Recent content by Ben Byard

Thanks, Anonymous. As a lifelong resident of Kansas, I feel somewhat qualified to say that the Phelps clan and their ceaseless litany of verbal bile has been a statewide (not to mention national) embarrassment for, well, as long as I can remember. I applaud your initial attempts to give them...

{This was written as a response to the first post on this thread, but mutated a bit as I built up momentum. If brevity is the soul of wit, then call me Mr. Dull-Pants} [SPOILERS ALL OVER] I was initially disappointed by the apparent lack of depth in the leveling system, but soon grew to...

(Spoilerific, obviously) My paragon vanguard romanced Tali, obtained all loyalties, entrusted Legion with the vent job, put Miranda in charge of the fire team, Jack on Huge Biotic Bubble duty and lost no team members except for Yeoman Chambers, but I privately dedicated the last mini-nuke I...

Americone Dream It tastes like freedom.

Mass Effect Series: (2>1, but is even better when importing, IMO).

"Water Temple" gets my vote for the modern equivalent of FUBAR (not an impassible obstacle, merely one that will make you want to bang your head against a wall, if only to potentially divert the proscribed path from the horrors that await). If I recall correctly, that was the only temple in...