How often are you the captain of your own spaceship and the intergalactic peacekeeper of a sexy, Blade Runner-esque future? Powers? Guns? All of it. How often do you have that? If you've never played Mass Effect, "not often" would be the answer. If you have, welcome back to Citadel space, Ms. Shepherd. Mr. Shepherd. Whichever. Mass Effect made the bold promise to gamers of a single, continuous sci-fi trilogy in which your custom character - and the choices you made as him or her - would have a massive effect on the game's universe and the narrative that subsequently unfolded before you. Combat and RPG interfaces got tighter as the series went on, but the first game introduced the big ideas and worked out the kinks. Bioware's dialogue trees felt more dynamic here than KOTOR or any RPG on the market at the time thanks to some naturalistic voiceover performances, wry, intelligent writing and the progress that graphics had made in the interim. Oh yeah - we also developed meaningful relationships that lasted dozens of hours, a number that multiplied if you played the sequels. The Walking Dead and Wolf Among Us probably wouldn't be where they are now without the Mass Effect precedent. Bioware's space opera gave gamers an unprecedented level of control over their virtual destinies, another trend we've seen all across mainstream gaming since, albeit not on this kind of scale.
Real Science Magazine called James' addiction to video games "sexually attractive." He also worked really hard and got really lucky in college and earned some awards for acting, improv and stand-up, but nobody cares about that out here in LA. So... He's starting over fresh, performing when He can. His profile picture features James as Serbian, vampire comic Dorde Mehailo with His anonymous Brother and Uncle at the Nerdmelt Showroom in West Hollywood. In James' spare time, he engages in acting, writing, athletics, hydration, hours of great pondering and generally wishing you'd like him.
