The Man Known as Dan

There's something deeply saddening to me that in that game the 2 players who led each team in time on ice were Blues defensemen in our cup run, and now our defense mostly sucks.

I think Vanguard in 2 is fine but it doesn’t really “sing” to me until 3 with Nova and worthwhile Melee. Mass Effect 2 honestly always struck me as a game in which Soldier, Sentinel, and Infiltrator are the most practical skills. Biotic can are too weak in 2 to make the Singularity throwing element of Adepts worthwhile and while Engineers are fine, “fine” is basically the perfectly apt description.

Playing through ME2, I'm actually kind of frustrated with the remaster in the most mundane stupid ways possible. 1. How is it that this game still has the stupid glitch were the guns are glued to the Quarians Hands during your tutorial mission? One of them literally is putting a pistol through there own head at the start of the cutscene. I always thought it was just a personal little bug I got, but it's still there, and I just checked and it's apparently a regular thing. How? It's a stupid little visual glitch, but how does this make it to a remastered version? I'm confused. 2. Look, changing Kellys look to match her Mass Effect 3 design due to, I assume, problems carrying the characters hair over is forgivable, so while this is related, I just want to say it's not that specific problem. But why does hair in this remaster seem worse then it did in Mass Effect 2 to begin with? Like, Kelly is the obvious example, because boy is this a glowdown. But I'm noticing it all across the game already, even with just the woman arguing with the Turian at the start of Mordin's mission. And they smoothed out Dr. Chakwas face so much it looks like she de-aged 20 years, and I don't mean that in a good way. Like, it's not universal. Most of the aliens look better. But I honestly think a decent chunk of the humans in this game look worse then they did when Mass Effect 2 came out, and that was over a decade ago. How?

Good god Kelly, what did they do to you? Absolutely tragic.

Well that might have been the best ending to a playoff game ever.

Canadian Hockey Fans, I’m curious: the old “Canada’s team” idea has always been bullshit and I always laughed at it, but is there a sense were you guys are that Montreal is getting a lot of rooting interest this year? I’ve seen multiple Toronto fans kinda supporting them and I’m curious how universal it is.

Maybe I’m just a biased Blues fan who remembers our run so well, but man, I’m getting… a feel for this Canadiens team. Like somehow it’s just meant to be. The rookies stepping forward in big ways, the way the world has basically decided to make one of the most unlikable players in Hockey sympathetic at multiple times this playoffs… I dunno man. Just got a feel. which means they total lose to Vegas in 7.

That team against Ciampa & Thatcher forever please. Put Oney with Ciamp and Thatcher for six mans.

Detroit’s been overdue for a good break, and Cunningham should fit in well with the core they’ve been developing. Being a Bulls fan this was… less then ideal. Gonna have to get inventive to improve on the Lavine/Vuk/Williams core.

To this day, I wish Kirrahe could have been a squad member. God he rules.

I don't view that game as Gobert being exposed as much as the Jazz bet on the Clippers missing 3's and they bet wrong. Gobert is amazing at what he does, but the problem with him is he's just flat out not good enough offensively to be a threat down low, and never forces help. On the defensive front, the biggest problem was simply the Jazz Perimeter Defense wasn't good enough, which led to easy drives, and put Gobert in a terrible position: Either let them get an easy layup, move over to help, and have the driver have an easy pass out to an open shooter for 3. I still kind of think I'd prefer to have an Ayton playoff time due to sheer versatility on both sides of the ball. Add in the Suns are packed with good perimeter defenders, and they are just a significantly harder matchup.

Amusingly, maybe I'm just biased, but I actively thought the Suns were the most talented team in the West this year and were my favorites to win the West. The Lakers and Clippers had great 1-2's, but the Suns had a great 1-2-3, and there 4-5 are probably as good as you are gonna get: Bridges and Crowder are good damn players. Also remember the "Devin Booker is just an empty stat player" narrative has been absolutely demolished. 40-13-11 without Paul.

Shout out to the real MVP Harden for the real encouragement so KD could make that shot.

How many firsts on top of this years is Houston including?

I’ve decided I’m making this play through a bit of a challenge run: no Spectre grade weapons. Makes the game a tad more challenging, to make up for the fact I’m an Infiltrator also about to use a Shotgun and Assault Rifle. It’s actually fun playing with guns with some variety; honestly. I like the High Shots before overheat Sniper Rifles.

Just finished Noveria, am currently at Level 23. The Legendary Edition leveling has really shown how much of a joke the original leveling system is, there was no reason to make you go up to level 70.

Samoa Joe still has that "it" in the way hardly anyone else does. He's such a joy to watch he raises a show he's on even when he's not wrestling.

Same with me. It is, by far, the easiest solo character. Barrier on all the time, Charge into a group, go to town with a Reegar, Claymore, or Piranha. If you draw Cerberus it’s as good as you can get with only the damn stunning enemies giving you problems, and Cerberus your Charge is generally powerful enough to stun Phantoms when the game doesn’t bug on you, which means you can usually take them out faster then almost character in the game. Literally no need to even put points in Carnage, either. Kroguards are a total joy.

The Vanguard one is hard to screw up. I don’t find the Cerberus Vanguard super interesting, and the Cabal is a bastard of a play when you aren’t hosting, but the Base Human, Adair, Drell, and Slayer all rule, the Kroguard is almost impossible to kill unless you get synchro, and the Batarian Brawler is arguably the most fun Melee character in the game. Vanguards rule.

“Hey Daniel, you’ve seen a lot of interesting games at e3 this year, are there any your excited for?” Me: THIS ONE THIS ONE THIS ONE This game couldn’t be any more up my alley if it tried

The most shocking face turn in wrestling history, even if it is only for like a week.

Things I'm discovering today: The AT-Raider sure is pretty meh, but I really need to figure out the last two shotguns I'm going to get my Shotgun Mastery, I've already finished Eviscerator, Crusador, Piranha, Claymore, Reegar, and Graal, I don't have the Wraith, Geth Plasma, or Venom yet, so it's either the Raider and either the Katana, Scimatar, or Disciple, and the Raider seems the best of bad options.

Beautiful *chef kiss*

Give me a Suns/Jazz conference final. Would be amazing basketball and ratings poison, which would also amuse me.

I'm not sure they could actually get the job done, but the Suns would be such a perfect champion to offset the bullshit super teams of the NBA gambit. They feel like a cross between the 2011 Mavericks and 2004 Pistons. Home grown team of players who people have always sold as "Not a playoff player" like Booker, a top pick in Ayton man are already talking about being a complete mistake to take over the guy who went 3 (Which, to be fair, I could buy the argument), and then they bring in the classic "Elite Player with an easy HOF career who has never won an NBA title and has always been a "Can't win the big" type in Paul. Add in Bridges becoming a really interesting player and this is a super fun team to follow. Not sure how far they can get, but they are my rooting interest the rest of the way.