Moral Failings and Monsters

I’ve already spoken quite a bit about this aspect of games and the underlying implications of being unclean and inviting the monster into yourself in the post about Banshees and Broodmothers earlier. I want to return to Western ideas of monsters, though, and Western ideas of the grotesque, because there is a strong connection between... Continue Reading →

Problematic Enemies – The Banshee

This post represents my opinion only, and not that of my employer. Kristeva’s theory of abjection provides us with an important theoretical framework for analysing (...) the representation of the monstrous-feminine, in relation to woman’s reproductive and mothering functions. However, abjection by its very nature is ambiguous; it both repels and attracts. Separating out the... Continue Reading →

Adjutants

Abject 1. (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree. In Mass Effect 3: Omega, there's an enemy that tries very hard to live up to the previous success of the Banshee, but the Adjutant doesn't quite make it. The Adjutant is introduced in a similar manner to the Banshee. Darkness, crashing sounds... Continue Reading →

Mass Effect 3 – Adjutant vs. Banshee

Jag medger redan i den inledande meningen att det varit en obarmhärtigt ojämn kamp. Bansheen avgår lätt med segern, men som den Duktiga Flicka™ jag är tänker jag så klart berätta varför Bansheen vinner med hästlängder. Och för er som inte spelat Mass Effect 3 är det här förmodligen en ganska värdelös post, eftersom jag... Continue Reading →

Mass Effect 3 – Banshee

VARNING: Den här bloggposten kan innehålla spoilers för dig som precis börjat spela Mass Effect 3. Läs på egen risk. Fiendeintroduktion Banshees är nog både de bäst introducerade fienderna i Mass Effect 3 och de mest skrämmande. Shepard får i uppdrag av den asariska rådsmedlemmen att kolla upp en koloni som man förlorat kontakten med.... Continue Reading →

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