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Mass Affection
by Chris and Jaimie Krycho
A husband and wife play-through of the Mass Effect games. Laughter, romance, and hijinks ensue. Biweekly episodes discussing plot, character, gameplay—the whole gamut!
Episodes
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ME2: 8 – Arrival
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 putting-the-characters-on-rails decisions the story team...
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ME2: 7 – Horizon
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 Notes The Incomparable Episode I: The Phantom Menace...
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ME2: 6 – Grunt
Recruiting “The Convict”—or, Jaimie is sleepy and this mission was not well-written. Grunt Show Notes The Expanse books TV series Interact! Patreon @mass_affection [email protected]
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ME2: 5 – Jack
Recruiting “The Convict”—or, as Jaimie summarized it: If you talk to people enough and steal their credits… everyone will love you. Show Notes Monologuing (TV Tropes) I’m always angry “SMH”: “shaking my head” LBD (yes, again!) headcanon XKCD "headcannon" Interact! Patreon @mass_affection...
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ME2: 4 – Kasumi
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 Notes Newton's First Law the referenced sequence in the game LBD (yes, again!) Andromeda Strain by Michael Crighton headcanon XKCD...
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ME2: 3 – First Recruitments and Omega
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 command Hero of Canton Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” Trinity in The Matrix “Space opera” Interact! Patreon @mass_affection [email protected]
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ME2: 2 – Freedom's Progress
A ghost town with wolf noises, meeting Tali again, talking to TIM, and PLOT!!! reasons. Show Notes Hamilton bionic: "having normal biological capability or performance enhanced by or as if by electronic or electromechanical devices" New Rustacean, Chris' other podcast blog post about moving to...
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ME2: 1 – Opening
Cerberus between games, the prologue, and the opening. Show Notes "retcon" -- "retroactive continuity" "new money" Chuck "little black dress" Interact! Patreon @mass_affection [email protected]
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ME: 7 – Finale
Show Notes Shamus Young's Mass Effect Retrospective -- "A Chat With Vigil" Marauder Shields Faunts: "M4, Part II", from M4 Bonus "Screenshot"
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ME: 6 – Virmire
Show Notes Moronic Mako Driving "Thanoptis" and "Thanopsis": Jaimie was thinking of "Thanatopsis", by William Cullen Bryant. TVTropes on monologuing Speeches and Monologues (the overview page for all the kinds of monologuing) Evil gloating -- also a master list of specific kinds of evil gloating...
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ME: 5 – Feros
Bad corporations and plant-based… body horror? Show Notes Paragon and Renegade earrings Interact! Patreon @mass_affection [email protected]
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Andromeda: 0 – Trailer Thoughts
Show Notes Shamus Young's retrospective ME2 trailer: "We will fight for the lost…" :beat: \ Interact! Patreon @mass_affection [email protected]
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ME: 4 – Noveria
Show Notes Towers of Hanoi Ender series Ender's Game – notably, itself originally a short story Speaker for the Dead "Named character" and Alestia: see Nominal Importance at TV Tropes "Lampshade" from "hang a lampshade on it" (see TV Tropes) Interact! Patreon @mass_affection [email protected]
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ME: 3 – Liara
Finding our favorite delightfully awkward and nerdy blue alien woman. Show Notes Chris kept saying "spaceography" because he couldn't remember the word astrography. Exoplanets Halo Cutscene Incompetence (TVTropes) Jaimie described meeting Rear Admiral Mikhailovich as "a little spice in the tasty...
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ME: 2 – The Citadel
The Council, meeting almost all the rest of our crew, and space fashion! Show Notes Knights of the Old Republic Character alignment – as described on TVTropes.com, and originating in Dungeons and Dragons. Fair warning: if you click into TVTropes, you're apt to get sucked in for a while. Chaotic...
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ME: 1 – Prologue
An introduction to the podcast, and the mission on Eden Prime! Show Notes Media 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 real operating systems. Opening music Voice actors Seth...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A husband and wife play-through of the Mass Effect games. Laughter, romance, and hijinks ensue. Biweekly episodes discussing plot, character, gameplay—the whole gamut!
HOSTED BY
Chris and Jaimie Krycho
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A husband and wife play-through of the Mass Effect games. Laughter, romance, and hijinks ensue. Biweekly episodes discussing plot, character, gameplay—the whole gamut!
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