Ahead of the release of Mass Effect 5, the Mass Effect trilogy is already famous for its well-crafted story, detailed characters, and infamously lackluster ending. Despite most of ME3 being an ...

Paste has long believed that videogames are a vital part of pop culture. Starting this week we’re expanding our games coverage with a new biweekly essay column called The Leaderboard. Every two weeks ...

If you haven’t beaten Mass Effect 3 yet, you might want to wait until the summer, when BioWare and Electronic Arts will round out the game’s ending with extra scenes. EA and developer BioWare ...

Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Stories in video games matter more than we sometimes give them credit for. They provide context for our actions, often shaping our connections to characters and giving weight to the countless hours we ...