Month
August 2021
Gaslighting is a colloquialism for a specific type of manipulation where the manipulator is successful in having the target (a person or a group of people) question their own reality, memory or perceptions. There is often a power dynamic in… Continue Reading →
In GreedFall, there’s a moment that has stayed with me, because it is such a poignant comment on how women – competent women – are treated. Mr. De Courcillion discusses Lady Morange with De Sardet, and what comes out of… Continue Reading →
Hear me out. I know you have no real reason to trust me. I am after all a complete Mass Effect fanatic. I have played the original at least 15 times, all the way through, probably more. And this is… Continue Reading →
If you’ve played Mass Effect 2, you probably know there’s a lot of humor hidden in the narrative. One very neat little moment occurs when Shepard and gang runs into Niftu Cal, a volus that’s obviously been drugged with red… Continue Reading →
I’m replaying GreedFall because – whee! DLC! – and I’m as impressed now as I was at my first playthrough, at the naming of things and places and people in that world. Teer Fradee, or Tír Fradí depending on where… Continue Reading →