Mass Effect First Impressions

My initial exposure to Mass Effect has been a bit dull. It begins as a slow crawl across the screen. The idea of getting it too 100% completion seemed painstaking and lifeless. I expected more from an installation process. Call it nostalgia but I remember when no part of a game was wasted.


Warcraft II was a perfect example of what good looks like in a install. Sure it took forever on my Pentium 4 Processor, custom built by my step dad and I but it sure did make the most of that time. It had epic war music to get you in the mood for pushing back the Tides of Darkness. It had a picture slide show that gave reference to events in the lore that lead to this moment. It even sprinkled in helpful tips about how the game is played. So that by the time you got into the game you were already well on your way.

My Hatred for wasted and inefficient uses of space has really soiled my first impression. Really lazy design work from Bioware.

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I hope the game gets better.

Field of Dreams: A movie I should have seen long ago but am so glad that I didn't.

I love movies. I love the way they take me back to being a child, I love the mediums ability to immerse a viewer in the story, and I love that like baseball, it is a mostly unchanged pastime. In the same way that stadiums got bigger and added lights; theaters have added sound and high definition, but mostly unchanged. They elicit a response from me that is rarely negative. All of that said, I can genuinely say that no movie has ever made me feel the way that this movie has made me feel. The following is not so much a review but a description of how awesome some things can be in this world.

I swear that as the movie began to come to an end I was taken by the most incredible thing. I swear that as I sat there I felt my dads presence with me in that room. Tears filled my eyes and the air became thick. I could feel, with absolute certainty my dads arm hug me from behind. His right hand sitting in the center of chest and then I exploded. I no longer could choke back tears and I sobbed. My arms crossed my own chest in a desperate attempt to hold on to him. I felt so comforted, so at ease, and so loved. I thanked him over and over again and of course, I begged him to stay. Then he was gone. I sat there in awe, and I have no idea what to make of any of it.

So how is it that I have seen so many movies but never seen a movie that is so loved by so many? My family included among them. My family has always said everything happens for a reason, and though I have begun to hold this sentiment as just that, a sentiment; this is most definitely one of those times. I believe that had I seen this movie earlier in my life it simply would not have affected me in the same way. It is really amazing how some times things happen in such a perfect way that the results are incredible.

This is a movie that has been around since 1989. It is loved by most that see it and the technical reviews for this movie are plentiful. For me there were a few things I loved about this film. The cast of characters, the story, and the soundtrack were my favorite parts.

Thank you for reading!