“They call me Commander Shephard
I mess up geth whenever they get together
Uh, no you never can escape a Spectre
And you can’t get better than my kill/death record”

JT Machinima-We are One (*Mass Effect Rap)

Birdman has taken sometime to get to know some of his favorite gaming franchises a little better as apart of the gaming sabbatical he’s embarked upon and we are headed to the Citadel with MASS Effect.

This epic franchise recently concluded this past year to mixed results for fans but where did it all begin? We begin on the Earth alliance colony of Eden Prime with the crew of SSV Normandy on an ordinary mission that quickly escalates to something of galactic proportions! Birdman and his created female character, Michelle Shepard search off for the rouge agent Saren and his allies who intend on bringing an end to all organic life across the galaxy.
Does this first entry in the franchise successfully set up the story for the next 2 games or does it fall short of it’s expectations looking back at it?

*Editors note*
If you are having difficulties of your own, do not be afraid to seek help.
Thank you to all who wrote emails and sent Facebook messages and it really made a difference
Love you all
Birdman
US Mental Health services
Canadian Mental Health services

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JT machinema-We are one

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Mike Dodd is the guy who always said video games could be turned into a profession and eventually it turned out he was right. Mike is a passionate nerd about all facets of nerd culture from the love of the BBC’s Doctor Who to the very latest in the fight game scene, he’s on to it and likely turned into his new obsession. Dodd was raised to love all things that were pop culture from viewing his first horror movie at five years old to owning one of the first Nintendos in North America, it’s been a childhood dominated by the controller and movie screens and he couldn’t be happier. Roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons dominated the high school years and unhealthy doses of Japanese anime were frequent as he completed his education and took sometime off to explore Canada and the US. However as all good times must come to an end, a decision was made to get some experience and do something fun and learn something and meant getting involved in the media. Mike volunteered with Rogers Television and became the audio/technical director for several successful programs and decided that he should further that experience by going to college. 4 years and several massive headaches later, Mike became known as “The Birdman” of This week in Geek but that is a story for another website….

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