Presidents Play Mass Effect 1 Episode 3 (Patreon)

Shortest episode of the series award.

It funny how things shape out the moment you actually start recording something. Joe randomly clips through the map on his way to Liara, and then the Krogan Battlemaster is the most passive I've ever seen him.

Joe was supposed suffer his first death here, that was the plan, but the Battlemaster just wasn't aggressive at all so I had to roll with it. This whole thing oddly enough led to Joe defying the odds when no one expected it, such as clearing the Collector Vessel and Dead Reaper without dying.

Another thing that happened spontaneously: Joe going back on the deal with Donald.

At some point I decided I wanted to show the interaction where you try to romance two squadmates and they both confront you, I then realized that would require Joe to double cross Donald. Which was funny because up to this point I'd portrayed Joe as the Paragon member of the three, with Donald being Renegade, and Barack as the middle in-between.

This, accidentally, resulted in Joe being the villain. While Donald is always outwardly an asshole, Joe developed into a wolf in sheep's clothing. Funny how things shape out.

All that aside, this episode could've/should've been longer.