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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!

Chris and Jaimie Krycho


    • Jul 4, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 16 EPISODES
    • 2 SEASONS


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    ME2: 8 – Arrival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 38:33


    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 made. …but hey, at least there's a Hackett appearance? Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    ME2: 7 – Horizon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 25:07


    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 Part 1: We Waited 16 Years For This? Part 2: Go Wash a Droid Episode II: Attack of the Clones Part 1: Full Fledged Force Mullet Part 2: How I Sold Your Mother Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Part 1: Force Denier Part 2: Caucus with the Sith Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    ME2: 6 – Grunt

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 19:12


    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 hello@massaffection.com

    ME2: 5 – Jack

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 32:55


    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 hello@massaffection.com

    ME2: 4 – Kasumi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 23:12


    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 "headcannon" Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    ME2: 3 – First Recruitments and Omega

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 35:18


    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 hello@massaffection.com

    ME2: 2 – Freedom's Progress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 33:09


    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 Colorado Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

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    ME2: 1 – Opening

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017 36:54


    Cerberus between games, the prologue, and the opening. Show Notes "retcon" -- "retroactive continuity" "new money" Chuck "little black dress" Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    ME: 7 – Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2017 39:16


    Show Notes Shamus Young's Mass Effect Retrospective -- "A Chat With Vigil" Marauder Shields Faunts: "M4, Part II", from M4 Bonus "Screenshot"

    ME: 6 – Virmire

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 44:10


    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 You Have No Chance To Survive -- Sovereign's specific variation "It's a trap" Cutscene Incompetence (TVTropes) Freeeeedoooooom (warning: a bit gruesome, though all offscreen) "Hold the line!" speech Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    ME: 5 – Feros

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2017 29:24


    Bad corporations and plant-based… body horror? Show Notes Paragon and Renegade earrings Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    Andromeda: 0 – Trailer Thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2017 26:07


    Show Notes Shamus Young's retrospective ME2 trailer: "We will fight for the lost…" :beat: Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    ME: 4 – Noveria

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017 32:53


    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 hello@massaffection.com

    ME: 3 – Liara

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017 36:12


    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 stew that is Mass Effect"; she was referencing a post Chris wrote about art a few years ago: "And the Stew Tastes Good" Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    ME: 2 – The Citadel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 35:13


    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 good Lawful good On villains monologuing: Evil Gloating (TVTropes again; you have been warned!) Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

    ME: 1 – Prologue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 28:13


    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 Green (Joker) Raphael Sbarge (Kaidan) Jennifer Hale (FemShep) Keith David (Anderson) Doctor Who Companions Interact! Patreon @mass_affection hello@massaffection.com

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