Saturn Quest: Blast Effect

Time to jump in your ship and save the universe with these 10 games that Mass Effect players are sure to love.

Samara Weaving is an agent of chaos who loves to cause mayhem in video games. After toying with The Sims and Mario Kart as a kid, she really knuckled down and got into Red Dead Redemption after watching her husband play — and she never looked back. The star of Carolina Caroline and Ready or Not enjoys using films and games to let out her wild side. She loves action and just a liiiiiittle bit of violence. And yet she had a soft spot for her Sims.Join Sam on this episode of Shelf Quest as she browses the shelves of videogamesnewyork and reminisces on how she got into gaming, and her dreams for h

Max Burkholder grew up with "unlimited screentime," as a busy child actor going to work and school. He fell in love with video games through Kingdom Hearts, which helped him come down from the stress of being on the set of films like The Purge, Daddy Day Care and Parenthood.Now he somehow finds time for games while starring as the teen version of Mark Wahlberg's character on Peacock's Ted series, ploughing through long RPGs like Final Fantasy 16 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, as well as playthroughs of critically acclaimed puzzlers like Blue Prince. He was excited to walk out of videogamesne

K-pop idol and actor Matthew Kim (or Big Matthew, as fans of the group KARD know him) moved to Korea to pursue a career in entertainment — but games keep him in touch with his family. His love of video games started with his father, who was "nasty" on Super Mario, and continues today when he plays Call of Duty: Warzone with his little brother.

The entire Mass Effect trilogy is fantastic, but the first game's story is head-and-shoulders above the tales told in the later games.