Mass Effect: the Final Frontier?

The scope of this game is truly galactic. I mean, I've literally spent ten minutes straight in a conversation with a single game character. Deep space, indeed.

So, I'm not going to be penning any formal review as such. Given the machine-gun pace of enticing new releases, there's no way I'm going to make enough progress in Mass Effect to produce any kind of timely comprehensive review. Instead, I'll be posting frequently with my thoughts on the game as I make time to play.

For those of you floating aimlessly in the vacuum left by Bioware's sparse documentation, be sure to check out GameSpot's Mass Effect Game Guide. It does a great job of filling in the black hole where your game manual should be.