BioWare Target of Delicious Operation Cupcake

By Brian P Rubin | 30 March 2012 | 9 Comments

Not content with the forthcoming whatever it is from BioWare to address their seething fans’ hatred of Mass Effect 3’s reportedly lousy ending, some intrepid fans have funded the creation and delivery of METAPHORICAL CUPCAKES to the developers’ offices.

The details are laid out over on Blistered Thumbs. A fan ordered 400 vanilla flavored cupcakes, of which there were three groups of 134Green, Blue, and Red frosted treats, with each color marked A, B, or C. The differently colored but same-flavored cupcakes were meant to signify the choices players thought they were making in the game—which ultimately led to the same ending.

Anyway, the movement really took off when it was discovered that the Edmonton-based Fuss Cupcakes couldn’t take money via PayPal, meaning one fan had to pay for the $1,000 order out of pocket. A groundswell of support to pay him back erupted on BioWare’s forums, with BioWare itself cheering the gesture on in order to support the local business.

So there you go. Gotta be way more delicious than Operation Crowbar, for sure.

Via Blistered Thumbs

9 Comments

Posted by Mugenite on 30 March 12 at 2:27pm

Clever… and mroe constructive than burning books or mailing crowbars to the devs… Maybe Bioware will give us the closure we’ve been dying for… :,(
Posted by aFascistPenguin on 30 March 12 at 2:27pm

It’s times like this I wish I worked at Bioware.

That’s Right Garrus, cupcakes are awesome.
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Posted by soulprovider on 30 March 12 at 8:42pm

hmm a little outdated, bioware decided the cupcakes were not in good taste and donated them all to charity.

You heard me correctly, bioware donated the cupcakes to charity.because they felt it was not in celebration of the game but it certainly got their attention. I’m sensing a PR deflection here.
Posted by sandvichwithhats on 31 March 12 at 12:40pm

Bioware was given A,B and C but they choose D >:C
- Posted by Mugenite on 31 March 12 at 1:31pm
  
  No, they didn’t. They just ate all three choices and enjoyed the fact that they had a cupcake to eat at all. Hmmm… That almost sounds like a metaphor…
Posted by ZeroKitsunei on 31 March 12 at 12:51pm

Some people… At the end of the day Mass Effect is Biowares property. SO asking them to change the ending of THEIR game because YOU weren’t happy with it is stupid.

It does on the flip side, make me happy to see this getting, this much publicity. This is usually they type of thing that you see happen to more developed art, like t.v. shows or movies. I mean George Lucas has been doing this to Star Wars for well since after the 1st 3 movies.

Though knowing EA if you complain enough, they will sell you the ending you want for $15.
Posted by adam on 31 March 12 at 10:14pm

i feel anyone who paided 60 dollers for a game and was disatisfied whith the ending for it has the right to atleast ask the company to change or fix it
- Posted by Mugenite on 01 April 12 at 5:53pm
  
  I wasn’t completely satisfied with the ending, but I’m not going to hold my breath for Bioware to respond. They most likely withheld a ton of stuff in order to make fans eager to buy more DLC. The same happened with ME2. They cut all Liara content from the final product and forced gamers to buy DLC in order to either continue their romance or to have her in the story. :/
Posted by Tairaaaa on 01 April 12 at 9:04am

Yeah the colors are beautiful