Writer, Talker, Lover
An Actual Conversation I Had
Grant: And I’m glad that Bioware automatically takes Vega out of your party when you meet Liara.
Girlfriend’s Brother: Who?
Grant: James Vega.
Girlfriend’s Brother: Who?
Grant: Guy Dudebro.
Girlfriend’s Brother: OH! Guy Dudebro! Yeah, he seems dumb.
Basics
Name: Naomi Shepard
Pre-Service History: Spacer
Psychological Profile: War Hero
Class: Adept
Decisions in Mass Effect
Romance: Liara T’Soni
Virmire Survivor: Ashley Williams
Status of Wrex: Alive
Status of the Rachni Queen: Alive
Status of the Council: Saved
Human Councilor: Anderson
Decisions in Mass Effect 2
Romance: Loyal to Liara
Loyalty: All Squad Members Loyal
Suicide Mission: No Casualties
Genophage Research: Saved
Geth Heretics: Destroyed
Morinth: Killed
Collector Base: Destroyed
Decisions in Mass Effect 3
Romance: Liara T’Soni
Genophage: Cured
Geth-Quarian War: Brokered Peace
Ending: Destroy
My FemShep: Naomi Shepard.
What do your Sheps look like?
About: Mass Effect 3’s Ending
Dual-wielding monitors so I can browse and play Mass Effect at the same time.
Here is a short clip from one of the songs on the Mass Effect 3 soundtrack. It is titled “I’m Sorry,” and it is composed by Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan.
Included in the collector’s edition of Mass Effect 3 was a digital download of the soundtrack. It took an IM conversation with EA support, but I can now download a copy whenever I want. To my surprise, it is distributed as 25 .wav files, a text file with authorship info, and album art in a zip-compressed folder.
I converted them all to Apple Lossless, tweaked the metadata to sooth my OCD, and then gave it a listen. The way I judge the quality of a soundtrack is how quickly it summons imagery of the game or movie when I listen to it. I was probably only thirty or forty seconds in before my brain was fully in Mass Effect mode. It’s a great soundtrack, and I’m glad I opted for the collector’s edition.
It looks like the only way to get the soundtrack is to either have a collector’s edition copy, or buy the digital deluxe version of the game at this point. I’m sure it will be available for separate purchase eventually just like the soundtrack from one and two.
I preordered my copy of Mass Effect 3 last June, and I decided to opt for the collector’s edition. Along with day-one DLC, it also comes with some cool swag like a velcro N7 patch and a limited edition lithograph of the Normandy. Most interestingly, it comes with a book of concept artwork for Mass Effect 3.
It’s a beautiful hard cover book with some (spoilerific) character designs, locations, and weapons. Despite it is working essentially as an advertisement for the full-size book of concept art from all three games, it is extremely well done. Maybe one day when I’m feeling frisky, I’ll grab the full book.
You can buy the Art of the Mass Effect Universe book on Amazon.
My current galactic readiness. Even though my war resources bar is almost filled with green, I’m not going into battle until I’m at 100% readiness.
One of these things is not like the others.
My Mass Effect 3 CE unboxing.
