MASS EFFECT (SERIES)
Kenneth Shepard May 23, 2022. 1 minute read
Mass Effect N7 Bedding Says ‘We’ll Bang, Okay’ Without Saying a Word
If you’ve ever been about to have company over and you’re thinking to yourself, “I should put out the good bedding” and that entailed a video game bedroom suite, the BioWare Gear Store has you covered. Because it’s making a Mass Effect N7 bed set, complete with comforter and pillows decked…
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Kenneth Shepard May 10, 2022. 3 minute read
New Mass Effect Game Merch Listing Implies the Return of Shepard and I’m Gonna Be Sick [UPDATE]
The next game in the Mass Effect series continues to be an enigma and a never-ending nightmare to me, a long-time fan who has loved the series largely for its aspirations in player agency and choice. Which, to be clear, weren’t perfect, as the original trilogy made a handful of concessions that…
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Kenneth Shepard Mar 31, 2022. 1 minute read
Holy Shit, I Would Love a Mass Effect Game Boy Advance Demake
64 Bits, a YouTube channel that makes demade game mockups, has created an absolute dream project for me that I am suddenly resentful of the world hasn’t made real: a Mass Effect demake in the style of Advanced Wars. Holy goddamn shit, I would love to play this. The video recreates…
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Kenneth Shepard Nov 24, 2021. 2 minute read
Fanbyte’s Fancast for Amazon’s Mass Effect Series
If you haven’t heard the news, Amazon hopes to create a television series based on BioWare’s science fiction universe Mass Effect. According to a report from Deadline, Bezos and BioWare are nearing a deal that would allow it to begin development on a show set in the studio’s depiction of…
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Kenneth Shepard Nov 9, 2021. 7 minute read
Mass Effect Deserves Better Than Rehashing Its Past
Let me preface this by saying everything that follows is based on speculation circulating online. It’s a frustrating position to be in to talk about these things, but from the looks of it, BioWare’s marketing of the next Mass Effect is thriving on being just hazy enough to say nothing…
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Kenneth Shepard Mar 8, 2021. 5 minute read
Mass Effect Andromeda: Annihilation Confronts the Series’ Human Bias
The following will contain spoilers for the Mass Effect novel Mass Effect Andromeda: Annihilation. I recently finished a second read of the novel Mass Effect Andromeda: Annihilation by Catherynne M. Valente. Bioware’s science fiction series is no stranger to tie-in content. With a handful of books, dozens of comics, and…
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Natalie Flores Feb 7, 2021. 4 minute read
New Details You Might’ve Missed About Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
Earlier this week, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition had its highly anticipated proper reveal. Coming out on May 14, 2021, the collection of remasters for the Mass Effect trilogy (which means Mass Effect: Andromeda is not included) has a slew of upgrades. It’s going to be wonderful for many longtime fans…
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Natalie Flores Jan 31, 2021. 3 minute read
Jacob in Mass Effect 2 Was Originally Available as a Same-Sex Romance, Too
Compared to the final product, Mass Effect 2 originally had several more same-sex romance options — including Jacob Taylor. Last week, it was revealed via The Gamer that BioWare changed Jack’s sexuality from pansexual to heterosexual over the course of that game’s development. It’s a long-time question many members of…
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 11, 2020. 8 minute read
I’m Convinced the New Mass Effect Teaser Tells Us Nothing of Substance
In a short one minute and 44 seconds, the teaser for the next Mass Effect game hit on nearly every fear I had about the future of my favorite series. But the more I watch it, the more I’m trying to be optimistic that things aren’t as they seem. Because…
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Kenneth Shepard Nov 17, 2020. 2 minute read
New Mass Effect Concept Art is Just Vague Enough to Make Me Speculate
Bioware has revealed a (very small) new look at the next game in the Mass Effect series that the studio teased during its annual N7 Day celebration earlier this month. And it kind of looks like a sequel to Mass Effect: Andromeda could be in the works, but the details are too scarce to…
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Natalie Flores Nov 7, 2020. 5 minute read
Mass Effect Trilogy Cast Reunites and Reflects on Emotional N7 Day Panel
To celebrate this year’s very special N7 day, members of the Mass Effect trilogy got together on an emotional panel. The panel, which lasted for two hours, was hosted by Ash Sevilla from Nerd Appropriate. While most on the panel were voice actors, there were a couple of developers, as…
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Natalie Flores Nov 7, 2020. 7 minute read
An Ode to Miranda Lawson from Mass Effect
When I started therapy a month ago for the first time since the pandemic began, my therapist quickly realized I struggle with perfection. To be imperfect is one of the few certainties we have as human beings — and yet, some of us often equate the failure to meet unrealistic…
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Natalie Flores Nov 7, 2020. 2 minute read
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Gets Announced, Saving 2020
The 2020 U.S. election has finally ended and Trump didn’t win. It’s incredibly good news. Do you know what’s also good news? Maybe even better? That’s right. Mass Effect Legendary Edition — one of the least effectively kept secrets of the industry — was finally revealed. The announcement was made…
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Kenneth Shepard Nov 2, 2020. 2 minute read
The Promise of an N7 Day Mass Effect Panel Will Get Me Through This Week
Folks, I don’t need to tell you that we’re all about to be bunkered down for an extremely stressful, awful, potentially devastating week. But what I can tell you is that you should take the good news where you can, even if it’s just a small crumb of serotonin hanging…
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Kenneth Shepard Sep 22, 2020. 2 minute read
Somebody Confirm or Deny These Mass Effect Remaster Reports, I Am Tired
Last week, the long-rumored Mass Effect remasters showed up on a Portuguese retailer indicating a collection of Bioware’s science fiction trilogy would be coming to current-gen consoles, the Nintendo Switch included. However, a new report has come from GamesBeat reporter Jeff Grubb, who has been on the beat for months now,…
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Kenneth Shepard Sep 16, 2020. 2 minute read
Everybody Shut Up, Mass Effect Remasters Have Been Listed by a Portuguese Retailer
After months of rumors and reports circulating online, the Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered collection is showing up on a retailer’s website for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and surprisingly enough, Nintendo Switch. The listings appeared on Portuguese retailer Gaming Replay, which have since been taken down. But we have the internet, so there’s…
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Natalie Flores May 23, 2020. 5 minute read
Bioware Writer Reveals the Truth for the Most Unsubtle Line in Mass Effect
BioWare writer Patrick Weekes, who was one of the writers on Mass Effect 2, has explained how one of the most unsubtle lines in the series’ history came to be. I’d even go as far as to say it’s the most unsubtle line in the entire franchise. It’s so lacking in…
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Kenneth Shepard May 7, 2020. 3 minute read
Mass Effect Discourse Has a Chance to Start Over, But Will It?
According to a report from VentureBeat, the Mass Effect trilogy is being ported to modern systems (whether that’s on PS4 and Xbox One or PS5 and Xbox Series X is uncertain as of this writing), and the internet reacted with the discord you’d expect. There was a fair bit of…
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Kenneth Shepard Apr 22, 2020. 7 minute read
An Ode to Kaidan Alenko
In a series like Mass Effect where choices create diverging paths, it’s impossible for everyone to see everything. But after over a decade of following the series, I’ve seen how consensus trends, and a lot of it is determined by what people are allowed to see, rather than what the…
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Cian Maher Jun 25, 2019. 6 minute read
Scientifically Determining the Favorite Games of 7 Famous Dead Authors
You might think you’re decent at video games, but there’s a case to be made for how some of the most prestigious authors of all time would probably beat you at Overwatch if the PS4 existed in 1853. After all, they’re highly intellectual creative geniuses who would likely revel in…
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