Mass Effect: Andromeda liveblog (inactive)

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There is a 50% chance that this journal will be liveblogs and the occasional rant, going forward. I almost ranted about the all-female Lord of the Flies remake this morning, but I've lost interest in it by now.

Does anyone use Discord? Maybe want a server to chat about current events and/or fictional fandoms and/or just be dorks?

Anyway, I was blackmailed by a certain person to download the trial version of Mass Effect: Andromeda, and after a few hours of playing it, all I want to do is continue playing it, even though I only have a few hours left on the trial and by god I will not buy another game before at least finishing FFXV. But here I am...


Current progress: Arrived at the Nexus

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I found MY FIRST MODEL SHIP! SSV NORMANDY, BABY! Dad, you have started my collecting.

Some of Dad's archives. He was communicating with Liara, he thought her research with ancient cultures might come in handy. (Ryder has actually worked with Prothean research teams and recalls that Dr. T'soni's theories were considered kind of far-fetched.) His last video before leaving says that he's worried about Scott. "It's times like these that you wish you'd told your kids that you loved them more. ...or ever. ...which brings me to the hard part. ...kids, if anything happens to me, there are things you're going to find out. I hope you'll understand." Dad, you still didn't say it. Jeez.

SAM remembered something, so we head back to Cerebro so that he can literally make Sara relive her dad's experiences. Not weird.

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It's a memory from the Citadel, when he wanted to experiment with AI and the human embassy was like, "Ugh, you are going to ruin our reputation with the other species!!" and he was like, "You wanted me to find an advantage humans could have against them, and this is it. They're afraid of AIs, but we can use them!"

He thinks that the problem with the geth was that geth were separate from their creators, but you can make an AI that integrates with you, so there is no boundary between creator and created, and what benefits one benefits both. They won't take the risk.

Just sayin', but Javik told us he learned about a race that had AI implants that took over their host bodies... /eyes Ryder and her AI implant that can control her body

This isn't something no one's ever thought of before.

Then Mom calls! She's still alive! And she has a terminal prognosis. Whoops. And Dad says, "Not on my watch," grimly. ...oh boy.