Tag: mass effect
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What Video Games Teach us About Grief
Video games are an escape for many people from their daily lives. Anxiety, frustration, stress – all these can disappear if just for a moment when playing a great game. Grief is another emotion we often want to scrub away. The Complexities of Grief We are taught that grieving happens in stages. The Kubler-Ross model…
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Why Are Mass Effect Fans Obsessed With Romance?
Second only to the controversy caused by the game’s supposedly wonky animations, most of the talk surrounding Mass Effect Andromeda has been about its romances. Fans were speculating on who they could get in the sack (and who they could live happily ever after with) since even before BioWare’s sci-fi RPG was released. But is…
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The Characters We Love, And Lust
From V-Day to Palentine’s to Galentine’s, February is the month of love. In honor video game bromances like Junkrat and Roadhog, BFFs like Mario and Yoshi, and true wuv like Geralt and Yennifer (or Triss, whatev), here’s the video game dudes and dudettes I love. ‘Cause it’s important to remember that romantic love isn’t the…