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Couch Command Podcast – Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice… The Last Jedi of the DC Universe? Or…… AWESOME?

Couch Command Podcast – Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice… The Last Jedi of the DC Universe? Or…… AWESOME?

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powered by Sounder   Scrub to 44:02 to go directly to the review. Hey there, true believers!  Welcome to another episode of The Couch Command. In this episode, me and a team of heroes venture into what we THINK is the DC Cinematic Universe, but as our discussion will uncover… it is not. What we enter with this movie is the Elseworlds intepretation of the DC Universe… THE SNYDERVERSE.  In the podcast we talk about how expectations of how everyone THOUGHT this would be the Warner Bros. answer to the MCU, but instead were not prepared for what is an alternate dimension tale through the specific artful lens…. of Zack Snyder. What Have We Been Geeking On: The Swords of Drizzt Do’Urden Tarzan: The Epic Adventures Star Wars: The Clone Wars Fight Game Sticks: Real Arcade Pro N Hayabusa Real Arcade Pro. 4 Kai The Gamestop Stock Saga Star Trek Mass Effect WandaVision Matt’s QuickSilver and Scarlet Witch Series: Isaac the Lobster Magnet Saves the DC Universe:   Batman v.

Malukah Releases Mass Effect Tribute Album

Malukah Releases Mass Effect Tribute Album

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Back in 2012, a singer known on YouTube as Malukah uploaded a video of a Mass Effect cover song. The video went viral and gifted her the popularity she’d always craved. Now eight years later, Malukah is back with “Reignite,” a tribute album based on her original video. “This song marked an important part of my life,” Malukah explains. “I’d been struggling as a musician for years and felt I’d run out of options. I had decided to stop chasing that dream.” “And then, a cover video I made went viral. At first, I was reluctant to get my hopes up again that I could do this. Make a living from music. But months later, while writing the lyrics to Reignite, I realized I was singing those words to myself. To not give up. Those lyrics weren’t only about Shepard.” “So I cried like a baby. And made up my mind to keep trying even though I was scared of how difficult it would be. That’s one of my favorite

EA Open To A Mass Effect Return in The Future

EA Open To A Mass Effect Return in The Future

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In May of 2017 it emerged that EA was putting the Mass Effect franchise on hold. The publisher was unhappy with the performance of the recently released Mass Effect Andromeda in terms of sales, critical reception, and fan reaction. As well as scaling back developer BioWare Montreal and moving much of its staff to EA Motive to work on Star Wars Battlefront II, the series was effectively put in hiatus. However, EA executive Patrick Soderlund has made it clear that the company would welcome the return of the franchise if it could be revisited in an exciting and relevant way. “I’ve seen people saying ‘Oh EA’s not making another Mass Effect,’” Soderlund told Gamereactor in a recent itnerview. “I see no reason why we shouldn’t come back to Mass Effect. Why not? It’s a spectacular universe, it’s a loved [series], it has a big fanbase, and it’s a game that has done a lot for EA and for BioWare. “What we need to be careful of, though, is whenever we

Mass Effect Andromeda (Xbox One) Review

Mass Effect Andromeda (Xbox One) Review

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Taking place not long after the events of the first Mass Effect game, Andromeda sees the player taking on the role one of two Ryder twins as part of the Initiative. This new mission is a plan to leave the Milky Way galaxy and colonize a new collection of planets in the Andromeda galaxy. It’s a bold move and it doesn’t pay off smoothly, with the 600 years of travel leading to a number of problems. These are primarily an unknown phenomenon called the Scourge that has waylaid many of the Initiative ships and a race of villainous aliens known as Kett. You spend your time from the beginning of the game battling these forces and attempting to revitalize the seed worlds for habitation. The story itself is less high stakes and far less intriguing that anything that happened in the previous three installments in the franchise. The Kett are almost completely one-dimensional while the Scourge an unexplained nuisance. The vast majority of the story sees you having to act

Players Can Craft Their Own Weapons In Mass Effect: Andromeda

Players Can Craft Their Own Weapons In Mass Effect: Andromeda

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In what will be a first for the franchise, Mass Effect: Andromeda will give players the ability to craft their own weapons and give them personalized names. Ian S. Frazier, the lead designer for the game, made the revelation on Twitter whilst confirming that the customization options would also be available for melee weapons. PRO TIP: In MEA, you can craft your own krogan-style hammer and name it GRABTHAR’S HAMMER. That one’s free, folks. #space — Ian Spooky Frazier (@tibermoon) January 17, 2017 Previous Mass Effect titles have allowed players to customize some of their guns to a certain extent, but this new system will give far more control over how the weapons will work. This is likely a result of Dragon Age: Inquisition featuring a similar system. This follows on from earlier news that melee weaponry in the game will work differently from in previous titles. While its predecessors either used the equipped gun or the default omni-tool for melee combat, Mass Effect: Andromeda will instead include specific swords

Mass Effect Andromeda to be Free of Loading Screens

Mass Effect Andromeda to be Free of Loading Screens

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There’s another reason to be excited about the next installment of the Mass Effect franchise. Game Informer reports that the upcoming sequel will actually be free of loading screens. Previously in the Mass Effect series, there would be loading screens in the game’s ship, which was the Normandy. As a result, players will not have to stand around or wait to be scanned while going around the ship. It will be a seamless experience when players are aboard their new ship in Andromeda, which is called the Tempest. This is the ship players will use to embark on their exploration of the Andromeda galaxy. Speaking on how this was done, technical director Harold Chaput stated,  “With memory limitations, with loading limitations, there was a real problem [in previous games]; if you wanted to go from one place to another, you had to unload everything, you had to reload everything–it was a long time.” He added in the report: “It really broke the flow of the game. Now, it’s so much

Mass Effect Remastered Unlikely to Happen

Mass Effect Remastered Unlikely to Happen

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If you were hoping to get remastered versions of the Mass Effect trilogy at some point, it’s probably not a good idea to hold your breath. Speaking on a recent edition of IGN Unfiltered (via VG247), Electronic Arts CCO, Peter Moore, revealed that a remastered version of the original Mass Effect trilogy for current-gen consoles is unlikely to happen in the near future. Moore said that EA is “focused on delivering for the future” and not revisiting the past. Granted, a new Mass Effect game is already being worked on for current-gen consoles, and it’s release is just over the horizon. Plus, BioWare is probably focused on just creating that game, and it would probably be a lot of extra work to oversee some remastered versions. Regarding the prospect of remastering the series, Moore said, “Is there demand? Yes, there’s thousands of people who want it. Do we need millions? I don’t know. Our blinders are on and [we are] looking toward future. If you allow yourself to take the easy

EA Still Not Focusing On Remastering Old Games

EA Still Not Focusing On Remastering Old Games

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Last year, EA executive vice president Patrick Soderlund told Game Informer in an interview that his company was not looking to make any remasters of their popular content despite an obvious demand from fans. However, recently, the same person seemed to change his stance when he told Game Informer that the mega publisher was now looking at how remastered titles had been successful and was likely to jump on the bandwagon in the future. “The honest answer is that we are absolutely actively looking at it,” Soderlund said in the interview. “I can’t announce anything today, but you can expect us most likely to follow our fellow partners in Activision and other companies that have done this successfully.” That doesn’t seem to exactly be the case though. Speaking to IGN during an extensive interview, Peter Moore explained how the company wanted to look to the future rather than the past and concentrate of getting new titles out of the doors. Additionally, Moore explained that although remasters can provide an easy

New Novel Series To Shed Light On Mass Effect Andromeda

New Novel Series To Shed Light On Mass Effect Andromeda

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While many people are obviously very excited to get their hands on the highly anticipated Mass Effect: Andromeda, one aspect has already caused some confusion. This is exactly how it fits into the canon of the franchise as a whole and just how it links to the controversial ending of Mass Effect 3. BioWare has been understandably cagey about releasing too many story details, especially in light of how much of a negative reaction the conclusion to their previous story received. However, it now seems fans might get some answers thanks to a new series of novels from Titan. According to the publisher, the first of these, written by N. K. Jemisin, will be released in August of this year and will be called The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. The next novels will follow on from this initial release in March 2017, September 2017, and March 2018, though Titan hasn’t revealed who their authors are or what the titles will be. “The novels will act as prequel and sequels to the

Mass Effect Novels Coming, Will Tie Original Trilogy To Andromeda

Mass Effect Novels Coming, Will Tie Original Trilogy To Andromeda

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One of the biggest questions heading into Mass Effect: Andromeda was that of how much the game will connect to the original Mass Effect trilogy. Developer Bioware has gone on record noting that the game will not be entirely influenced by the ending of Mass Effect 3, but will still be in the same universe obviously. Futhermore, the game will feature brand new characters, ones that have yet to be on any journey of their own. Thus widening the gap between the games. However, Bioware is hoping to fill the void with a series of novels meant to fill in the gaps, and answer questions, that come up because of this. Titan Books will be releasing them, and have given a synopsis of what to expect: “With a new game – Mass Effect: Andromeda – set for release in 2016, the launch of a new series of canonical novels is timely. While earlier Mass Effect games focused on the defense of the Milky Way galaxy, with humans pitted against a

Mass Effect Andromeda Is A Fresh Chapter For The Series

Mass Effect Andromeda Is A Fresh Chapter For The Series

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While it was painfully clear that the ending to Mass Effect 3 did little to satisfy players, causing something of a controversy for the way that BioWare handled the player’s personal decisions in the final moments, many people still want the chance to continue that story somewhat in the future. This is despite the fact that BioWare has made it clear that Andromeda will be a completely separate entry into the franchise, set in a different time and place to the story of Commander Shepard and the Reapers. To get some insight into exactly that and how much of an influence the original Mass Effect trilogy will have on Andromeda, Eurogamer spoke to studio head Aaryon Flynn. In a brief interview with the website, Flynn explained how the new title was meant to be a new chapter for Mass Effect that can stand alone as a game. “We acknowledged it in the endings of Mass Effect 3 and I think that’s where we want to leave it for now,” Flynn

E3 2016: Ryder In Andromeda Will Not Be A Born Hero

E3 2016: Ryder In Andromeda Will Not Be A Born Hero

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It was revealed at E3 that the main protagonist for Mass Effect: Andromeda will be called Ryder. Like with Shepherd, they can be male or female. However, unlike Shepherd, Ryder will not be a hero when we met them in Andromeda. “Commander Shepard, the way I put it was, a hero (when we met them — him or her) who became a legend,” BioWare Creative Director Mac Walters told IGN. “For me, the people in Andromeda’s story are people who haven’t yet achieved hero status. It really wasn’t until the third game where we started to explore more of Shepard’s… what they think about things and how they’re feeling and how they’re dealing with things. I think those are areas we’ll try to focus on more in Mass Effect: Andromeda with the protagonists. This is much more of a hero’s journey. What that entails is a slightly more intimate story that you want to tell. Seeing the lens through someone who is learning and growing and actually has an arc

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