..and these are the fics I wrote for 
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Matt Rhodes gives a masterclass in concept art on his blog here and discusses his work on Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Creators speaking about the creative process push all my buttons, I'm particularly partial to Mr Rhodes' art, and I love in particular his version of the Synthesis ending; a leap into that peculiarly Frost-ian spring light that's ( Read more... )

Also, this awesome Mass Effect/Dr Who mashup fanart from DA's neveziel is worth a look. His/her gallery is seriously awesome.

So Reg's Mom has finally finished ME3 on Bioware According to Mom. God I love that game. So does she, by the look of things. I hope they do DA2 next. Aw.

In honour of the occasion, here's a link to my favourite post-game ME3 fic 'The Parting Glass' by spicyshimmy on AO3. Massive spoilers, obviously.

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I first read Mary Gentle's Orthe series ten years ago, when I picked up a copy to take travelling.  Back in those days, before e-readers, a two-week holiday meant a book the size of a brick that would last the whole fortnight. Now, of course, you can load five or six new novels onto a Kindle or Kobo, but in 2002 e-books hadn't been invented. and I ( Read more... )

 
So I finished Mass Effect.

I didn't mind the ending. (Synthesis, btw, although I'm still unsure if that was the 'happy' end or not.) But after hearing a NPC comment half way through that it was a miracle Shepard had survived for so long ,I wasn't expecting a pleasant resolution.  So Shepard died, and it was sad. I like poignant endings. Makes the ( Read more... )

In Mass Effect 3 one of the sidequests is to fetch a kakliosaur fossil for a salarian scientist. The salarians clone the kakliosaur for the krogans to ride. As this is awesome, you never get to see it in the game. Fortunately

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riding a road of diamond dust to a moon where stations drift across a warm underground sea...

'Jinjing', second of a series of five illustrated short stories by Warren Ellis and Eliza Gauger about women in space. Reminded me of Mass Effect.

A afternoon Haiku of incredible frustration.

Red rings on Xbox
How to finish Mass Effect?
Best find repair fast.

I'm thirty hours in to Mass Effect 3 and have a nasty suspicion that this game is going to rip my heart out and leave it bleeding upon the cracked and smoking deck of the Normandy.
Don't think I'm going to have any complaints about the ending, though.