Pt. 3—Mass Effect: Andromeda’s ending is just the beginning
Welcome to the conclusion of our Game In Progress review of Mass Effect: Andromeda. Over the past few weeks, Gameologica…
Pt. 1—Mass Effect: Andromeda has crash-landed in a galaxy of schlock
Welcome to the first installment of our Mass Effect: Andromeda Game In Progress review. Gameological editor Matt…
Cards Against Humanity releases Mass Effect-themed set that’s mostly about banging aliens
The folks at Cards Against Humanity have teamed up with BioWare to create a new mini-expansion for their mega-popular…
Walk, don’t run: When moving slowly makes games better
I first became aware of my little quirk during one of Commander Shepard’s early visits to the Citadel, the…
How do you make a video game where losses really matter?
William Hughes’ For Our Consideration about learning to accept loss and the narrative power such failures can hold…
Donald Trump tweets amateur campaign ad narrated by proud video game racist
Donald Trump—the personification of and punishment for everything terrible America has ever done—tweeted a thing…
What video game would you turn into a Broadway musical?
Last week, Derrick Sanskrit hit up New York Comic Con and returned with a few game-related goodies. The first was a Ga…
EA reveals the title of the new Mass Effect and not much else
At last year’s E3, EA rushed headfirst into the announcement of a new Mass Effect game with little more to show than…
Exit music (for a video game): 11 songs worth sitting through the credits
Super Mario Bros. 2 introduced elements of a stage-play motif into the series, with a drawn curtain framing its…
Readers continue our dissection of morality and choice in BioWare games
This week, Patrick Lee returned to what has always been one of the hottest topics throughout Gameological’s history:…
When deciding for your character, do you follow your heart or game the system?
Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel like…
Mass Effect’s universe gets ugly when a Paragon decision finally backfires
Below deck on the SSV Normandy, Commander Shepard can talk to Garrus Vakarian, her turian sniper ally and future BFF.…
A reader breaks down exactly why Metroid: Other M is such a disaster
Our Special Topics In Gameology series on emptiness in games continued this week with an illustrated essay about Metroid Prime from Nick…