Ever since it became public a few days ago, I cannot stop watching the trailer for Metal Gear Solid V. Every time, I search for the new clue that will unlock what’s going on. Are the super natural beings helping or hunting Big Boss? The first thing we see out of place in the gameplay trailer is someone who looks suspiciously like Psycho Mantis. Are the super natural things, all of which resemble things from Big Boss’ past, merely the result of Psycho Mantis digging into his subconsciousness? My good friend Nick and I have been discussing this trailer at length, pausing at moments and analyzing what we see. The scarred face man doesn’t have a tattoo on the back on his head, so he likely isn’t Hot Coldman. If Ground Zeroes opens with the infiltration of the Cuban base, and Mother Base gets raided while Big Boss is infiltrating the Cuban Base, then you likely play someone other than Big Boss during Ground Zeroes. I wondered why I couldn’t stop watching this trailer and dissecting it, then I remembered the last time Nick and I did something like this.
Round One of the NFL Draft
Here is the liveblog I hosted for the first round of the 2012 NFL draft on theglobeandmail.com.
First Day
Began my internship with The Globe And Mail as a Web editor today. I think this is going to be pretty great.
Mass Effect 3(Dialogue Wheel 6)
In case you didn’t guess, Spoilers Ahead:
I’m not writing about Mass Effect 3 to complain about the ending. There’s been enough said about the subject that I don’t feel like I have much to add. Except that there is one logic behind the madness: DLC.
With Shepard dead, and no Mass Relays left, Bioware can write DLC that fits onto all save games. Characters can refer to the indefinite article “Shepard”, none of the crew will know exactly what happened, and you can have non-Shepard adventures on this convenient jungle world. The only thing bioware has to do to make the DLC specific to your own Shepard is change some lines, change which charaters are around. Without access to the galaxy at large, we cannot see the broad outcome of our actions.
Like I said, though, I’m not writing to talk about the ending. I need to preface this by saying that until now, I’ve been a huge fan of the dialogue wheel Bioware games. I never played the Dragon Age games, but Knights of the Old Republic remains one of my favourite games, as does its sequel. Jade Empire was an awesome game, and I was all about the Mass Effect games at first. I consider all 6 games to be a part of the same progression.
Live Chat about the Dalhousie Strike
Tuesday(Feb 28th) morning, I’ll be co-hosting a live-blog covering the potential faculty strike at Dalhousie. We’ll be having DSU President Chris Saulnier here to chat and answer questions. It will be up on openfile halifax, or you can take part here!
Radio and Online Workshop Work
Here’s my work from the online and radio workshops in 4th year.
Honours Project
For the purposes of archiving, here is my 4th year BJH Honours project, on Allnovascotia.com. Originally published here.