF-themed ones, but Bioware usually comes through… Continue reading Biowaring
Finished and posted the fourth chapter in my Mass Effect fan fiction. And even though fan fiction sometimes feels like the writing equivalent of masturbation, at least it's also better than not writing at all. If you're interested in Mass Effect, or fan fiction, the story is posted here: https://www.fanfiction.net/~mrladouceur
For context, this comes from the opening of a bit of fan fiction based on Mass Effect 3. If you haven't played it won't mean much. Liara felt a flood of cold run through her body. The shock took a moment to process, but then realization came; her connection with Shepard was gone, leaving… Continue reading Snippet: Loss
Star Trek needs an RPG, deep character development, and a story. The reason most Star Trek games fail is that the game developers and publishers don't recognize what makes Star Trek Star Trek. Star Trek has action, and ideas, and morality lessons. But more than that it has great characters that interact and form friendships… Continue reading What Star Trek games need
I spent a lot of time playing Mass Effect recently. Probably 150 hours taking all 3 games into account. Way too long according to my wife. But then EA and Bioware released the last DLC pack for Mass Effect 3 and it felt like the right time to dive in. In tone, it's certainly different… Continue reading Mass Effected
Dispatches from Obscurity 