Comments on: Cover Art

By: Mass Effect 2 – PlayStation 3 Launch Trailer - The Average Gamer

Mass Effect 2 – PlayStation 3 Launch Trailer - The Average Gamer — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:53:14 +0000

[...] Replace the word “man” with “person” and it would sound much better. Although it is hardly surprising that Commander Shepard is portrayed as a man in Mass Effect 2 given the gender based marketing that we are seeing and have seen before with the Mass Effect cover art. [...]

By: It’s Not For You – Gender-based Marketing - The Average Gamer

It’s Not For You – Gender-based Marketing - The Average Gamer — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:11:31 +0000

[...] been heavily branded towards this particular John Shepard for years now. I’ve blogged about that approach to Mass Effect’s marketing before (albeit facetiously). The thing is, both games so far have received incredible critical [...]

By: No Penis? Please Fuck Off. kthxbai! - The Average Gamer

No Penis? Please Fuck Off. kthxbai! - The Average Gamer — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:49:12 +0000

[...] posts: Cover Art and X-Blades: Now Featuring Almost-Porn Like games websites? Tell us what you want to see! [...]

By: How Important Is A Game’s Cover Art? : Man Fat

How Important Is A Game’s Cover Art? : Man Fat — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:56:12 +0000

[...] Silvercublogger: Don’t Cover The Art, Unless… The Average Gamer: Cover Art [...]

By: Debbie "Weefz" Timmins

Debbie "Weefz" Timmins — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:40:54 +0000

Really? Why’s that?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:28:57 +0000

Totally agree about the male Shepard on the Mass Effect marketing – would have been great to have the option to buy the female Shepard version of the game.

Personally, and I’ve heard many other people say this too, I think the female Shepard is the superior way to play the game :)

By: Gamer Banter: Cover art? No, thanks! « carocat.co.uk

Gamer Banter: Cover art? No, thanks! « carocat.co.uk — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:28:55 +0000

[...] Cover Art – The Average Gamer on July 22, 2010 at 4:51 [...]

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:03:49 +0000

Yeah, a lot of people I know want to smack them.

By: Debbie "Weefz" Timmins

Debbie "Weefz" Timmins — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:02:37 +0000

TBH, I had been avoiding DA2 marketing coz it reminds me that I haven’t played nearly enough of DA:O yet. Now that you mention it, I had a look and yes, looks like they’re playing heavily to the male überwarrior fantasy again.

*sigh*

By: Debbie "Weefz" Timmins

Debbie "Weefz" Timmins — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:56:27 +0000

Hehe! To each their own, hey? Don’t get me wrong, I do love the artwork and style for Mass Effect. I still use the old theme for my Xbox dashboard :)

I was seriously considering getting an Xbox 360 faceplate, but that John Shepard face is nothing to MY experience of the game. Mass Effect and ME2 are about Elandra Shephard, goddamit! She’s a cute feisty spaceship commander who doesn’t take shit from anyone and on the heels of a failed relationship with Kaiden, is about to experiment with Turian/human sex o.O

I dunno who that guy is in all the pictures. Some loser ;)