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BioWare's Mass Effect

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Authors:
  1. Jerome Winter

    1. University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

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  • Fills a significant gap in the study of science fiction and videogames
  • Introduces new audiences to a landmark in the science-fiction genre
  • First book-length discussion of the Mass Effect series

Part of the book series: Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon (PSFFNC)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • Jerome Winter
    Pages 1-14

  3. “I Don’t Know What to Do with Grey”: Ludic Gameplay and Narrative Agency

    • Jerome Winter
    Pages 15-28

  4. “There Is No War, There Is Only Harvest”: Diplomatic Realpolitik and Combat Gameplay in Mass Effect

    • Jerome Winter
    Pages 29-49

  5. Embracing Eternity: FemShep, Queer Romance, and Diversity

    • Jerome Winter
    Pages 51-70

  6. “Science Fun Today”: Mass Effect and Rethinking SF’s Pedagogical Approach to Exoplanetary and Astrobiological Science

    • Jerome Winter
    Pages 71-84

  7. Conclusion

    • Jerome Winter
    Pages 85-87

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 89-96
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About this book

The videogame series Mass Effect is a remarkable rarity not only for being an original science-fictional franchise of recent vintage that has risen to such prominent commercial and critical success in popular culture but also for pushing the canonical boundaries of how science fiction as a genre will be experienced and understood in the future. This book analyzes the significance of the game for an understanding of the evolving SF genre and articulates an explanatory framework to limn its landmark reception in videogame history. This book both synthesizes the burgeoning body of scholarship on Mass Effect for a readership unfamiliar with either the game or the critical conversation on its salient importance, while simultaneously, for readers already invested in the science-fiction and videogame scholarship, mounting an extended inquiry as to why Mass Effect has served as such a representative milestone in videogame and genre history. The book should appeal to veteran science-fiction and videogame scholars and students as well as a wide variety of fans, consumers, gamers, and general readers.



Authors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

    Jerome Winter

About the author

Jerome Winter, PhD, is a full-time lecturer at the University of California, Riverside, USA. His first book, Science Fiction, New Space Opera, and Neoliberal Globalism was published in 2016. His second book, Citizen Science Fiction, was published in 2021. 


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