http://www.binscorner.com/pages/s/strange-plants-of-socotra-island.html
While doing research to create a world for a story I’m working on, came across this. Found it amazingly beautiful the strange and wonderful things nature can create when going un-touched.
So how do I begin...
It has now been almost two to three weeks since I finished Mass Effect 3, and almost 2 and a half(ish) months since the game was first released and initiated the mass debate amongst fans about the ending/s of the game.
The vocal online majority (as would seem) are dissatisfied with the ending/s, myself included. We all have various reasons why this is the case, some differing from others.
Before I begin my long winded spiel as to why I subjectively/objectively dislike the ending/s, I might as well link every video that I have watched to date that has almost entirely made my points for me and I will probably end up re-iterating.
Remember what the producers and directors said in the month’s prior to the games release? Refresh your memory with a few of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R14e48qH9Gs
A brief but thorough explanation of why the majority of people are unsatisfied with the ending/s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H_A7SeawU4
Major Plot holes highlighted, ignoring the indoctrination theory, mostly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0Cf864P7E&feature=related
Another (much more long winded) take on highlighting overall issues with Mass Effect 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MlatxLP-xs&feature=related#t=00m30s
The Shepard Indoctrination theory, the best argument I’ve seen for it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ythY_GkEBck
However, I’m still not convinced the writing team had conjured this up on purpose. Should they openly accept this as the “canon” explanation to the games ending, going so far as to insultingly spell it out in the free DLC, I’m sorry, but I’ll be convinced it was a knee jerk reaction to the fact the ending was weak and Bioware is just clasping onto the concept for what little leeway it gives them from past criticism.
Criticism for the Indoctrination theory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ5qPIcuMZA&feature=channel
The Final boss in the game, cause it’s funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=467pmIX-oZo&feature=related
Was the last part of the game written only by Casey Hudson and Mac Walters without consulting the rest of the writing staff? Or was this truly a hackers attempt of slandering Bioware’s writing staff? :
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/5695/article/mass-effect-3-writer-allegedly-slams-controversial-ending/
Had to perform emergency surgery to save Wall-e. Tried to turn him on to find he wasn’t working, thought the batteries had died. Turns out when I opened him up the battery had exploded and corroded some of the wiring. Was pretty hopeless at first but apparently a bit vinegar water and a Q-Tip works wonders. He’s now up and running better than ever with a new set of batteries. Eve and him are much happier :P
Went to the play symphony orchestra last night, I really enjoyed it. While this wasn’t from the show I saw this was one of my favorites.
This game is so cool, and yet creepy… Called Dear Esther on steam. Thought I’d upload this video of me seeing a random figure in the distance that disappears when you stare directly at it. This is after finding a jacket and half eaten fish in a abandoned cave. I walked out to where the figure was standing, nothing was there.
Was trying to find some music to listen to while working, forgot how much I liked Mirror’s Edge Soundtrack.
Slowly figureing this thing out…
Okay, so starting to get the hang of the tumblr interface. Some things for me have been rather glitchy, but working past that my html changes have finally started to work. Because of this you can now see a link to my minecraft blog off to the left there. Yay!
tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
If I could have a robot dinosaur, that would make my day…
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