Welp, the final ME 3 DLC (very creatively titled "Citadel") was announced a few days ago.

( Thoughts )

I HAS DLC ( Read more... )

Ever since I first heard of the ship_manifesto community, I've been toying with the idea of writing a manifesto of my own, but it never happened for one reason or another. But when my Mass Effect OTP unexpectedly became canon in the second game, I thought the right opportunity had finally presented itself--except that, literally a day after the thought crossed ( Read more... )

It occurred to me some time ago that all my ME 2 posts since the release date have pontificated at length on specific aspects of the game (like the loyalty sidequests or romances) rather than looking at a broader scope like a more traditional review would. So I suppose you could call this post my official actual review of the game, with a ( Read more... )

I was supposed to go into work at 7:30 this morning, but everything from my neck up hurts and I can barely swallow or breathe through my nose, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to sit at my computer all day and bang out some more ME 2 thoughts instead.

I had thought that being a Chuck fan would mean interacting with Miranda in ME 2 ( Read more... )

And now for the big rambly romances post, in which crow is eaten.

( And on the fortieth day, BioWare remembered the fangirls )

Unexpected side effect of owning Mass Effect 2: my room is so cold that when I walk in, I half expect to see icicles hanging from the ceiling. During the winter, my room gets uncomfortably cold enough that I use a space heater to keep the temperature bearable. I learned the hard way, however, that running the heater and the XBox at the same time ( Read more... )

Okay, so my original intent was to record my gameplay observations as I went along, thus breaking them up into smaller, more manageable chunks so that I would be less likely to forget stuff, but that didn't happen thanks to my work schedule. I'm actually about 16 hours in now, but I'm still going to split things up a bit, because if I try to talk ( Read more... )