by Melinda Snodgrass | Apr 3, 2018 | Game/Writing
I’m trying to save myself from a dream I had last night. So it was all Mass Effect, and I dreamed a story that I desperately want to write — which is so stupid because I have so much real work to do. But for all of you fellow Mass Effect players I will sketch out the broad strokes of the thing and hope that gets it out of my head so I won’t be tempted to write yet another piece of Mass Effect fan fic. ***************************************And Now There are Spoilers From...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jun 20, 2017 | Game/Writing
This is my critique so there may be SPOILERS though I haven’t finished (and may never finish so I’m not sure how much I can actually spoil). So here goes — Playing Mass Effect: Andromeda has begun to feel like doing homework. Not fun and like my parents will be really pissed if I don’t get my work done after I spent money for this so I better play some tonight. Wondering if it was just me I went looking for some reviews and, my god, they are scathing. Almost every...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 4, 2015 | Game/Writing
Major game neepery is about to ensue so if you’re not into Mass Effect this may seem like I’ve begun speaking in tongues. So I had this fantasy about the DLC I’d loved to have played. I had fun with the Citadel DLC, but thought there were a number of missed opportunities. And I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the Shepard clone. (Mostly while I’m stuck on an elliptical machine for 40 minutes. It’s good to let your mind wander.) Anyway, my Shepard...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jun 3, 2015 | Game/Writing
I’ve been moving very slowly on my second play through of Inquisition. Part of that is life intruding — a script to be written, a return to N.M., back to L.A., a move, and back home to New Mexico. I also hit a bug that irritated me and since I’m a completest I had to go back to a save prior to the bug and get it fixed. I couldn’t get the damn dragonologist to realize I had taken care of the White Claws and move his ass off to Skyhold. As I mentioned earlier I did...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Mar 21, 2015 | Game/Writing
Back on my analysis of what made Inquisition such a terrific and satisfying game, and also using it as a way present writing tools that are useful to any story teller be it for games, TV and movies or books. In my replay I’ve recruited Blackwell, and this time I’m taking him along a lot more often as well as Vivienne since they both got rather short shrift last time. I found Vivienne to be an unrepentant bitch and Blackwell to be dull until I discovered otherwise to my shock and...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Mar 15, 2015 | Game/Writing
As always the caveat that there will be spoilers as I continue my replay of DA: Inquisition and continue my musings. ************************************************************************************************************* So last night I tied up most of the Hinterlands adventures. Just one more fade rift to close. I had been holding off on shutting down the rogue templars until I had the damn Inquisition banners requisition handled. Last time I didn’t get to finish it and it...
