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Nick, Chip, and Kurabara are back to continue talking about their experiences playing the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This week, they continue their journey through Omega as they seek out the mysterious Archangel, who of course turns out to be none other than former Normandy crew member Garrus Vakarian. The squad talks about how quickly they initially realized Archangel was Garrus. Then they dive into the mission itself, which involved fighting several gang leaders as well as taking down a gunship! In particular, Chip dislikes the Vorcha pyros. Garrus get hit pretty bad by the gunship but he survives with some hefty scarring. This leads to a discussion about the safety of wearing a helmet.

They also talk about Shepard's choice to stop or allow a young man to join the mercenaries. Then, they look into how poorly Garrus' life has been, as his team was compromised by a traitor and they were all killed. They finish up their discussion of Garrus by talking about how Garrus and pretty much any of Shepard's squad mates could run their own team.

Next, they look at some of the side quests on Omega. They talk about the quest to help out a Quarian named Kenn who is stuck working at a vendor kiosk until he can buy his way off Omega. Shepard can either give the Quarian money for passage or talk to the merchant boss to help him out. The guys compare the kiosks in the game to ordering sandwiches at Wawa or simply buying stuff from Amazon on your phone. Kenn also sells the T6A Couplings that Donnelly and Daniels need in engineering. This leads to Shepard (and possibly Tali) playing poker off screen.

Another character with an interaction post-Omega is Doctor Chakwas. If Shepard gets the serrice ice brandy from Afterlife, the commander and the doctor will share the bottle while reminiscing about former crew members like Kaiden and Jenkins. Doctor Chakwas subsequently passes out in a medical bed, and this leads to a discussion about where the crew all sleeps.

Finally, after a brief discussion about what appearances they are using for their characters, Chip mentions the Batarian bartender in Afterlife who poisons Shepard. Both he and Kurabara shot him for his transgressions.

Thank you for listening to Squad Goals - A Mass Effect Legendary Edition Podcast! Please send any comments or questions to [email protected] or @squadgoalsN7 on twitter.

Nick and Katie are back (well, technically more like still here) to finish talking about Grimoire of the Shadowlands! They get right into it, talking about the process of dying and how anima is related to experience. They also question if the Broker's knew that the Jailer used to be the Arbiter or if they only recently learned that.

Next, they talk about Oribos. They ask if the Arbiter was created by the First Ones and then discuss a possible reference to when Zovaal was the Arbiter.

Then they discuss Ardenweald, and get into the relationship between the Winter Queen, Elune, and Cenarius. They talk about the possible Pantheon of Life. They also talk about the relationship of the Winter Queen to the physical land of Ardenweald, and wonder what that means for Ysera.

Bastion is the next topic. They talk about the formation of the Mawsworn and try to figure out how Asprirants can falter when the Arbiter is allegedly infallible.

Next, they consider Revendreth. Nick is surprised that Sinfall was the original home of the Court of Harvesters. They talk about whether Denathrius was intended to betray the Eternal Ones by the First Ones, and discuss Free Will and the Purpose. Do NPC's on Azeroth have Free Will or is it only player characters? How did orcs and draenai, aliens to Azeroth, gain free will?

When looking at Maldraxxus, they evaluate the status of the realm, and if it is truly alive or just made of living parts. They talk about the forethought of the Primus and how he seems infallible. They also talk about Domination magic and whether it should get its own sphere on the cosmology chart.

The next topic for discussion is the Maw. They mention Sylvanas was the first Maw Walker and wonder if the First Ones knew the Maw Walkers would arrive some day. They also discuss Bwon'samdi's origin and phylacteries for Liches.

The major topic is the First Ones. They consider other locations the First Ones may have information to be found. They also talk about Al'firim's work, and the meaning of the term Zereth.

They also talk about the Prologue which features Cartel Ta deciding to breach the mortal plane.

Finally, they speculate based off what they read. The Sepulcher seems likely to be the final raid of the expansion. Al'firim could be a raid boss. The Sepulchur could be on Azeroth, if it isn't Azeroth itself.

Thank you for listening to The Tauren & the Goblin! Please send any comments or questions to [email protected] or @taurengoblin on twitter. Please check twitter to find when our next recording is!

This isn't actually a Squad Goals crossover episode, but our XIV squad does have goals before the release of Endwalker and we're here to discuss! With just about six weeks left before release (well, Early Access) there's not actually a lot of time to wait, so we're just crossing off odds and ends of stuff we'd like settled before 6.0 lands. We'd say this episode is goofier than most but at this point that's probably not true.

StaticGorilla finally found Crashtag and they're are back for another Simple and Clean episode of Double Tap. First, in the fighter's corner we cover the latest King of Fighter's XV trailers revealing Isla and K'Dash and Static also gives us his impressions on the release of Melty Blood: Type Lumina. Then, SFV released another costume from an old beloved Capcom game, Power Stone with Falcon for Ken and we round up some of our impressions of Nickelodeon All Star Brawl on it's release day as well as Avatar characters. Finally, Nintendo announced the final character for Smash Bros Ultimate is none other than Sora, and we dive deep on the announcement. In the randoms of the FGC, Guilty Gear: Strive sountrack has been released on digital platforms and the EVO invitational event has been cancelled.

This week the boys talk about the rising popularity of Valk, actual reasons that Ash is going to be the new Apex Legend, and pros calling for adding deranging to Apex Legends.

We start off this week with a look around the past week of news. Teams around the league have begun making roster cuts, causing a huge amount of talent to hit free agency. We talk about each team's releases and where we think the respective players might land for the 2021 season.

We follow up with a discussion about the greatest player in the current history of Overwatch. We make an extended list of notable players for each position before whittiling it down to 4 per slot. After this, we construct our "starting 6" for Overwatch 1's "all time" team, before making our choice for the greatest player in the game's remarkable history.

Pull up a stool, charge your glasses and get comfortable as Happy Hour Episode 34 is here for your listening pleasure. That's right - Mike, Rob, Luke and Brad are back for more podcast-based shenanigans, with alcohol aplenty. For this episode the lads talk about Squid Game, Sex Education Series 3, The Guilty and Midnight Mass from the latest Netflix releases. There's also plenty of chatter about The Matrix 4 and the usual rambling the lads do as standard. Oh, and the lads go off on a James Bond tangent towards the end of the episode, trying to guess who Daniel Craig's replacement will be. Like what you hear? Join our Discord for more behind the scenes chatter and banter at https://discord.me/bulletsandbeer.

This week Alye joins the crew to talk about what we've been doing lately, SSC/TK, the news and WoW Classic fresh!

Time Stamps

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:20 - Reviews

0:13:30 - What have we been doing this week in Wow Classic TBC Classic

0:24:30 - Vargflocken raid progress

1:07:40 - Current SSC and TK guild progression

https://classic.warcraftlogs.com/zone/rankings/1010#metric=progress&partition=2

1:13:00 - Minimum GCD Raised to 1.0 Second - Mind Quickening Gem Nerf on Burning Crusade Classic

https://tbc.wowhead.com/news/minimum-gcd-raised-to-1-0-second-mind-quickening-gem-nerf-on-burning-crusade-324345

1:18:10 - Free Character Transfers Now Available on WoW Classic Era Realms

https://classic.wowhead.com/news/free-character-transfers-now-available-on-wow-classic-era-realms-324361

1:20:50 - Lady Vashj Bugged and Uncompletable - Hotfix Will Be Reverted Overnight

https://tbc.wowhead.com/news/lady-vashj-bugged-and-uncompletable-hotfix-will-be-reverted-overnight-324362

1:24:05 - World of Warcraft Classic Restarting Fresh with the "Season of Mastery" in Open Beta October 5th

https://classic.wowhead.com/news/world-of-warcraft-classic-restarting-fresh-with-the-season-of-mastery-in-open-324377

Blizzard Looking at Mage Boosting in World of Warcraft Classic "Season of Mastery"

https://classic.wowhead.com/news/blizzard-looking-at-mage-boosting-in-world-of-warcraft-classic-season-of-mastery-324378

2:31:50 - Ayle's tanking weak aura

https://wago.io/RaidAbilityTimeline

2:34:40 - Closing

Nick, Chip, and Kurabara are back to talk about Mass Effect 2! Having completed the intro mission on Freedom's Progress, Shepard has the rebuilt Normandy and is free to travel wherever they want. So this week the squad heads to Omega, as strongly suggested by Miranda and the Illusive Man. Upon arriving at Omega, they meet Nick's favorite character, Zaeed Massani. As he is a DLC character, he has a short vignette to introduce him, and then he gives a follow up quest and joins the crew. They talk about how rugged he is as a character and how storied his history is.

They also talk about the atmosphere of Omega and how it is the opposite of the citadel. Kurabara points out that it was designed to look like a mushroom cloud, while Chip insists it looks like a squid. They talk about how grimy it is and how it is the home of the underworld.

Next, they go over the meeting with Aria T'loak. They point out the irony in one of Shepard's first destinations post-revival being a nightclub called Afterlife. They discuss the casting of Carrie Anne Moss, and how Aria is played as a straight, no nonsense character. They talk about how Aria's behaviour is counter to most Asari Shepard has met previously.

Then they head into the plague section, and talk about how disquieting this part of the game is to play during a pandemic, especially one that is respitory in nature. Nick talks about how the ambient coughing is affecting, and Chip comments on how many of the victims don't trust Mording to give them the medicine they need.

Finally, it is time to recruit another squad member, Dr. Mordin Solus. Kurabara is excited to have a Salarian with the team. They talk about how smart he is and compare him to Batman. They also talk about their experience saving (or failing to save) Daniel, Mordin's assistant who got caught by some Batarians.

Thank you for listening to Squad Goals - A Mass Effect Legendary Edition Podcast! Please send any comments or questions to [email protected] or @squadgoalsN7 on twitter.

This week the spicy bois talk about the new Apex Arenas Meeting tournament with host Hertel3k. We talk about the Old Ways, New Dawn event, the amazing features appearing in Apex Mobile, and why our community keeps playing Apex rather than other BRs.