Words by Sooz

I finally finished Mass Effect 3. I know. I know. It only took me more than a year. I even bought the game on the day of release. Even though it took me one week to finish ME2, even after all side missions, I just couldn’t finish ME3. I couldn’t do it. Here was the problem … I didn’t want it to end. I had a feeling of how it would all end even before all the “controversial ending” posts were written about it. (And if you don’t know how it ends, stop reading). Commander Shepherd had to die to save the universe. That part was obvious from the very beginning. I have played video games for a long time, starting with the original Zelda and Mario Bros., through Sonic the Hedgehog and Call of Duty games. Nothing touched me like the Mass Effect series though. I started playing the game on a whim. I was bored and the first game was sitting in the house. I had watched a few scenes of someone else and figured I would make my own ass-kicking Commander Shepherd to k...

Video gamers can live in their own world, falling in love with characters and making choices that effect the direct outcome . Not all video games are like that, but the Mass Effect series is. The Mass Effect series is it's own world where fans of the games can dive into this sci-fi universe with comics and books as well, helping paint a picture of a battle that is about to commence in the third video game. As one of the people who fell in love with Mass Effect, I've read the books, bought the comics and even have a lithograph or two decorating the walls. The story behind the video game series was well thought out and gives the gamer a chance to play the hero of the story as a male or female while trying to save the universe from utter destruction from an ancient species whose main goal is to wipe out the existence of the current alien races, including humans. Mass Effect: Deception  by William C. Dietz (who has written other video game genre books) is the fourth b...