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Objective vs. Subjective Storytelling (in Mass Effect 1 & 2)

Michael Moore April 12, 2010 Critical, PC, videogames, writing, xbox 360 1 Comment

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While I was at GDC this past year I went to a lecture called “Get Your Game out of my Movie! Interactive Storytelling in Mass Effect 2,” which was being given by Armando Troisi of BioWare. The one thing he said that has been stuck in my head since then was this idea of objective and subjective storytelling.

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In Which I Talk About Mass Effect 1 & 2

Michael Moore January 31, 2010 Critical, Impressions, PC, videogames, xbox 360 Comments Off

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I never finished Mass Effect 1, at least until the day Mass Effect 2 was released. I picked up ME1 on PC during Steam’s holiday sale intending to finish it so I would have a save to import into ME2. I played ME1 on 360 originally but never finished it, so the Steam sale provided a nice way to play the game over again, and get the save to import.

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