So Mass Effect 2, then. It’s a very different game from the first one, and although I do not in any way regret the loss of the Mako – no one can tell me a tank that handles like a shopping cart on grease is a good thing – I think I prefer the gameplay in the first one. Specifically, I dislike this whole ‘thermal ammo’ bullshit. It doesn’t make any sense from a technological [...]

Oh comics, how do I enjoy thee… some comics, anyway. I do not buy them. I read them online, because at least there I have an outside chance of enjoying a comic series with women in it. I would love to buy into the fandom of comics but it’s been clear for a while that neither DC nor Marvel really want my money. I think I can put up with that, of course. It seems [...]

I’m playing through Mass Effect right now, in preparation for the release of Mass Effect 3. (Yeah, I’m late to the party, go figure.) Can I just say that I love being able to play a female character? I adored Knights of the Old Republic because I could play the kind of Jedi I think I’d be, if I were able to command the Force – a paragon of justice and light, who just happens [...]

Sarah walked through the rows of cars with Julia, nervous and wary of everything around her. The ground under her feet was too smooth and dark to be stone, the lights were too bright and yellow to be natural or magical. She had pulled her long hair around her face to hide her ears, and her pants and boots were not strange enough to be notable. Leo’s jacket was very warm, and slightly too big [...]