Science fiction author. Futurist, geek, gamer. | Amaranthe Universe on Amazon: https://xitter.cf/t.co/gJKXERAwQc
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There are 23 novels in the Amaranthe universe (will be 25 total), and I get it - this sounds a little intimidating. It doesn't need to be; simply pick your poison of choice and dive in!
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Stand-up move by @OwlcatGames and @TheExpanseRPG. Fan-led campaigns to save a game or show are inspiring, and they show how much stories matter in our lives, but they very rarely succeed in saving the IP.
The Expanse is the notable exception: that time it worked, and the fact it did gives fans hope every time the industry betrays them. And it was Amazon that swooped in to rescue The Expanse; Amazon still has a Mass Effect show in the works, so maybe there's an avenue for this to work one more time?
I've already shared how much @masseffect and @bioware mean to me and why. Mine was one drop in a bucket that's overflowed the internet with beautiful, heartfelt testimonials.
The Expanse got its second chance and proved itself more than worthy of Amazon's investment, all the way to a banger of an ending that did justice to the series' major arc. Countless fans have made the case that Mass Effect deserves a second chance, too.
So if you agree, sign the petition. The odds are low, but never zero, and vanishingly small odds never stopped Shepard from doing what was right.
#SaveMassEffect
The Expanse show was saved by fans in the past. So the #SaveMassEffect movement has our full support.
Please consider signing the petition (link in the quoted post).
In the words of the Blogfather, @instapundit, "Faster, Please." Gen X is not getting any younger.
Anti-Aging Secrets Revealed? Regenerative Genes Extend Lifespan in Study Revealing Genetic ‘Fountain of Youth’: thedebrief.org/anti-aging-se…
From the report: "[F]indings suggest that genes specific to animals with this high regenerative ability may help uncover new ways of extending the healthy lifespan of organisms that lack these genes, including humans."
Story at @Debriefmedia
Stand-up move by @OwlcatGames and @TheExpanseRPG. Fan-led campaigns to save a game or show are inspiring, and they show how much stories matter in our lives, but they very rarely succeed in saving the IP.
The Expanse is the notable exception: that time it worked, and the fact it did gives fans hope every time the industry betrays them. And it was Amazon that swooped in to rescue The Expanse; Amazon still has a Mass Effect show in the works, so maybe there's an avenue for this to work one more time?
I've already shared how much @masseffect and @bioware mean to me and why. Mine was one drop in a bucket that's overflowed the internet with beautiful, heartfelt testimonials.
The Expanse got its second chance and proved itself more than worthy of Amazon's investment, all the way to a banger of an ending that did justice to the series' major arc. Countless fans have made the case that Mass Effect deserves a second chance, too.
So if you agree, sign the petition. The odds are low, but never zero, and vanishingly small odds never stopped Shepard from doing what was right.
#SaveMassEffect
The Expanse show was saved by fans in the past. So the #SaveMassEffect movement has our full support.
Please consider signing the petition (link in the quoted post).
Here's what Mass Effect meant to me 👇
xitter.cf/GSJennsen/status/21129…
I am heartbroken. Yes, us Bioware fangirls and boys have been worried about the future of Mass Effect and of Bioware for a while now, so I can't say it's a surprise, as such. But its a tragedy all the same.
Had Bioware become a shadow of the studio it once was? Probably. But we all hoped they'd find their way back to their former greatness. KOTOR, NWN, DA:O and DA:I were all revolutionary games that transformed their genres. But more importantly, they crafted stories and characters that have remained with us many years after we met them.
And Mass Effect? Well, Mass Effect changed my life. Its mind-blowing world showed me the possibilities of science fiction storytelling; its characters leapt off the screen and straight into my heart. It provided me thousands (yes) of hours of immersive, exciting and heartfelt gameplay. It gave me a protagonist in Shepard like none I'd ever met before, or since.
But most of all, it made me a writer. The story, characters and world were so damn compelling, I had to extend their adventures beyond what the games gave me. And in time, I went on to craft my own characters and worlds.
So I owe Bioware a great deal indeed. Yes, in recent years CDPR and Larian have stepped up to follow in their enormous footsteps, and do it well, and I'm very grateful we have them to continue telling the kinds of meaningful stories I love.
But there will never be another Bioware.
Here's what Mass Effect meant to me 👇
xitter.cf/GSJennsen/status/21129…
I am heartbroken. Yes, us Bioware fangirls and boys have been worried about the future of Mass Effect and of Bioware for a while now, so I can't say it's a surprise, as such. But its a tragedy all the same.
Had Bioware become a shadow of the studio it once was? Probably. But we all hoped they'd find their way back to their former greatness. KOTOR, NWN, DA:O and DA:I were all revolutionary games that transformed their genres. But more importantly, they crafted stories and characters that have remained with us many years after we met them.
And Mass Effect? Well, Mass Effect changed my life. Its mind-blowing world showed me the possibilities of science fiction storytelling; its characters leapt off the screen and straight into my heart. It provided me thousands (yes) of hours of immersive, exciting and heartfelt gameplay. It gave me a protagonist in Shepard like none I'd ever met before, or since.
But most of all, it made me a writer. The story, characters and world were so damn compelling, I had to extend their adventures beyond what the games gave me. And in time, I went on to craft my own characters and worlds.
So I owe Bioware a great deal indeed. Yes, in recent years CDPR and Larian have stepped up to follow in their enormous footsteps, and do it well, and I'm very grateful we have them to continue telling the kinds of meaningful stories I love.
But there will never be another Bioware.
Not a *terrible* list (Polygon has crafted worse). It includes 2 of my Top 10 books, Foundation and Hyperion, and Three-Body Problem and Snow Crash earn their spots. But any list lacking The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is ipso facto invalid (I kid, but not really). Same goes for Neuromancer.
And skipping Dune in favor of "niche" picks doesn't fly when Foundation makes the cut; you can't get *less* niche in scifi than Foundation. If it's in, Dune's in.
10 Sci-Fi Books You Need to Read Before You Die polygon.com/essential-sci-fi…
ALT 10 Sci-Fi Books You Need to Read Before You Die
G. S. Jennsen retweeted
I genuinely don’t understand people who think humanity should remain confined to Earth forever.
We live in a universe with hundreds of billions of galaxies and somehow some people think exploring beyond our planet is unnecessary.
That’s like being born in a library and refusing to leave the bathroom.
Listen to audiobooks and want to try our the Amaranthe books? Or already a fan? I have 5 FREE audiobook codes from Spotify to give out.
Comment below with the audiobook you'd like, and I'll DM you a code for it - until I run out.
G. S. Jennsen retweeted
I know BioWare’s work meant so much to so many, including myself. They were a lot of people’s first, and for that, their games will be remembered forever by those they impacted!
“𝒲𝑒’𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒶 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑒.”
“𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽” 😭🩷✨
#MassEffect #Bioware
Soon™️ER rather than later would be awesome - though "something special" sounds promising.
FemJun on your mind? Ours too. She's coming... soon™. We've got something special cooking for her reveal, and we think it'll be worth the wait.
Find out more in the October Community Update ⤵️
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G. S. Jennsen retweeted
BioWare has always inspired us, and it's hard to say goodbye to our idols. Thank you for everything, @BioWare. Many of us wouldn’t be in the games industry without your legacy.
I am heartbroken. Yes, us Bioware fangirls and boys have been worried about the future of Mass Effect and of Bioware for a while now, so I can't say it's a surprise, as such. But its a tragedy all the same.
Had Bioware become a shadow of the studio it once was? Probably. But we all hoped they'd find their way back to their former greatness. KOTOR, NWN, DA:O and DA:I were all revolutionary games that transformed their genres. But more importantly, they crafted stories and characters that have remained with us many years after we met them.
And Mass Effect? Well, Mass Effect changed my life. Its mind-blowing world showed me the possibilities of science fiction storytelling; its characters leapt off the screen and straight into my heart. It provided me thousands (yes) of hours of immersive, exciting and heartfelt gameplay. It gave me a protagonist in Shepard like none I'd ever met before, or since.
But most of all, it made me a writer. The story, characters and world were so damn compelling, I had to extend their adventures beyond what the games gave me. And in time, I went on to craft my own characters and worlds.
So I owe Bioware a great deal indeed. Yes, in recent years CDPR and Larian have stepped up to follow in their enormous footsteps, and do it well, and I'm very grateful we have them to continue telling the kinds of meaningful stories I love.
But there will never be another Bioware.
My Steam Wishlist is just an eternal stream of games that looked really interesting when I encountered them, only for me to realize I lack time to play them even as sale after sale comes & goes, & they inevitably exit the list once I still don't buy them when they drop to $5.
G. S. Jennsen retweeted
Captain’s Log – Stardate Unknown
Our first mission in this universe put a crew drawn from different realities to the test, and they acquitted themselves well, frankly better than I had any right to expect of people who were strangers to one another weeks ago. And we came away with more than we bargained for – a clue left by the entity we encountered on that derelict freighter, the signature of its own crossing into this reality. It is one small piece of a much larger pattern that may one day show us the way home. We intend to find the rest.
The hum of the warp core fades as the Enterprise-D drops out of warp, and Ops brings up the three contacts still outstanding from your arrival in this sector:
CONTACT ONE – A scrambled tight-beam transmission intercepted by the communications array, passing through this sector on an encrypted Ferengi commercial channel. Ops has partially decoded the manifest: a shadow auction for Artifact Omicron-8, provenance heavily redacted. Its appended energy signature matches no commercial technology on record. It reads, partially and imperfectly, like an illicit subspace weapon outlawed under the Khitomer Accords. (The Heist)
CONTACT TWO – Starfleet priority channel, addressed directly to Captain Kirk. Locate and extract Harven Zax, a dangerous intelligence broker, currently aboard a disabled Vespian cruiser at coordinates 188 mark 44, and deliver him to a rendezvous point at the edge of the Expanse within sixty hours. He is wanted, arguably, dead or alive, by three different groups: the Romulans, the Orion Syndicate, and a Klingon Great House. (The Delivery)
CONTACT THREE – A lateral sensor sweep reports a complete absence of subspace comm traffic from Kirin Outpost Gamma-3, a Federation research installation on the Expanse’s rim. Gamma-3 has a crew of twenty-three and files automated status reports every four hours. The last confirmed report is seventy-five hours old. The station’s emergency beacon is not active. There is no debris field. Simply… silence. (The Fracture)
Three crises. One ship. No backup.
You must decide where we set course next.
What say you?
Choose!
And cue our Opening Theme…
