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:
Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry
Why was this classic adventure game so funny in the 80's, and why did it stop being funny?
What Does a Robot Want?
No, self-aware robots aren't going to turn on us, Skynet-style. Not unless we designed them to.
My Music
Do you like electronic music? Do you like free stuff? Are you okay with amateur music from someone who's learning? Yes? Because that's what this is.
Chainmail Bikini
A horrible, railroading, stupid, contrived, and painfully ill-conceived roleplaying campaign. All in good fun.
Games and the Fear of Death
Why killing you might be the least scary thing a game can do.
Mass Effect 3 Ending Deconstruction
Did you dislike the ending to the Mass Effect trilogy? Here's my list of where it failed logically, thematically, and tonally.
Overthinking Zombies
Let's ruin everyone's fun by listing all the ways in which zombies can't work, couldn't happen, and don't make sense.
I Was Wrong About Borderlands 3
I really thought one thing, but then something else. There's a bunch more to it, but you'll have to read the article.
Blistering Stupidity of Fallout 3
Yeah, this game is a classic. But the story is idiotic, incoherent, thematically confused, and patronizing.
Crash Dot Com
Back in 1999, I rode the dot-com bubble. Got rich. Worked hard. Went crazy. Turned poor. It was fun.