Beware the Frog

1 March 2012

I intended to have completed a lot more work before Mass Effect 3 came out.

# 2012/03/01 - 18:29 — originally published on @garoo

2 March

Assassin’s Creed III Screenshots

I thought I was kidding when I said I looked forward to killing bears and cougars.

# 2012/03/02 - 20:22 — originally published on @garooPLAY

Must say, if the game actually had you climbing trees, it could well be awesome.

# 2012/03/02 - 20:23 — originally published on @garooPLAY

6 March

So… Mass Effect 3 comes out today in the U.S., I guess it’s time to unplug the internet until I get it.

# 2012/03/06 - 14:27 — originally published on @garoo

Même avec le port, ça me coûte 5 € de moins de commander Mass Effect sur amazon.co.uk que la VF en France. Cherchez l’erreur.

# 2012/03/06 - 15:23 — originally published on @garoo

7 March

ME3 War Assets

Not canceling my order because I ”need” to see the end, but it’s probably the last Bioware game I ever buy. Too much user-hostile crap.

# 2012/03/07 - 00:32 — originally published on @garooPLAY

8 March

In Saints Row 3, I never feel like I’m in a real city. Not sure if it’s the city’s fault or just because you get everything from the start.

# 2012/03/08 - 03:33 — originally published on @garooPLAY

The Binary Domain demo plays a lot better than I expected. Filing this under “when it’s in the bargain bin” (which should be soon enough).

# 2012/03/08 - 23:30 — originally published on @garooPLAY

I was this close to buying Warp, then I got to the part where you must run away and the enemy’s way too fast. Screw that.

# 2012/03/08 - 23:31 — originally published on @garooPLAY

I Am Alive has a bunch of interesting ideas, but it’s damn annoying to play. Stamina was handled much better in Shadow of the Colossus.

# 2012/03/08 - 23:46 — originally published on @garooPLAY

9 March

Comment ça, ça sert à rien de rafraîchir la page de suivi Colissimo toutes les dix minutes à quatre heures du matin ?

# 2012/03/09 - 04:09 — originally published on @garoo

11 March

Watching ME2:Arrival on YouTube in preparation for ME3. I’m so glad I didn’t buy it, and sorrier yet I ever played any Mass Effect at all.

# 2012/03/11 - 21:41 — originally published on @garooPLAY

13 March

Wow. At least they’ve finally made the locations feel really epic this time. #masseffect3

# 2012/03/13 - 03:04 — originally published on @garooPLAY

So far, I’d say the Turian homeworld’s environment is several orders of magnitude better than anything from the previous two Mass Effects.

# 2012/03/13 - 03:39 — originally published on @garooPLAY

Sure, it helps that they’re depicting the final conflict, but still, they’ve made great strides in the fucking-whoa department.

# 2012/03/13 - 03:39 — originally published on @garooPLAY

And here is Shepard, witnessing entire worlds being annihilated while whining “But Earth! Earth is the most important!”

Disgusting.

# 2012/03/13 - 03:43 — originally published on @garooPLAY

14 March

I only want to romance Freddie Prinze Jr., or maybe the Asari dancing behind the bar at Purgatory. Doesn’t look like either is an option.

# 2012/03/14 - 05:17 — originally published on @garooPLAY

The switch from Gears of War encounters to Team Fortress in single-player Mass Effect is a bit jarring, but not really in a negative way.

# 2012/03/14 - 06:27 — originally published on @garooPLAY

Agonizing over the Liara flirt lines, every time. But I just can’t bring myself to select them. We’ve grown apart, haven’t we.

# 2012/03/14 - 17:06 — originally published on @garooPLAY

16 March

So far, really enjoying Mass Effect 3. Only disappointed by how much my Shepard speaks without giving me a chance to alter his tone.

# 2012/03/16 - 05:20 — originally published on @garooPLAY

I can’t believe Mass Effect 3 has Tron-looking puzzle levels. Was there a particularly popular keynote about them at GDC two years ago?

# 2012/03/16 - 22:36 — originally published on @garooPLAY

18 March

I’m not quite sure what I chose in the Mass Effect 3 ending — made a poor job of conveying the meaning, I felt.

# 2012/03/18 - 02:38 — originally published on @garooPLAY

But overall it was somewhat fitting and, dare I say, a satisfying end to the trilogy. No, really.

# 2012/03/18 - 02:40 — originally published on @garooPLAY

And I’m glad we’re back to Faunts for the end credits.

# 2012/03/18 - 02:40 — originally published on @garooPLAY

The problem with the ending may well be that it’s a sci-fi geek’s ending, while Bioware did all they could to make the franchise mainstream.

# 2012/03/18 - 02:42 — originally published on @garooPLAY

“A Logical Breakdown of Why the Mass Effect 3 Ending Makes No Sense”

Well… I shouldn’t have read that.

# 2012/03/18 - 04:40 — originally published on @garooPLAY

“Mass Effect 3 Ending-Hatred: 5 Reasons The Fans Are Right”

# 2012/03/18 - 16:59 — originally published on @garooTECH

Mass Effect 3 ending videos

So you can fuck up and have a really bad ending. But they’re all way too similar indeed.

# 2012/03/18 - 17:39 — originally published on @garooPLAY

The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3, the making-of on iPad, confirms they had no clue how to end their story until the last minute. Amateurish.

# 2012/03/18 - 19:54 — originally published on @garooPLAY

19 March

It’s slowly sinking in tonight that I’ll never ever chat with Garrus or Liara again. Sniff. Could use a hug.

# 2012/03/19 - 01:08 — originally published on @garoo

20 March

Quelqu’un peut m’expliquer Draw Something ? Parce que le concept du Pictionary à un contre un, ça me paraît suprêmement absurde.

# 2012/03/20 - 20:24 — originally published on @garoo

21 March

Draw Something is such a perfect fit for Zynga: it’s not a game. The best way for both players to win is to cheat together.

# 2012/03/21 - 19:52 — originally published on @garooPLAY

23 March

Who puts CDs in their stereos anymore? There’s no excuse for a videogame soundtrack to be limited to 70 minutes nowadays.

# 2012/03/23 - 12:07 — originally published on @garoo

26 March

Ok, Draw Something est probablement le jeu le plus drôle du monde quand la personne en face bute sur l’orthographe d’un mot.

# 2012/03/26 - 19:53 — originally published on @garoo

28 March

“Mass Effect, Tolkien, and Your Bullshit Artistic Process”

# 2012/03/28 - 01:55 — originally published on @garooPLAY

Le jour où Draw Something permet de tweeter ses dessins, vous avez intérêt à avoir un client Twitter qui permet d’ignorer certains tags.

# 2012/03/28 - 13:50 — originally published on @garoo

Not sure why I bothered drawing Hong Kong, it’s impossible not to guess from the letters alone. #drawsomething

# 2012/03/28 - 17:18 — originally published on @garoo

Choose a word, start drawing… NOPE. Home screen, kill application. #drawsomething

# 2012/03/28 - 22:57 — originally published on @garoo

When you’re tempted to pick a one-coin word because you’ve already drawn the other two successfully. #drawsomething

# 2012/03/28 - 23:13 — originally published on @garoo

30 March

Let’s have a petition for Zynga to use its blood money to license the drawing engine from Paper by FiftyThree into Draw Something.

# 2012/03/30 - 13:12 — originally published on @garooTECH

My iPad’s battery hadn’t gotten such a regular workout in a long time #drawsomething

# 2012/03/30 - 22:43 — originally published on @garoo