Tag: Mass Effect

The Biggest Choice You’ll Never Make

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The following is a reprint from Unwinnable Weekly Issue Twenty-Seven. If you enjoy what you read, please consider purchasing the issue or subscribing. ——— The modern BioWare phenomenon begins with a choice. Part of the way through the first Mass Effect game (released in 2007), you and your party land on a planet called Virmire and you’re tossed into a big action sequence. At its climax, two of your party members leave to do two different things, something goes wrong and you have a choice: save Kaiden, or save Ashley? One lives. One dies. That’s not how big-budget games were supposed to

The Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kaiser – Episode 97: Max Candiosity

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[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] Get a baseball bat and some papier-mâché with this weeks Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kaiser! This week the guys throw a piñata party as Josh cracks his legal version of Viva Piñata, Jay breeds sweetles in Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, and Rowan gets a headache from all the pretty colors. Plus, remembering Games for Windows Live, Rowan’s hard drive rant, Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect, and more! [/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” style=””] Follow the show on Twitter @JoshandJayShow Josh @joshuadoan Jay @jaypullman Rowan @RowanKaiser Or send the guys an email. The Josh and Jay Show

Why Garrus is the Real Hero of Mass Effect

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Garrus Vakarian is the Mass Effect series. All right, that’s a strong statement, and obviously not literal. So to put it another way: more than any single component of Mass Effect, Garrus embodies the tone, theme and characterization of the series. Garrus is one of two characters who’s a full party member in all three Mass Effect games, alongside Tali. (Unless, of course, you let him die in Mass Effect 2 and import that save into Mass Effect 3. It’s also apparently possible to reject him if you time things right in Mass Effect 1, but I’ve never even seen