Here are a number of articles that will surely be very interesting to read, should I ever manage to find the time to read them.

the Experience Points blog is doing a series of articles on Mass Effect 2.  specifically the politics therein.  So far, they’ve written up pieces on Salarian and Quarian politics.  Having just finished my first playthrough of the game last night, I’m currently in the ‘eager to devour every last scrap of information and prose available’ stage of my wait for Mass Effect 3.

Ars Technica just debuted a new series of articles called ‘Masterpiece’, with the goal of ‘celebrating games that are nearly perfect, or mark a major turning point in the industry’.  the first one is on one of my favourite games of somewhat recent days: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.  It’s certainly worthy of either of those commendations. 

Ars also has a handy guide with rules for creating mainstream media controversies over video games.  I really wish everyone who reported on video games was required to read this.  But then, I wish I had Half-Life 2: Episode Three right now, so there you go.

Oh, speaking of things Valve makes, did you know that they have links to a lot of the powerpoint presentations that they’ve used for their panels in places like GDC?  they do!  and there are some really interesting insights to concerning their design process hidden within!

Hello.  Links!

Jorge Garcia (LOST’s Hurley) has a blog, Dispatches from the Island, and has for some time.  Recently, he’s linked to a couple of interesting things, including everything Hurley Said in Season 5, some awesome, awesome fan posters, the Podcast he and his girlfriend have started in which they discuss the script for each episode, (no spoilers, if you’ve watched whatever episode has currently aired), and best of all, some family recapping all of LOST.

On a much less happy note,  Kotaku reports that Game Informer reports that we’re not getting any Half-Life this year.  Damn.

I love spaceships.  especially the interiors, and especially especially when the interiors fit the exteriors.  RPS has some words and moving pictures up on the 3d models of all of the EVE Online ships that exist.  Not the insides (boo!)  but the outsides, and also an In-Garry’s Mod Scale thingy. (Yay!)

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, in addition to being the webcomic who’s name I most frequently mangle,  is also one of the most consistently funny webcomics I’ve ever read.  The creator put up quite a few sentences on comedy, and it’s place in the grand scheme of things. good stuff.

Chris Bridges, of Bashing in Mindst, got his hands on some smoke stuff, and his write-up is pretty interesting. That stuff is seriously magic.  A wizard must have done it.

And Finally, XKCD nails the problems with fantasizing.