Mass Effect Retrospective

In this new video, I reminisce about my time with the Mass Effect trilogy and the somewhat strange circumstances that led me to becoming a fan of the series.

Is It Bad To Treat Video Games As Digital Mirrors?

When I was a kid I used to spend much of my time lost in my own personal world of fantasy. My over-active imagination combined with my love of books, movies, and games kept me busy for countless hours, slaying imaginary dragons with imaginary swords, exploring imaginary castles with imaginary companions, maybe even saving an imaginary princess or two along the way….

What I Want To See In A New Mass Effect Game

It shames me to admit that, when it was first released back in 2007, I had zero interest in Bioware’s new sci-fi shooter/RPG called Mass Effect. It was mostly because I was still on a bit of a Star Wars high, having recently finished both Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel The Sith Lords, so anything from Bioware that wasn’t Star Wars just didn’t pique my interest. 

It wasn’t until roughly a year after Mass Effect’s release when, one late night, I was browsing the Xbox Live marketplace for something new to play when my cursor paused on Mass Effect’s icon. By then it was relatively cheap and I was bored and desperate for something new to play so I shrugged, whipped out my wallet, and soon I was immersed in what would later become one of my favorite game series of all time.