Mass Effect - What is Canon?
136As part of my analysis of Mass Effect's story, I lay out the ground rules for what I consider canon to the Mass Effect Universe.
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Music is pulled from freesound.org:
"Electronic Minute No 22 - Analog Modular Synth Groove For St Olympias"
* Source: https://freesound.org/people/gis_sweden/sounds/413714/
* This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
"There Will Be Stars" by kjartan_abel
* Home page: https://kjartan-abel.com
* This work is licensed under the following: CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
"Video Game Music or Something" by Seth_Makes_Sounds
* Source: https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/666719/
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Non-gameplay clips include the following:
“Star Wars Reads Day: Drew Karpyshyn”
- uploaded by “Star Wars”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESGUghLYfck
“Mass Effect 2 (2010) - Casey Hudson Interview”
- uploaded by “MistarMuffin”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEY2uSEkoEo
"Bioware Answers Unsolved Mysteries of the Mass Effect Universe | Ars Technica"
- uploaded by “Ars Technica”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uvph7XxGY8&t=45s
“This AWESOME Final Conversation was CUT from Mass Effect”
- uploaded by “MrHulthen”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIY1F-AuU30
“MASS EFFECT™: ANDROMEDA – Join the Andromeda Initiative”
- uploaded by “Mass Effect”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPkv7DmeM1A
“The Next Mass Effect - Official Teaser Trailer”
- uploaded by “Mass Effect”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg-Ctg6k_Ao
“Mass Effect Infiltrator - NOW AVAILABLE”
- uploaded by “EA Mobile Games”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o-ZtIEJj1g
“Mass Effect: Paragon Lost - Trailer”
- uploaded by “Internapse”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LsjmVfxNV0
“Mass Effect Galaxy”
- uploaded by “TemujiN”
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9voKKI3KIz-LHFXZxUf3WjZIa-gtarnk
“Knockoff Youtubers | Fallen Titans #8”
- uploaded by “Quinton Reviews”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ds2VwBAw2I
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0:39 - The Four Corners of the Story
1:43 - Source Hierarchy
4:29 - Confirmed Canon
8:00 - Confimed Non-Canon
8:51 - Unconfirmed
10:10 - The Case Study of "Evolution"
14:04 - Closing Thoughts
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