>Really? 500+ years in the future, and we still have to worry about
>sorting whites and darks before doing laundry?

The supply of nanite-infused, color-safe Tide Ultra-Plus won't arrive til Tuesday.

>That said, it was these little conversations and character
>interactions that brought the Mass Effect series to life. I keep
>hoping that another game studio will somehow manage to capture the
>magic that Bioware has obviously lost.

They didn't lose it so much as it was extracted by EA with a pair of rusty pliers to be sold as DLC.