I was 16, going to eGames Expo in Melbourne. I decided to go to an EBGames in the city on my way there to see Mass Effect on the shelf one week early. I immediately bought it, went home, skipped the expo, played all day. I went back the next day with friends and they had pulled it from shelves.
BioWare is the studio that inspired me to get into the games industry. Mass Effect is a seminal piece of work for me and it’s so incredibly shortsighted for EA to close the studio and axe the newest game without even giving it a damn chance.