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Why Are RPGs so Hard to Classify and Evolve?

Felipe Pepe, driving force and editor behind the upcoming CRPG Book, has shared an editorial/rant (by his own admission) on Gamasutra. In the article, Pepe traces a brief history of role-playing video games to explain why the genre is so…

Eight of the Greatest RPG Franchises of All Time

Mass Effect, Fallout, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Pokemon, Baldur’s Gate, Final Fantasy, Ultima, and The Elder Scrolls round off The Escapist’s list of “The Greatest RPG Franchises of All Time”. There are some glaring absences, but I…

Mass Effect Theme Park Attraction Announced

Through the company’s official blog, BioWare has announced that a Mass Effect-themed theme park attraction will be added to the California’s Great America theme park in 2016. This “ride” of sorts will use a mixture of holographic effects and live performers to…

Mass Effect Top Ten Moments Video

The folks at WatchMojo have put together an eleven-minute video that showcases ten of what they feel are the most memorable moments throughout the original Mass Effect trilogy. Unfortunately, “punching the reporter” only garnered an honorable mention:

The BioWare Romance Trap

In a new column for The Escapist titled “The BioWare Romance Trap”, writer Shamus Young argues that BioWare progressively moved away from romance plots that fit seamlessly with the overarching game plots to a large number of extraneous romances that…

Why BioWare’s Games Inspire a Unique Kind of Fandom

The editors at PC Gamer have editorialized about the fervent fanbase that BioWare enjoys due to the studio’s story-crafting abilities, the interactivity they present in each of their titles, their inclusion of homosexual romances, and their focus on character customization.…

BioWare Hiring a Mass Effect Online Producer

BioWare Montreal’s Chris Wynn has tweeted about a job opening for a Mass Effect “Online Producer” that will “create and champion the vision of the multi-player, connected experiences, and online features” for the next installment in the Mass Effect series.  We…

A Closer Look at BioWare’s Progressive Sexual Politics

Kill Screen’s Jason Johnson has penned an article that analyzes the sexual politics BioWare expressed throughout the games they’ve developed. Johnson praises BioWare for its introduction of romantic subplots and gay and bisexual characters, and argues that this might help…

Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard Was Originally a Woman

I suspect that some of you have always played Commander Shepard as a woman throughout your Mass Effect playthroughs, but it is certainly interesting to get a window back in time through this animation posted by ex-BioWare animator Jonathan Cooper…