Commander Shepard Raps About Mining for Minerals in Mass Effect 2

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Commander Shepard Raps About Mining for Minerals in Mass Effect 2

Does scanning for minerals in Mass Effect 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Effect-2-Xbox-360/dp/B001TORSII/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278968926&sr=1-1] get you down? Commander Shepard may have the cure, and the cure is some dope rhymes.


It's no secret that scanning planets for minerals seems to be generally loathed [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/on-the-ball/7157-On-the-Ball-Scanning-for-Fun-and-Profit] by everyone who played Mass Effect 2. So what do you do to vent your frustration with the mechanic, assuming you aren't a contributor to a major videogame website like Mr. Deam?

If you're internet lyricist here [http://www.youtube.com/user/KABUTOTHEPYTHON]) expresses Kabuto's problems with the boring, tedious mechanic that's nonetheless all but required in order to advance through the game.

The lyrics are clever and well-written, and set to a track that expertly samples sound clips from the actual game - this is some truly excellent videogame rap, my friends. Maybe it'll make the actual scanning more tolerable ... or maybe that's beyond hope. Either way, an awesome song is an awesome song.

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Katherine Kerensky

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Ha, this is brilliant... in a rather odd way.
I don't really like rap, but it is still funny...
Heh... Miranda... am I glad I didn't quite catch what it said? :D
Love the freaky Joker dance :D and it does make good use of in-game soundtracks...
 

Onyx Oblivion

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This is news how?

Is the world that enamored with Mass Effect 2 that this counts as news?

I couldn't listen past 1:20 without getting sick of it and turning it off.
 

IrrelevantTangent

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Onyx Oblivion said:
Is the world that enamored with Mass Effect 2 that this counts as news?
The answer is yes.

I didn't really like the rap either; maybe it's because mineral scanning didn't bother me as much as it did for some other people.
 

XMark

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I've had the beat of this song stuck in my head all day.

I had no idea that the galaxy map music was such a good background to some phat beats.
 

DominicxD

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That was pretty good xD

I didn't mind scanning tbh, would prefer it if they find something fun to do for the grind next time.
 

Onyx Oblivion

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Xzi said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
This is news how?

Is the world that enamored with Mass Effect 2 that this counts as news?

I couldn't listen past 1:20 without getting sick of it and turning it off.
Aww, someone's a little bit of a sour-puss today.
I should be. ME2 took most of the RPG out of ME. And there wasn't too much there to begin with. It's good, but its been dumbed down to a shooter with a few powers and a handful of skill points.
 

geldonyetich

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Nice mix. I bet if he knew it was going to be bandied around he would have done better visuals.
 

scotth266

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I think it's hilarious, but honestly people: the mining game wasn't that bad. I mean, I mined four, five planets TOPS and had enough junk to make most of the upgrades. And if I had simply decided to randomly search rich planets for big deposits, I would have probably cut my time spent on mining in half (I did the planets to COMPLETION, motherfuckers: regardless of how many minerals were left there.)

It served as a nice distraction.
 

Hurr Durr Derp

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Heh, pretty neat.

With the all the videogame fan-music around, you'd almost start to think of making it a regular feature on The Escapist.

Oh wait, you've already got one of those.

Personally I'd rather listen to rap than to Rebbeca Mayes, but lol opinions.
 

BlueInkAlchemist

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Man, I cannot WAIT for my wife to hear this. She just wrapped up ME2 this morning.

Also, Snatch clips for the win.
 

Theron Julius

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Quite funny. I wasn't as hugely bothered by the scanning as most people appear to be, but it's still fairly annoying nonetheless. I want to see the lyrics though.
 
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"I get it in with the Iridium"

Well I never!

Pretty interesting song though. Not sure I would call it good, but whatever.

Still doesn't make mining any less boring though, sadly.
 

Gigaguy64

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lol.
That was good.
Now its going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
At least its got good lyrics and the tune its set to is...wow.
Its really intoxicating.
 

SnootyEnglishman

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This gives me a resounding feeling of "Meh" it was okay and it had some interesting parts but my despise of rap music overpowers any feeling of "this is good" that i get