An abject failure of story-telling, in every possible way.Jaimie makes bad puns and does a mean Kasumi impression. Chris rants about the horrible, no good, very bad ethics on display here. Both of them rant about the bad writing and the putti

ME2: 7 – Horizon

May 31st, 2019 25m 7s

Thor-Collector bug time! (This is a really weird crossover…)In which we meet and fight Collectors, argue with a guy in a shed, and argue with Kaidan. Also, Chris cannot talk to save his life in this episode, and Jaimie is reveling in it.Show

ME2: 6 – Grunt

Apr 4th, 2019 19m 12s

Recruiting “The Convict”—or, Jaimie is sleepy and this mission was not well-written.GruntShow NotesThe ExpansebooksTV seriesInteract!Patreon@[email protected]

ME2: 5 – Jack

Feb 18th, 2019 32m 55s

Recruiting “The Convict”—or, as Jaimie summarized it:If you talk to people enough and steal their credits… everyone will love you.Show NotesMonologuing (TV Tropes)I’m always angry“SMH”: “shaking my head”LBD (yes, again!)headcanonXKCD

ME2: 4 – Kasumi

Jan 23rd, 2019 23m 12s

We talk about how Kasumi is bad at parties but is creepily good at knowing Shepard's measurements, and also about a gunfight and the problems with hoods.Show NotesNewton's First Lawthe referenced sequence in the gameLBD (yes, again!)Andr

ME2: 3 – First Recruitments and Omega

Nov 8th, 2018 35m 18s

We talk about the Normandy 2's crew, Omega and Aria, and recruiting Mordin and Garrus.Show Notes“male gaze”Jayne Cobb's chain of commandHero of CantonTaylor Swift “Shake It Off”Trinity in The Matrix“Space opera”Interact!Patreon@mass_

ME2: 2 – Freedom's Progress

Jul 12th, 2018 33m 9s

A ghost town with wolf noises, meeting Tali again, talking to TIM, and PLOT!!! reasons.Show NotesHamiltonbionic: "having normal biological capability or performance enhanced by or as if by electronic or electromechanical devices"New Rustac

ME2: 1 – Opening

Jul 6th, 2017 36m 54s

Cerberus between games, the prologue, and the opening.Show Notes"retcon" -- "retroactive continuity""new money"Chuck"little black dress"Interact!Patreon@[email protected]

ME: 7 – Finale

Jun 20th, 2017 39m 16s

Show NotesShamus Young's Mass Effect Retrospective -- "A Chat With Vigil"Marauder ShieldsFaunts: "M4, Part II", from M4Bonus "Screenshot"

ME: 6 – Virmire

Apr 25th, 2017 44m 10s

Show NotesMoronic Mako Driving"Thanoptis" and "Thanopsis": Jaimie was thinking of "Thanatopsis", by William Cullen Bryant.TVTropes on monologuingSpeeches and Monologues (the overview page for all the kinds of monologuing)Evil gloating --

ME: 5 – Feros

Apr 9th, 2017 29m 24s

Bad corporations and plant-based… body horror?Show NotesParagon and Renegade earringsInteract!Patreon@[email protected]

Bonus

Andromeda: 0 – Trailer Thoughts

Mar 21st, 2017 26m 7s

Show NotesShamus Young's retrospectiveME2 trailer: "We will fight for the lost…" :beat: \Interact!Patreon@[email protected]

ME: 4 – Noveria

Mar 5th, 2017 32m 53s

Show NotesTowers of HanoiEnder seriesEnder's Game – notably, itself originally a short storySpeaker for the Dead"Named character" and Alestia: see Nominal Importance at TV Tropes"Lampshade" from "hang a lampshade on it" (see TV Tropes)

ME: 3 – Liara

Feb 20th, 2017 36m 12s

Finding our favorite delightfully awkward and nerdy blue alien woman.Show NotesChris kept saying "spaceography" because he couldn't remember the word astrography.ExoplanetsHaloCutscene Incompetence (TVTropes)Jaimie described meeting Rear

ME: 2 – The Citadel

Feb 7th, 2017 35m 13s

The Council, meeting almost all the rest of our crew, and space fashion!Show NotesKnights of the Old RepublicCharacter alignment – as described on TVTropes.com, and originating in Dungeons and Dragons. Fair warning: if you click into TVTrop

ME: 1 – Prologue

Jan 23rd, 2017 28m 13s

An introduction to the podcast, and the mission on Eden Prime!Show NotesMedia OS: our name (probably picked up from somewhere, but we don't know where) for the operating systems you see on television and in movies---which are nothing like r

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