September 2011
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“So much to say, I forget to start. There goes a day, fading as it passes. Forget...”
– Glasses, Jonathan Coulton
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Starting in the Middle of a Series
Some game series are extremely dependent on continuity. The events of game one make up a lot of what happens in game two. Other series go out of their way to be noob-friendly with recaps and limited continuity. Unfortunately, some series take place over decades and multiple generations of hardware. This leads to many woes for me, and I would assume it is woeful for at least some of you.
My...
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What I've Been Reading
Mass Effect: Ascension
The second Mass Effect novel follows the story of Kahlee Sanders. Introduced in Mass Effect: Revelation, she is the daughter of the Jon Grissom. She is now helping to teach bioticly-gifted children in the Ascension Project. Little does she know that Cerberus has their eye on Gillian Grayson — a very special biotic girl that has been placed in Kahlee’s care.
There is...
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My Brain is Infected
I don’t know if this is a common human experience, or if I’m just somewhere on the autism spectrum, but sometimes ideas completely take over my brain. The idea becomes all I can think about during my downtime. Currently, Mass Effect is taking up incredible portions of my brain’s CPU cycles.
I’ve now completed two separate playthroughs of ME 2, and I started a third. I have...
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What I've Been Reading
Mass Effect: Revelation
A prequel to the first Mass Effect game. It’s pretty darn neat. If you want to experience Saren being a raging prick pre-indoctrination, pick it up.
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
Dawkins is always fantastic. There is also a huge jump in the quality of his writing at this point in his career. The Selfish...
Goodbye, Geni
Another chapter of my life is over. Onward and upward.
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My Canon Shepard
General Info
Gender: Female
Alignment: Paragon
Class: Adept
Background: Spacer
Military History: War Hero
Mass Effect 1
Romance: Liara
Killed: Kaiden, The Council
Saved: Ashley, Wrex, Rachni Queen
Reporters Punched: 0
Human Councilor: Anderson
Mass Effect 2
Saved: The Whole Crew, The Heretic Geth
Killed: The Collector World, Morinth, 0.3 Million Batarians
Loyal: The Whole Crew
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“And the guy that hired you just got fired, and your jobs expired. They just...”
– Your Dad Did, John Hiatt
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“Air in my lungs. A cough and a wheeze. Holes in the bellows and blood on the...”
– Nobody Loves You Like Me, Jonathan Coulton