I am a late comer to the Mass Effect franchise, and I wish I had found it sooner. The first game is almost three years old now, released in November of 2007, and its sequel was just released this last January, 2010. I kept hearing about it, but just never thought about it until I found a cheap, used copy of Mass Effect and tried it out.
I was hooked.
Mass Effect, and its vastly superior successor Mass Effect 2, has set a new level for video game storytelling in my mind. …

This summer, a friend of mine sent me an album by a band called Fictionist as a reciprocal recommendation after I sent him a copy of The Republic Tigers’ Keep Color. My initial impression of the record, Lasting Echo was vaguely positive, but it took a few listens to really start to appreciate what subtle things were happening throughout its eleven surprisingly diverse tracks. Fictionist seems to be the type of band that doesn’t immediately settle in with listeners’ ears, which is why I don’t feel out of …

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