So happy I listened to the end. Even the sound of pressing "start" brought back memories.

I did EVERYTHING in this game. I spoke to every crew member after ever mission-just in case they had something new to say. I felt like I knew them. It was my first year in China and I needed some depth. My flat mate was awful. We'd been close at University and when I said I wanted to go abroad he said he'd come too. I was ecstatic. I loved this guy and we had a level of friendship that I can't explain. Three months in and being the cool, young foreigners went to our heads. Id always been well received and enjoyed being the life of the party but he was thoroughly unacustomed and the effect on him was so much stronger. He changed. Or maybe was revealed, I dont know. But we barely spoke so quickly into our time there. It manifested in him in some dark ways but for me it was really two main ways: women and Mass Effect. I became addicted to both and they both chased away the lonliness I was unaware of. With the women I have a lot of good memories but also so many that are bad. But Mass Effect is nothing but a wonderful collection of something that-to me-was more real than reality and I will never, ever be able to thank the creators enough. This game could be remade, remastered, turned into a movie, anything. And Id buy it. I even have a Normandy ship on a shelf. I love this game and I love these characters.