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.

• 1. Introduction.-  2. “I Don’t Know What to Do with Grey”: Ludic Gameplay and Narrative Agency.-  3. “There is No War, There is Only Harvest”: Diplomatic Realpolitik and Combat Gameplay in Mass Effect.-  4. Embracing Eternity: FemShep, Queer Romance, and Diversity.-  5. “Science Fun Today”: Mass Effect and Rethinking SF’s Pedagogical Approach to Exoplanetary and Astrobiological Science.-  6. Conclusion.

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.

• 1. Introduction.-  2. “I Don’t Know What to Do with Grey”: Ludic Gameplay and Narrative Agency.-  3. “There is No War, There is Only Harvest”: Diplomatic Realpolitik and Combat Gameplay in Mass Effect.-  4. Embracing Eternity: FemShep, Queer Romance, and Diversity.-  5. “Science Fun Today”: Mass Effect and Rethinking SF’s Pedagogical Approach to Exoplanetary and Astrobiological Science.-  6. Conclusion.

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.

• 1. Introduction.-  2. “I Don’t Know What to Do with Grey”: Ludic Gameplay and Narrative Agency.-  3. “There is No War, There is Only Harvest”: Diplomatic Realpolitik and Combat Gameplay in Mass Effect.-  4. Embracing Eternity: FemShep, Queer Romance, and Diversity.-  5. “Science Fun Today”: Mass Effect and Rethinking SF’s Pedagogical Approach to Exoplanetary and Astrobiological Science.-  6. Conclusion.