Yeah nothing really out until Summer/Fall. Add the weather to it, and it's obvious why people are so depressed from January to April
Honestly, the game choices you list are similar to what I play and well I don't think Mass Effect is going to interest you much. It surely didn't do it for me. Most boring game I've played yet, with Far Cry 2 coming up closely behind. Maybe ME gets better as you progress, but after an hour of just clicking through conversations, I stopped playing.