In Real Life

It’s Almost Time To Preorder This $400 Mass Effect 3 M-3 Predator Pistol Replica

Triforce, the creators of many fine video game replica weapons, are getting ready to arm 600 lucky customers with scale replicas of the M-3 Predator Pistol from Mass Effect 3.


PC

My PC Dropped Dead, But At Least I Rescued My Mass Effect Saves

I love my desktop PC. I’m a PC gamer through and through and my current computer, which is the machine I also use every day for work, is one I built for myself in 2010. I dust it out regularly, am careful with my file management, and have mastered the art of putting the mouse away at night so the cat can’t chew through its wire again.


May 25, 2012
PC

Mass Effect 3′s Free Rebellion Pack Drops Next Week

Outed earlier this month via Sony Hong Kong, Mass Effect 3‘s free Rebellion Pack adds two new maps and a slew of new characters to the game’s multiplayer experience on May 29 for PC, Xbox 360 and North American PlayStation 3s, with the Euro PS3 version following a day after.


In Real Life

That Red Sand Mass Effect Fan Film Is Shaping Up Nicely

Luke first told us about Red Sand, a fan-made Mass Effect film starring the voice actor — Mark Meer — of Commander Shepard himself, in February.


May 24, 2012
In Real Life

Designing A Better Face For Mass Effect’s Tali

There comes a point in Mass Effect 3 where, your actions permitting, you get to see what Tali looks like under her mask. To say it’s a crushing disappointment is to take the piss.


May 22, 2012
In Real Life

What If Mass Effect’s Reapers Had Captured The Useless Species Too?

During the Mass Effect trilogy you fight a few friendly species “re-appropriated” as bad guys by the Reapers. But not all of them. So concept artist Andrew Ryan decided to imagine what it would be like if the Reapers had been a little more thorough.


PC

The Reapers Are Attacking Your Hard Work In Minecraft Now

Those Reapers really are jerks, aren’t they? First the universe, now Minecraft?

At least they look a hell of a lot less threatening in their LEGO-like forms. Then again, so does the Commander.


May 21, 2012
Uncategorized

Here’s Three People Coming Back For Mass Effect 3′s Extended Ending

BioWare’s extended ending sequences for Mass Effect 3, which are looking to give players a little more closure on the series, will feature lines from at least three of the franchise’s main voice actors.


May 20, 2012
In Real Life

Let’s Take These Games And Turn Them Into Dating Sims

Examining why I play the games I do sometimes yields surprising insight. It’s become clear to me that many of the games I like… are kind of dating simulators, despite what the presentation or marketing might suggest. I don’t think I’m supposed to admit that, though. To say something like that feels like losing legitimacy as a “real gamer”, as if that idea even means anything. Worse: to say that seems so stereotypical, because I’m a woman.


May 16, 2012
PlayStation

Sony Site Reveals New Mass Effect 3 DLC

While there were whispers of this earlier in the month, Sony’s Hong Kong website has now officially lifted the lid on a new piece of Mass Effect 3 DLC.