Mass Effect 3

[Hellfire257]

http://blog.bioware.com/2012/03/21/4108/

No comment with this one - I think it speaks for itself.

[Tonci87]

Well technicaly he is right, games are art and the maker can decide how they are going to be.

[Hellfire257]

I'll use the analogy I used on the BW forums for this.

Photography is an art form. Therefore, a photo of a turd is art.

It doesn't change the fact that it is still a turd though.

[colossus]

It's an interesting theory. However, it's still just a theory. Neither proven nor unproven. There are things that suggest this indoctrination had a part to play, yes. But I still don't understand why they choose to make it such a closely guarded secret (ready to be revealed in a DLC I guess?) Or at least to some difficult to interpret as indoctrination. As the video suggests, there are several clues extending over all three Mass Effect games, but to remember all of these quotes and facts about indoctrination after so many years? It's a bit of a gamble if they expected that.

Even if they did imply that this is all part of an indoctrination, what ever happened the vastly distinctive endings? And if you chose the path the Reapers wanted you to go, why not send Shepard's mind off to "happyland" to complete the illusion? Where the Mass Relays don't explode, everyone got go home safe and sound, huge celebration, him- or herself still alive and well and so on. Alive, dead or indoctrinated; that would be the ending I would have thought I'd get if I choose blue or green. Otherwise I'd probably think something was wrong ..which it was, in my mind.

[MadDogX]

Excellent video - nice find, Dead3yez! The part about Shepard's eyes in the blue and green endings was the clincher for me. It's subtle but definitely there, and pretty much a dead give-away once you've seen it. That simply can't be a coincidence.

[Hellfire257]

Okay, so after the $80,000 donated to Childs Play, the latest initiative saw people raise $1000 for...cupcakes?

Yep, that's right. The plan is to ship out 400 cupcakes to BioWare HQ in 3 different colours to represent the endings; red, green, and blue. All of them will taste exactly the same.

That $1000 was raised in under 30 minutes.

I really admire the passion at which people do this sort of thing. I just hope BioWare listens to their fans.

[4 IN 1]

Well it wasn't like that they have a statue in space for a thousand of protesters shoot at to send the developers a message

[MadDogX]

I really admire the passion at which people do this sort of thing. I just hope BioWare listens to their fans.

Agreed. The cupcake thing is hilarious btw.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks, especially as the whole situation around the endings is still very unclear at this point (unless you take the cynical "it's just crappy writing" point of view, of course). Bioware has been really vague and sometimes self-contradictory on the matter (tweets vs. public statements), which is frustrating to say the least. I still want to believe in the indoctrination theory - simply because it would give the ending a lot of depth and leave interesting possibilities for continuing the story - but I've found that much of the "evidence" for it crumbles under scrutiny and the rest may simply be coincidental.

[Krycek]

Okay, so after the $80,000 donated to Childs Play, the latest initiative saw people raise $1000 for...cupcakes?

Yep, that's right. The plan is to ship out 400 cupcakes to BioWare HQ in 3 different colours to represent the endings; red, green, and blue. All of them will taste exactly the same.

I would had replaced those 400 cupcakes with 3 turds.Packaged very well to don't suspect a thing until it's already too late(kinda like they did with their game).I'm more surprised that people still think it's the same Bioware that was a few years ago.

[4 IN 1]

How about cupcake that tasted like turds?