Kai Leng Would’ve Sucked Less if He Shut the Fuck Up

The following will contain spoilers for Mass Effect 3. Mass Effect 3 is my favorite game in BioWare’s science fiction trilogy, but it’s impossible to defend its use of “Lieutenant Bastard” Kai Leng, the sword-wielding edgelord and Cerberus lackey, as the on-the-ground face of the human supremacy organization. It’s wild that, in a series with villains as captivating as the rogue Spectre Saren Arterius and the calculated Cerberus leader The Illusive Man, that this man exists. But playing through Mass Effect 3 as part of the Legendary Edition remasters just reminded me of the actual issue with this motherfucker. It’s not that he looks like he was plucked straight out … Continue reading Kai Leng Would’ve Sucked Less if He Shut the Fuck Up