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Mass Effect

Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: An Exclusive Cover of Betty and Veronica Double Digest #215

by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, May 13th, 2013

Gisèle Lagacé is the lady behind this cover of Betty and Veronica Double Digest, out this August.

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Fans Do Cool Things

Seven Years of Fandom Easter Eggs That Look Good Enough to Eat

by Susana Polo | 10:13 am, March 26th, 2013

Lesley A. Jensen makes a new set of Easter Eggs every year, based on the characters of a different geeky show, movie, or video game. This set for Batman: The Animated Series is my favorite, but I’m heavily biased, so you should probably come on in here here and see the others to form your own opinion.

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Essay

Why Talking About Character Gender Still Matters (Even Though It Shouldn’t)

by Becky Chambers | 12:31 pm, December 7th, 2012

Last weekend, I played Omega, the latest DLC for Mass Effect 3. It’s good. Not great. Solidly good. But while it’s not the most memorable DLC of the series (Lair of the Shadow Broker still reigns supreme in my book), there was one thing I noticed right off the bat. Omega does not give you a choice of squadmates, so for most of the mission, you’re teamed up with ruthless crime boss Aria T’Loak and chaotic good newcomer Nyreen Kandros, the game’s first female Turian. If you play Commander Shepard as a woman, as I do, this means that the entire story revolves around the heroic exploits of three ladies. Three badass, intelligent, well-written ladies, two of which have a compelling romantic history. I grinned, aimed my assault rifle, and thought, “This is awesome.”

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It Came From Outer Space

New Baby Room Idea: The ABCs of Spaceships

by Susana Polo | 4:36 pm, November 6th, 2012

I’m trying to think of a favorite spaceship that isn’t on this list, but all I’m coming up with is Moya from Farscape, and I’ll admit that in a fight based on notoriety alone the Millennium Falcon wins that one hands down.

Previously in Space

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Assuming Direct Control

Hey Mass Effect Fans, Bioware Finally Reveals Female Turians

by Susana Polo | 2:26 pm, November 6th, 2012

Our much beloved Mass Effect series is set in a lovingly crafted and intricate universe, where an ambitiously large number of alien races coexist (or at the very least tolerate each other as long as they keep out of their space). And gender isn’t an area of which the games are shy, though they’ve done it with a certain economy of character models. One of the biggest exceptions to this has been the absence of female Turians from the game (since Turians are a fundamentally egalitarian and widespread species in the galaxy, where military service for every citizen is seen as a mandatory part of adulthood and a cornerstone of their culture). Today, with the announcement of their latest DLC pack, Omega, they are finally revealed. (One more pic below.)

Here’s what male turians look like, for comparison:

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Essay

Pondering What Gail Simone Said About Video Games, The Three Act Structure, & Storytelling

by Becky Chambers | 12:33 pm, September 4th, 2012

Last week, comic writer Gail Simone shared some musings on her Tumblr about how video games are bucking the long-held three act model of narrative structure. The whole thing is worth a read (even though she tells you not to), and it poses a lot of good food for thought about how this fledgling medium could be starting to really shake things up. Most of my brainpower this weekend was spent mulling over her closing question:

…are video games training us to look at stories differently, and if so, will they affect or alter the three act structure in other media?

I can address the first part of that question with a resounding yes.

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My Precious!

It’s Like Cosplay For Your Eyes: Elaborate Eye Make-Up For Geeks

by Alanna Bennett | 3:30 pm, August 6th, 2012

We’ve featured the work of phantasmagorically talented makeup artist Jangsara here before. We can’t help it, every time we come across more of her work we spend a good fifteen minutes just pawing at our computer screens, contemplating whether it makes any sense at all to go on a MAC shopping spree to try these looks on our own eyes, even with our less-than-steady hands. Her work is always good for filling our daily quotient of Pretty Things to Look At, and these recent efforts are no different. Click through to witness some of her geek-inspired eye-art, and make your peepers a little bit jealous.

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Assuming Direct Control

The Cast of Community As Mass Effect Characters

by Susana Polo | 3:29 pm, August 2nd, 2012

DeviantArt user rs2Studios says he was right in the middle of Mass Effect 3 when he started thinking about the similarities between ship’s doctor/scientist Mordin Solus and Abed Nadir, and the rest, as they say, was history.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Someone Actually Got A Tattoo Like Jack’s From Mass Effect

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 5:01 pm, August 1st, 2012

So would this make me a biotic? (via Kotaku.)

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Almost Totally Excellent

Mass Produce This Please: FemShep Barbie

by Susana Polo | 6:01 pm, June 24th, 2012

The only thing better than this FemShep Barbie, crafted by IntrovertedWife, would be some sort of system by which one could submit the alphanumeric score that represents their Shepard’s appearance, and receive a corresponding representation of them, doll, poster, or otherwise.

But for now, checking out IntrovertedWife’s process will have to do.

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