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All That Matters is the Ending: Mass Effect Andromeda
This was a difficult post to write. There’s just so much wrong with this game’s writing that I had a hard time organizing my thoughts. I’ll need to do several follow up articles to cover everything that went wrong with it, but suffice it to say that the glitchy gameplay and hilariously bad facial animations… Read more
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A Monster Calls: When Stories Speak to Us
I’ve been sitting on this blog post for almost a month, I wrote it immediately after watching A Monster Calls, and the words poured out of me in a way they rarely have. Yet as usual I was afraid to post what I wrote. Normally that just means it gets buried in my ever increasing pile of… Read more
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The Great Villain of Dragon Age Origins: Loghain Mac Tir
One of the most important parts of crafting a good villain is giving them motivations that make sense to the villain. Granted this isn’t always necessary, sometimes a wildcard villain can be just as memorable, I love Heath Ledger’s Joker as much as anyone. Still, the Joker is the exception that proves the rule. You… Read more
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The Beginning Matters Too: Rogue One
When you start writing a story, it’s always important to keep in mind what kind of story you’re trying to tell. Rogue One struggled with this, and as a writer myself, it’s hard not to sympathize. On the one hand they wanted to tell a standard Star Wars adventure story about Jyn Erso and the search for… Read more
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All that Matters is the Ending: Tyranny
Tyranny is the latest offering from Obsidian, a company that once produced some of the best video game stories in the business; Kights of the Old Republic 2, Mask of the Betrayer, and Fallout: New Vegas. Pillars of Eternity was a huge disappointment for me unfortunately, and I hoped that Tyranny would restore my faith in one of my favorite… Read more
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All That Matters is the Ending: Rogue One
I loved Rogue One. Loved it. Yet even I must admit, I may have oversold it a bit when I tweeted after leaving the theater. Just saw #RogueOne and I say without exaggeration that it's possibly the best Star Wars movie ever made. — John Stevenson (@ThatEndingDude) December 17, 2016 Okay, there might have been some… Read more
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