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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #400 on: 09 Dec 2009, 17:35 »

If it doesn't have night vision goggles, is it really a collector's edition?
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #401 on: 09 Dec 2009, 17:43 »

Did you look at that box?
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #402 on: 09 Dec 2009, 17:48 »

I did.  And I'm still convinced that Collector's Editions are to nerds what lottery tickets are to the stupid.  But then, I don't spend a lot of time looking at my video game boxes.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #403 on: 09 Dec 2009, 18:19 »

If you really want to go crazy on your bonus content, you should check out Bioshock 2's CE. Mass Effect 2 has a reasonable price in comparison. Oh well, I can drool forever over those special editions, but I never end up buying one.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #404 on: 09 Dec 2009, 18:30 »

I'd definitely consider it if it came with the costume on the right.

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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #405 on: 09 Dec 2009, 18:44 »

Adama...Eddie James Olmos

He will always be Gaff for me.  Even a good re-imaging of BSG is able to erase how badass Gaff was.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #406 on: 09 Dec 2009, 19:57 »

And yeah, according to IMDB Adam Baldwin is voicing the new Krogan dude. That's cool and all, but since I've never seen Firefly he won't be able to replace Wrex in my heart.

Also, I had Adam Baldwin on Twitter for all of like 4 days and it was pretty disillusioning because all he did all day was argue about politics and he was very conservative.

I can understand any of his characters beign a Republican, but the shooty shooty kind, not the argue on Twitter about socialism kind.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #407 on: 09 Dec 2009, 20:00 »

Goddamit Jordan why did you have to tell me this. I have now fallen slightly out of love with Adam Baldwin. Good job.  :cry:
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #408 on: 09 Dec 2009, 20:05 »

I did it because of my deep seething hatred for you.

Also, I'm getting paid to destroy your carefully constructed reality by secret members of these forums. But I'd do it for free.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #409 on: 09 Dec 2009, 20:12 »

Well the cat's out of the bag now. Thanks Jordan
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #410 on: 09 Dec 2009, 20:30 »

AHHHHHH aaaaaaahhhhhhhh ahhhhh ah.  :|
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #411 on: 09 Dec 2009, 20:39 »

Hey. Hey Ibby.

You will not live up to whatever potential you think you have.
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« Reply #412 on: 09 Dec 2009, 20:50 »

Would you have less of a deep seething hatred for me if I gave you a pony?
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #413 on: 09 Dec 2009, 20:56 »

Actually, yes. Yes I would.

Are...are we having a serious pony discussion?
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #414 on: 09 Dec 2009, 20:58 »

I can't believe that just happened.

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« Reply #415 on: 09 Dec 2009, 21:25 »

I love you all. So much.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #416 on: 09 Dec 2009, 21:30 »

Do you know what people who love us do?

(Hang out with us more hey why do you hate Meebo goddamn yeah I'm still harping on you about it wanna fight?)
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #417 on: 09 Dec 2009, 21:42 »

Do you know what people who love us do?

(Hang out with us more hey why do you hate Ted's goddamn yeah I'm still harping on you about it wanna fight?)


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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #418 on: 09 Dec 2009, 23:08 »

Hey Grunt is only 22 years old. I'm wondering how they'll explain that, considering the Genophage and whatnot.

oh hey magazine scan too

You're working for/with Cerberus, I guess.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #419 on: 09 Dec 2009, 23:44 »

The Mass Effect wiki specifically says that Grunt is one of the very, very few krogan who were born after the genophage. The first game does mention that the genophage isn't 100% effective, just in the vast majority of cases.
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« Reply #420 on: 10 Dec 2009, 02:19 »

Convenient Krogan is convenient.

It's hard for me to conceal how pumped I am for this game, though. The article in this month's GI pretty much sealed the deal.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #421 on: 10 Dec 2009, 06:00 »

It's not so much that he's convenient as much as that's a defining aspect of his character. They could have very easily made another older Krogan like Wrex who was born before the genophage, but presumably being one of the few krogan born after the sterilization of the race would add a different dimension to Grunt.

There's a Miranda video going up on Gamespot today, according to Bioware's Twitter feed. I didn't play the iPhone game, so I'm curious to see more information on her.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #422 on: 10 Dec 2009, 06:45 »

I'd definitely consider it if it came with the costume on the right.

When it comes to costumes, Harrison Krix is the Big Daddy of Big Daddies.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #423 on: 10 Dec 2009, 07:45 »

Yeah I read the making of thread for that costume.  I'm still kind of amazed he got the drill to rotate like that.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #424 on: 10 Dec 2009, 08:58 »

Mass Effect 2 is full of stars (I'm a sucker for this kind of thing)
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #425 on: 10 Dec 2009, 09:04 »

Michael Dorn's best role was not Worf, it was this guy:

Unfortunately, Black Isle isn't around to make awesome characters any more.  Bioware is only okay at it.
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« Reply #426 on: 10 Dec 2009, 11:06 »

Hey Grunt is only 22 years old. I'm wondering how they'll explain that, considering the Genophage and whatnot.

oh hey magazine scan too

You're working for/with Cerberus, I guess.

Eh, old news. But as I recall, every time you ran into Cerberus in ME1 they were doing supervillain-type stuff and you had to kill them, kill them hard every time they crossed your path. How come we're turning sides all of a sudden?
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #427 on: 10 Dec 2009, 11:46 »

Humans are being specifically targeted by these Collector things. Shepard is sure to be pigeonholed into working for Cerberus no matter what his history with them. It is the Bioware way.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #428 on: 10 Dec 2009, 12:05 »

Do you know what people who love us do?

(Hang out with us more hey why do you hate Meebo goddamn yeah I'm still harping on you about it wanna fight?)


Ugh, fine. I'll be on Meebo more often. Goddamit.

Also, BlueKitty (sorry, I do not know your name) do you think you can possibly tell me who all those actors are? I recognize a few but am kinda fuzzy on the rest of them.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #429 on: 10 Dec 2009, 12:08 »

All those actors are actually Adam Baldwin wearing different masks.  That's how good he is.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #430 on: 10 Dec 2009, 12:47 »

It's sort of weird how many games Tricia Helfer is showing up in all of a sudden. Also, I've never seen FlashForward so I didn't recognize her voice, but according to what I've read Shohreh Aghdashioo is (possible spoilers? It's stated in the Tali trailer, more or less) the head of the Quarian Migrant Fleet.

And, if what I've read about the beginning of Mass Effect 2 is true, there's actually a better justification for Shepard working with Cerberus than you'd think.

Edit: I don't know if this is the Miranda trailer that Bioware was talking about, because Miranda's definitely in it, but it does show all of these new people. Apparently Adam Baldwin isn't voicing Grunt after all, from his character's name and the brief bit of dialogue from him I'm guessing he's a Quarian character.
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« Reply #431 on: 10 Dec 2009, 18:51 »

from a different site

    *  Martin Sheen (Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez's dad) -- Illusive Man commanding Cerberus
    * Shohreh Adhdashloo (sexy voice lady from FlashForward) -- Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay
    * Seth Green (hand in your geek card if you don't know) -- Joker
    * Yvonne Strahovski (wiener lady, lust of Chuck) -- Miranda Lawson
    * Adam Baldwin (a man named Jayne... or the man they call Jayne) -- Kal 'Reegar
    * David Keith Keith David (Halo's Arbiter) -- Admiral David Anderson
    * Michael Dorn (Star Trek TNG's Worf) -- Gatatog Uvenk
    * Tricia Helfer (2020 Oscar winner after people stop treating her like meat) -- EDI, voice of the "new Normandy"
    * Michael Hogan (Colonel Saul Tigh) -- Captain Bailey
    * Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity from The Matrix, singular, no sequels exist -- especially not Revolutions) -- Aria T'Loak
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #432 on: 10 Dec 2009, 19:22 »

    * Michael Dorn (Fallout 2's Marcus) -- Gatatog Uvenk

FYP.  We've been over this.
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #433 on: 10 Dec 2009, 19:29 »

I know, I just choose to ignore it
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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #434 on: 10 Dec 2009, 19:44 »

You don't have to rub the fact that you're a dong in everybody's face.
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« Reply #435 on: 10 Dec 2009, 21:35 »


    *  Martin Sheen (Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez's dad)


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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #436 on: 10 Dec 2009, 22:21 »

    * Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity from The Matrix, singular, no sequels exist -- especially not Revolutions) -- Aria T'Loak

Why would you even mention sequels? There were never any sequels to the Matrix. Never. It was a fantastic stand-along movie whose image was never sullied by inferior following films.
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« Reply #437 on: 10 Dec 2009, 22:23 »

And there was never a sequel to Fallout 2.

You're deluding yourselves, that isn't healthy.
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« Reply #438 on: 10 Dec 2009, 23:29 »

I support both the above assertions.
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« Reply #439 on: 11 Dec 2009, 08:51 »

Nerd blindness is so cliche.

The Matrix sequels are wholy disappointing in the massive wake of the cultural phenomenon that was the original movie. They are, however, decent enough sci-fi movies if you remove them from that context and come on, it's not like we get those often enough. They're a darn sight better than something Bay-level for instance.

Fallout 3 is a great game and one of Bethesda's best. While it doesn't have the charm of the first two Fallouts, it has revitalized the franchise financially which has resulted in the New Vegas game by Obsidian, which houses much of the original Black Isle team. Its existence is a good thing and good video games are always welcome.

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Re: Mass Effect 2
« Reply #440 on: 11 Dec 2009, 08:54 »

from a different site

    *  Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, The West Wing) -- Illusive Man commanding Cerberus
    * Keith David (The Thing, Platoon, There's Something About Mary) -- Admiral David Anderson


Also Fallout 3 rules! A lot!
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« Reply #441 on: 11 Dec 2009, 10:49 »

Nerd blindness is so cliche.

The Matrix sequels are wholy disappointing in the massive wake of the cultural phenomenon that was the original movie. They are, however, decent enough sci-fi movies if you remove them from that context and come on, it's not like we get those often enough. They're a darn sight better than something Bay-level for instance.

Fallout 3 is a great game and one of Bethesda's best. While it doesn't have the charm of the first two Fallouts, it has revitalized the franchise financially which has resulted in the New Vegas game by Obsidian, which houses much of the original Black Isle team. Its existence is a good thing and good video games are always welcome.

Jerks.

I wholeheartedly agree with this post. Fallout 3 is tons of fun, haters gonna hate.
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« Reply #442 on: 11 Dec 2009, 10:58 »

Just because it's cliche doesn't mean it's not a good idea.  Some things are cliche for a reason.  I appreciate that you thought the 2d and 3d Matrix movies were decent enough, and the special effects were indeed great, but as movies I found them literally unwatchable.  In the sense that I stopped watching them, they were so poorly plotted, written and conceived.

As for Fallout 3, I liked it well enough but got too bored to finish it.  I'm not sure why.  I wasn't aware that there was such a backlash against it, though.
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« Reply #443 on: 11 Dec 2009, 11:16 »

Actually, maybe "wholeheartedly" was a poor descriptor. I've actually never seen the third Matrix movie, and I barely remember the second. I was mostly referring to the Fallout 3 stuff.
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« Reply #444 on: 11 Dec 2009, 12:24 »

I saw Matrix Revolutions on a bad movie night, loaded, and it was still like the worst Dragonball Z episode I have ever seen.  But hey, that's just me.
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« Reply #445 on: 11 Dec 2009, 14:54 »

I wasn't aware that there was such a backlash against it, though.

Consider yourself lucky!
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« Reply #446 on: 11 Dec 2009, 16:26 »

Ugh, fine. I'll be on Meebo more often. Goddamit.

Well if it's such a chore maybe we don't want you anyhow.

Just thought, you know, if you're going to waste time on here anyway, might as well do with with the cool kids (the ones who have so little life and so much free time that they literally just spend hours in a chat room)
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« Reply #447 on: 11 Dec 2009, 17:26 »

Hey, Jordan. I'm on meebo. Where are you. Ass-face.
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« Reply #448 on: 11 Dec 2009, 18:14 »

Nerd blindness is so cliche.

The Matrix sequels are wholy disappointing in the massive wake of the cultural phenomenon that was the original movie. They are, however, decent enough sci-fi movies if you remove them from that context and come on, it's not like we get those often enough. They're a darn sight better than something Bay-level for instance.
Jerks.

This whole thing always makes me feel so torn. On the one hand, I don't really feel the Matrix was sullied by the existence of the sequels and so I don't really have any nerd rage on this subject. On the other hand, I thought the sequels were really boring and perfectly illustrated all the reasons why sci-fi movies tend to be kind of bad in general. The first movie is honestly pretty simple, all things considered, even if it kind of drags near the end; I thought the movie peaked around the time the agents implant that weird transistor bug thing in Neo, to be honest. But overall, the underlying "Reality is more hostile than you ever knew and you cannot trust your senses" theme works really well for an action-thriller and I'm glad I saw it on the big screen. The sequels, on the other hand, are just kind of lost up their own asshole.
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« Reply #449 on: 11 Dec 2009, 18:22 »

Fuck revisionism. The Matrix sequels were like the original movie, just devoid of all the things that made it any good at all. The sense of wonder and possibility, the pacing, the relative simplicity, the use of the Matrix itself as a setting, even the story, as standard "Hero With a Thousand Faces" as it was. They were bloated, boring, and hilariously overplotted. The only movies that compare are Lynch's Dune and The Chronicles of Riddick.
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