Category Archives: Video Games

Once More, with Feeling: Mass Effect

There wasn’t a new episode of “Once Upon a Time” this week. Apparently there was some event called the “Super Bowl” and regular television programming was stalled over the weekend. Instead, I have been replaying one of my favorite games, Mass Effect. About two years ago, my husband purchased Mass Effect for me as a [...]

Chemical Engineering and Space Monsters: A Few Comments on Spacechem’s Story

It’s been more than a year since I wrote the story for the independent puzzle game, SpaceChem, which was recently posted on the Zachtronics Industries’ website. Since SpaceChem’s release, the story has been hailed as “a passable tale of sci-fi intrigue.” (Eurogamer) and “a lengthy story that’s very well-written indeed, with a sense of humour [...]