T w e n t y S i d e d
You will never guess which comic trope I use in today’s comic.
Mass Effect 2: Jack
Jack was a big part of the Mass Effect 2 marketing campaign. This marketing campaign:
(Warning, bad language and banality.)
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My first impression of the character was more or less: Oh look, it’s space-Morrigan. Only more annoying and with a more preposterous top. (How does that thing stay in place? Are we to believe that a mass effect field is being used to secure her you’re-wearing-that-wrong set of suspenders?) Just what the franchise needed. A venom-spewing nihilistic nutjob to give the series the dose of “more badass and stupid” that fans [of other games] have been clamoring for.
But it turns out that my first impression was wrong.
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Now Playing: Star Trek Online
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Trek Online is a candidate for my next Shamus Plays series. I’m not playing the game in a serious way just yet. We’ve got a few weeks left with Lulzy, but I wanted to clock some time with STO so that I’ll have a few weeks to think about how the series will go.
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Spoiler Warning 11
For those of you sick of the elevator & loading screen discussion, you’ll be glad to know that we’re back to slagging the Mako instead. Also, chest-high walls, plot-driven doors forcefields, and blackjack-style number puzzles make an appearance. It’s like the all-star edition of gaming tropes!
Stolen Pixels #176: The Best Webcomic
This one is about the webcomic contest.
Post comic introspection:
“It’s funny because it’s true!” as the saying goes. Except, the punchline is that it isn’t funny. Which means this is the comic strip equivalent of “Everything I say is a lie!”
Escapist Webcomic Winner Chosen
The winner of the webcomic contest has been announced.
This was actually a nail biter for me. I didn’t know who was going to win until today. I was pleased when my #1 pick Out of Tens by Grey Carter and Cory Rydell managed to win. You can read my comments on their comic on the linked page.
Girlies Don’t Game, Bumhug Parade, and Escapist Radio Theater were also favorites of mine that made the Honorable Mentions list, and I have some comments on those as well.
And few others I commented on:
Danny & Spot
Brave Face
Joy Stuck
Digi-comic
Narcolepsy Incorporated
And finally, the full 21-page index of everything:
Shamus Plays LOTRO: Part 8
And so we return to the Shire.
From The Archives:
Project Frontier
A programming project where I set out to make a gigantic and complex world from simple data.
Dear Hollywood: Do a Mash Reboot
Since we're rebooting everything, MASH will probably come up eventually. Here are some casting suggestions.
The Best of 2015
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2015.
Megatextures
A video discussing Megatexture technology. Why we needed it, what it was supposed to do, and why it maybe didn't totally work.
Best. Plot Twist. Ever.
Few people remember BioWare's Jade Empire, but it had a unique setting and a really well-executed plot twist.
Grand Theft Auto Retrospective
This series began as a cheap little 2D overhead game and grew into the most profitable entertainment product ever made. I have a love / hate relationship with the series.
The Best of 2017
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2017.
Starcraft 2: Rush Analysis
I write a program to simulate different strategies in Starcraft 2, to see how they compare.
Netscape 1997
What did web browsers look like 20 years ago, and what kind of crazy features did they have?
Object-Oriented Debate
There are two major schools of thought about how you should write software. Here's what they are and why people argue about it.