{"id":42173,"date":"2018-03-12T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=42173"},"modified":"2018-03-11T23:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T03:24:35","slug":"diecast-201-another-funeral-for-mass-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=42173","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #201: Another Funeral for Mass Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week I talked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SoldierHawke\">SoldierHawk<\/a> about her YouTube Channel, Mass Effect, and the sorry state of sci-fi in videogames.<\/p>\n<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast201.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast201.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast201.mp3' download='diecast201.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast201.ogg' download='diecast201.ogg'>Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='?cat=287&feed=rss2'>Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small><\/div><br \/>\nHosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/\">Shamus<\/a> with guest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SoldierHawke\">Brittany<\/a>. Episode edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/profiles\/76561198087035658\/\">Issac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>00:04 A bit about SoldierHawk and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SoldierHawke\">her YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A lot of videos show her playing through well-known games blind. (Blind in the sense that she doesn&#8217;t know the story. Not like, blindfolded or whatever.) Have a look at her archives and see if there&#8217;s anything you&#8217;d like to see through the eyes of a newcomer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18:08 The Timeless disappointment of Mass Effect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shamusyoung?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shamusyoung<\/a> So have you ever found anything&#8211;game, book, movie, anything&#8211;that gives you that same feeling as ME1? I crave more and don&#39;t know where to go.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SoldierHawk (@Soldierhawke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Soldierhawke\/status\/963516048149430272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Screw Kai Leng.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30:06 What would it take for a new game to fill that same Mass Effect niche?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tragic thing is that years later Mass Effect remains the best Trek-style AAA game out there, because nobody else seems interested in making them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38:00 What are some other works that began strong and ended in disappointment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like I said in the show, we were trying to think of works that had a fantastic opening but led to terrible sequels. For the purposes of this discussion, we&#8217;re talking about works where the first installment begins a story and leaves us with a solid hook, promising more in the future. So I don&#8217;t think something like Highlander counts. Lots of long-running franchises degrade in quality over time, but we&#8217;re specifically looking for works that begin a story and fail to end it properly. Obviously there&#8217;s a lot of wiggle-room here, so see what you can come up with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I talked with SoldierHawk about her YouTube Channel, Mass Effect, and the sorry state of sci-fi in videogames. Hosts: Shamus with guest Brittany. Episode edited by Issac. 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