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The Projects I am Working On (2025)
The novels and video game projects that I am working on in 2025.
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Books I Finished Reading (2023)
I am late to the party on this one, but I finally decided to keep a record of all the books I read in a year. For writers, this is a pleasant way of reminding oneself of the idea to keep reading; read everything. It will benefit one’s writing.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda: Should you play it?
Andromeda had the potential to be a great new series. Unfortunately, it failed. From the ridiculous reasoning in the story to the significant lack of character development, there were too many poor elements that this a bland game. Should you play Mass Effect: Andromeda? The answer depends on two questions. Have you played the Mass…
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Mass Effect: Andromeda: Can you overlook the errors?
I can overlook errors in game mechanics, or ignore obvious illogical or inconsistent plot points in the story as long as the narrative, character development, or scene, is strong and well done. However, in Andromeda, that didn’t occur. The Initiative: All eggs in one basket and defenceless ships. Between the timelines of Mass Effect 2…
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Mass Effect Andromeda: The good, or what I could find in it.
The bottom line, I don’t think this is a good game. It’s playable and works in the 70+ hours it’ll take to beat the game, but that’s not a good selling feature. With many flaws and failures with the mechanics, I enjoyed some things about Andromeda, not that it set itself apart from Mass Effect:…
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Does Mass Effect: Andromeda have enough strengths to overlook the deficiencies?
The Mass Effect Trilogy (the Trilogy) is one of the best series I have ever played. I continue to be struck by the detail of ‘choices’ and how decisions made in the first game continue to the third. The writing for the story, the development of characters, and the setting for empathy were impressively scripted.…
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Reasons why I don’t prefer the Proust Questionnaire.
In my previous blog, I mentioned the famous Proust Questionnaire. I was introduced to the questionnaire as a tool to help writers understand their characters in one of my courses in the Creative Writing Certificate. Though there were some interesting questions, I used them very little. I didn’t understand why until I finished the Character…
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Michael Leask 