[...] The symbol of the monster, the abject, exists to embody and assuage our fears of the natural and unruly body. In order to maintain the current social order, which privileges the intellectual and social over the emotional and biological, fat bodies must become monstrous. They are failures. They are the abnormal that delineates the... Continue Reading →
One of Those Moments – the Thresher Maw vs the Reaper
The most cinematic moment in all of Mass Effect 3 is the boss fight aftermath on Tuchanka. Kalros attacks a Reaper. Kalros is - according to the Krogan - the mother of all thresher maws. She's big. It's one of the most hopeful and majestic moments in the beginning of the game, because despite everything... Continue Reading →
One of those Moments – Headshotting with Shepard
Surprising absolutely no one, one of my favourite pieces of gameplay in Mass Effect 3 are the spectacular ways that I can remove the heads of the Reaper and Cerberus forces thrown my way. Head explosions. It's ghoulish I know, but it's also super satisfactory. I think one of the reasons I like these very... Continue Reading →
One of Those Moments – Kissing Cullen
I would totally be lying if I said that the kiss on the battlement is not one of my favourite moments in Dragon Age: Inquisition (thank you Brianne!), and I would also be remiss if I didn't include moments of romance in game moments I truly enjoy, because let's face it - one of the... Continue Reading →
One of those Moments – The Death of Mordin
I'm not quite sure when Mordin stole my heart. Perhaps it was when he alluded to the disease spreading aboard Normandy that could only be contracted through... intimate relations... with Varren. Maybe it was watching him struggle with the ethics and morals of the genophage. Perhaps it was his lightning fast delivery of dialogue that... Continue Reading →
One of those moments – the Architect on Voeld
I know Mass Effec:Andromeda caught some flak because of animation, story etc. But it did do one thing well. It made a boss fight interesting. The Architect on the planet Voeld is a remnant from a past civilisation. You can approach it yourself if you want to, there's no requirement to fight it, which is... Continue Reading →