Tag: computer games

Mass Effect Andromeda: Is it homophobia if…?

So I’ve been playing Mass Effect Andromeda blind. And I’ve been intending to upload that as a Let’s Play. And yes, I play gay men where possible because after spending nearly twenty years pretending to be straight I don’t see why I should have to do it in a video game. Bioware, as a studio …

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National Novel Writing Month: Progress, Dragon Age Inquisition and Computer Stuff

Hello out there in the real world! I say the real world because mine feels rather not real at the moment. I’m in the midst of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and I have to say, every year I forget how hard it is. 50,000 words, one month, and well, me being me I’m shooting …

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Hong Kong: Shopping – Top 7 tips and places

Hong Kong is renowned as a shopping destination, and has everything from the highs of high fashion to the cheapest of outdoor markets. It has midrange shopping malls filled with more H&M, Zara and Uniqlo stores than you’ll find in any of Australia’s major cities. You don’t need my help to find those, or the …

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Mass Effect 3: The War Asset Number Crunching

**WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR MASS EFFECT 3** So earlier this month I promised to do a number crunch to see if it is possible to get the best ending in Mass Effect 3 via the single player game alone, as has been claimed by Bioware’s Jesse Houston. Whether the endings are actually any …

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On Saving the Universe: Mass Effect 3 Review

Mass Effect 3 Screenshot

Mass Effect 3, Bioware’s (alleged) finale to the Mass Effect Trilogy hit the shelves this March as one of the year’s most anticipated games. It has been lauded for it’s improved action sequences, branching narrative and there’s also currently a petition out there demanding that the ending be changed–after it already was changed due to …

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Launches, Festivals and Readings, Oh My!

The Secret of Talmor Manor--Art by Deanna

There’s a new page on this website. It’s been a busy few days for me (no, Dragon Age 2 is still yet to arrive), but I’ve confirmed a book launch for The Secret of Talmor Manor, entered the People’s Choice Night of the Williamstown Literary Festival, and been invited to be a panelist at the …

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Q&A @ LoveRomances Cafe

The Secret of Talmor Manor--Art by Deanna

So it was MLR Press author chat day at the LR Cafe yahoo group yesterday, and I thought I’d post the Q&A  here for you all to enjoy, or laugh at. Either one’s good really. Please tell us about yourself. What got you interested in being an author? Well, about ten years ago, I was …

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