Video Game Spin-Offs

I love my games, but also find myself interested in other game related materials.  I don't collect action figures, but do have an interest in artwork, books, and comics related to my favorite gaming series.  I thought I would spend some time writing about some of these items in case their are others out there sitting on the fence about getting into a game related comic series or novels.  If you're a big enough fan it can be another way to delve deeper into a story or characters.

My favorite game series is Mass Effect.  As a big fan of the games, I'm generally interested in anything I  can get my hands on.  I decided to start with the Mass Effect comic book series.  The first series, Redemption, is centered around events and characters related to Mass Effect 2.

Cool artwork of Feron.

The first volume details the efforts of Liara and Feron as they are trying to recover the body of Commander Shepard.  In the Mass Effect 2 DLC, "Lair of the Shadow Broker," you meet Feron as you storm the shadow broker's base.  He's been held hostage by the broker for years and is being tortured.  After you deal with the broker you get a chance to talk to Feron and realize that his friendship with Liara is deep and includes events that aren't explained in the game.  The comic, Redemption, details these events and explains how Cerberus actually managed to get ahold of Shepard's body.

Early part of the story detailing Feron and Liara teaming up to find Shepard's body.

I'm no expert on comic books so I'm not a good judge of 

things related to comics.  I enjoyed the first volume and found the story intriguing and action-packed.  There's some cool artwork included that will appeal to any Mass Effect fan.  You can pick up the comics relatively cheaply in digital form on iBooks or from Dark Horse comics.