Mass Effect Changed Everything in The Old Republic

The Old Republic wasn’t always a massive behemoth, reports CVG. At one point, The Old Republic pulled a Dragon Age, and “player characters were not going to be voiced” since “it’s a massively insane expenditure and hugely complicated to do.

Multiplicity and Identity Mitigation in Video Games

Where before we traditionally thought of identity as a monolithic construct, modernity demands recognition of multiplicity and fragmented identities. Okay, that’s a mouthful, what the heck am I saying? Well, think about how people with multiple identities are more likely

Mass Effect 3 To Import Upwards of 1k Variables from ME2

Insane, isn’t it? In an interview with Joystiq, Casey Hudson states that, when writing for the game, taking into consideration all the permutations possible within the ME franchise is “very hard” and that they’re”pulling in probably over a thousand variables

Mass Effect Becoming a Movie

Are you surprised? I’m surprised. It’s both a logical and completely illogical step for Bioware with the Mass Effect property. On one hand, they’re all about building brands now. Thanks EA. There’s ample opportunity for a film, though, in that

The Friday Post: Smugleafgate

You can say Smugleaf isn’t the greatest Pokemon of all time, but you’d be wrong. Look at him. He’s so smug. His eye even looks like a monocle. Basically, he is the king of Pokemon. Things were posted this week,

Semiotic Phantoms

Few things are as harrowing as the semiotic ghosts of American culture. A semiotic ghost is difficult to explain, but they can be understood as a sign, bits of cultural imagery which have taken on a life of their own.

Death and Pathos: Saving the Princess

Massive spoilers included for: -Shadow of the Colossus (everything) -Mother 3 (Chapter 1, 2, and 6. If you’ve not played it, don’t read it. Go play it.) -Bioshock (everything) -Final Fantasy VII (whaddaya think?) -Braid (ending) -Mass Effect 2 (not