During our @EAPlay rehearsal for Mass Effect: Andromeda, I was briefly played by a tipped over stepladder.
[PatrickVoice] Continuing your tradition of helping others reach new heights MisterFlynnSir! [/PatrickVoice]
"Contestant #2, if YOU could be any tool in a garage, which would you be?" "I'd be a 6 foot stepladder."
“I’d be a STUD DETECTOR, Al!” <LAUGHTRACK>
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US RIGHT THERE MIKE
They will explain how we communicate with the new species, but not now
https://twitter.com/...768972202790912
They will explain how we communicate with the new species, but not now
Doesn't omnitool already translate stuff?
Doesn't omnitool already translate stuff?
yes, but that's like flying to Andromeda, being the first person to ever meet new intelligent life and expect Google Translate to translate
Pax Prime seems to be when they will start the information dump on MEA. also when they will start streaming gameplay on Twitch
Pax Prime seems to be when they will start the information dump on MEA. also when they will start streaming gameplay on Twitch
Got a source for that? Though it's in September (which is technically Autumn, if a little early), and I think they announced Trespasser at last year's, I think they'll wait a little longer.
Details about how we get to Andromeda are considered spoilers at this time
https://twitter.com/...776081179119617
Details about how we get to Andromeda are considered spoilers at this time
Edit: Oh, I see I got beat to the punch with my own tweets. 
Gamedam Meister @GamedamMeister@GambleMike @AarynFlynn @macwalterslives Also,can you answer how we get to Andromeda, like how we got that technology? Or is that spoilery?Michael Gamble @GambleMike@GamedamMeister @AarynFlynn @macwalterslives all pretty spoilery at this point. Sorry!Gamedam Meister @GamedamMeister@GambleMike @AarynFlynn @macwalterslives I figured as much. Well, worth a shot.Thanks for answering. I look forward to learning moreEdit: Oh, I see I got beat to the punch with my own tweets.
Drat, I asked an - admittedly fairly silly - question on Twitter earlier, but I forgot to tag @GambleMike along with @macwalterslives. Ah well, I get the feeling most people who aren't me wouldn't care over-much about the answer.
yes, but that's like flying to Andromeda, being the first person to ever meet new intelligent life and expect Google Translate to translate
And yet, I expect that is exactly what will happen. The translator tool will figure it all out for us.
And yet, I expect that is exactly what will happen. The translator tool will figure it all out for us.
My guess is that we'll find some kind of galactic rosetta stone equivalent relatively early on to give the translators something to work with. Ultimately, they're gonna have to hand wave it one way or another, 'cause otherwise we won't be able to talk to any of the new species we encounter without years of painstaking work, assuming understanding is even possible.
I'm still hoping we get at least one 'Darmok' questline, though. Star Trek is one of the oldest and most famous examples of the 'universal translator works on everything' phenomena - for good reason, as the show simply wouldn't work otherwise - and yet they still found a way to explore the fun dramatic potential inherent in the idea of having to work around the limitations of language to come to an understanding.
It'd get incredibly tiresome if every single first contact revolved around the concept, considering how often they're likely to come up in a game with a set-up like Andromeda's, but it's an idea worth doing at least once.
Got a source for that? Though it's in September (which is technically Autumn, if a little early), and I think they announced Trespasser at last year's, I think they'll wait a little longer.
And miss all the big gaming conventions? I'm not sure about that. In fact, I expect we'll see something at Gamescom, even if not much.
Doesn't omnitool already translate stuff?
We'll just pack a Thorian on board the Ark and use it to translate
My guess is that we'll find some kind of galactic rosetta stone equivalent relatively early on to give the translators something to work with. Ultimately, they're gonna have to hand wave it one way or another, 'cause otherwise we won't be able to talk to any of the new species we encounter without years of painstaking work, assuming understanding is even possible.
I'm still hoping we get at least one 'Darmok' questline, though. Star Trek is one of the oldest and most famous examples of the 'universal translator works on everything' phenomena - for good reason, as the show simply wouldn't work otherwise - and yet they still found a way to explore the fun dramatic potential inherent in the idea of having to work around the limitations of language to come to an understanding.
It'd get incredibly tiresome if every single first contact revolved around the concept, considering how often they're likely to come up in a game with a set-up like Andromeda's, but it's an idea worth doing at least once.
My guess is that we'll find some sort of language tutorial program equivalent to the one given to Samantha by Javik for use to help bring in subserviant races.
Fabrice Condominas @Faburisu Jun 13
Well that was fun! Now back to work so you can all land safely in Andromeda.
says that playing #MEAndromeda is called "work" around here...so I'm gonna do some "work" now. 
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Somehow, the after EA PLAY tweets don't have the same hype impact as the pre EA Play ones.
Well, that's already(!) it for E3 for me this year. Time to go back to actually finish building that game!
Noam Chomsky theorizes a "Universal Grammar" that all human languages share. Had he lived to study alien languages, he may have found that it extends beyond life on Earth. That is to say that the languages of all sapient life in the galaxy and possibly the universe share the same basics of grammar and syntax and that any language, no matter how complex or dissimilar to our own, can be parsed in a matter of moments by what is essentially a miniature quantum computer you wear on your wrist.
Noam Chomsky theorizes a "Universal Grammar" that all human languages share. Had he lived to study alien languages, he may have found that it extends beyond life on Earth. That is to say that the languages of all sapient life in the galaxy and possibly the universe share the same basics of grammar and syntax and that any language, no matter how complex or dissimilar to our own, can be parsed in a matter of moments by what is essentially a miniature quantum computer you wear on your wrist.
In other words.. space magic. It's always apace magic. heh
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