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Isriana — Why Video Games Are Better Than Reality: Part 1
Published: 2012-02-04 13:12:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 58242; Favourites: 955; Downloads: 0
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Before I go further I must say that I really, really sucked at driving Mako in Mass Effect. But still - think about it. Drop-off from several hundred metres? No problem, Mako's springs won't even squeak. Driving on planets of extreme heat or cold or even ones covered by water? Big deal. Managed to flip your vehicle upside down or have a steep mountain to go over? Worry not, laws of physics won't apply to Mako.And then again, there's my car. During summer it's like sauna on wheels. Driving on a pitted sand road makes it bump and tremble so much that sometimes I worry whether I'm leaving a trail of car parts behind me. And during past few weeks I haven't been able to open any doors because they're frozen shut - to open driver's side door I literally have to throw myself against the door several times and every time I'm afraid I will break the handle. I don't even bother to talk about snow and all the trouble it has been causing.
Seriously, I'd give a kingdom for a real-life M-35 right now. Failing that, a heated garage would be a very viable option, too.
EDIT: As if all that wasn't enough just today my car refused to start altogether. Dead battery, apparently. Aaand I have no way to charge it since the hood is frozen shut. Oh boy, how I love Finnish winter sometimes...
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Molly Shepard © me
Liara T'Soni, M-35 and SSV Normandy SR-1 © Bioware
from Mass Effect
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"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads." fun stuff.
Same thing happens here in my part of Canada not fun.
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Is it just me, or do they use Sheppard for every military commander in sci-fi?
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The mako was awesome to drive >.>..... no merc or tresher maw stod a chance against me in that one x)
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Man we all need a Mako, that thing is freaking epic.
I love how happy your Shep is. It's like she's in Disney Land or something XD
I'm about to experience the last panel. I'm about to go home from work, it's been snowing all night ... and I have to clear out the alley in front of my house before I can go to sleep ... man I need a Mako XD
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that is the 3rd reason why I don't drive IRL. 1st being the I'm scared shitless of driving after watching horrifying car crashes on TV and the 2nd being I'm way too busy playing video games to dive myself.
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i'm right there with you on the driving phobia
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So many crashes....
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no amount of awesomeness on the car's part can get me behind it. i'll stick to riding shotgun
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my bro has a VW golf that's he's tricked with graphics, lowered suspension and killer speakers. i'll ride along but I wouldn't drive even for him
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I'll stick to badly driving whorthogs in HALO, any day.
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You should see me in l.a noire or saints row. Oops there go the street lights
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Kingdoms of Amalur is 38 studios and distributed by EA
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Oops there goes pedestrians!
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why I like the choppers or fighter jets when I can get 1. no roads no obstacles. fly straight to the next mission
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and then die upon landing in a big explosion.
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thank the spirits for the invincibility cheat right? i'm atheist so i'll use a gaming reference.
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I prefer videogame religion to real ones, Like church of the children of Atom form fallout 3.
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there's a good one in kingdoms of amalur, when you save a gnome from a curse he'll be like "by my beard, you saved me" in a strong scot accent
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"By my beard" is more of a dwarf saying rather then gnome.
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there isn't and dwarves in the games. 2 classes of humans (barbarian and pirate), 2 elven (aristocratic dark elves and religious light elves) and the gnomes. the 2 castes of fae, summer and winter
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Yeah I've Played KOA but dwarves are the main users of the phrase.
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I have thought they should have a dwarf class. the have every other mythical creature they just forgot the dwarves
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Darn you BIOWERE!
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Geez I can so agree with ya here! 
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Just beat the first Mass Effect, and my brother and I would laugh at how awful the physics were in the Mako sometimes (Jumping...)
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Lol, I had such love/hate relationship with Mako... Yet somehow Hammerhead in ME2 felt even worse.
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Is there one in ME3? A vehicle?
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Raven: There's the Atlas, though.
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Raven: There's the Atlas, though.
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I managed to squeeze the mako through a tiny canyon on Therum so I could use it to rescue Liara. My poor mother is watching me wiggle this four ton truck through a tiny gap. she asks me, "Why dont you just get out of the truck and walk the rest of the way?" my response; "No way! there's a geth battalion on the other side of this ridge, no way i am going through that without the heavy cannons on the mako"
she shook her head and muttered while she walked away. i moved my xbox and tv into my room shortly thereafter.
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Raven: Mako: Confirmed as a machine that's designed to defy every single one of the laws of physics in the universe. And somehow, the humans managed to make it. On their own. So how come they can't beat the Reapers?
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Yep. I completely identify. 
I mean, I was terrible at driving the Mako (and really, who is?), but that thing could take a beating! (Not to mention it was really amusing to imagine the conversations between my FemShep and poor Kaidan and Liara, who inevitably get treated to Natasha's horrible driving skills...) I don't have many problems with my car, because it essentially IS a civilian-approved version of the Mako, but I kinda still want one anyway.
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What I imagined going on inside Mako with any companion while I was playing:
"Hmm.. we're in kind of a hurry..." *drives towards a cliff*
"Shepard?"
*drives faster*
"Shepard?!"
*makes the car jump from the cliff*
"SHEPAAAAAARD!!"
*THUD! Lands after a fall of 100 meters or so* "What? I didn't even flip the vehicle."
"Why? For the love of all that's good WHY we let you drive, again?"
Needless to say, I loved Mako, driving it was fun as hell<3 I was actually pretty sad to see it break in the end :/
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thats it...for my birthday i am getting an APC.
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Yeah but in the codex entry for the MAKO, it says that it's Element Zero core lowers it's mass so it's able to survive large drops. (something like that) Still it is ridiculous when you're driving up a vertical cliff... I hated the mako. Nice job bty.
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I've all but finished Mass Effect 2, and my favorite characters are Garrus Vakarian and Tali'Zorah. Garrus is straightforward and usually has something funny to say, while Tali is easy to read and has something about her that makes spending time with her feel rewarding. (Also, Russian accent? Totally hot. 
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Hehe, Garrus is probably my favorite character in ME2. 
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