@darthvolta: The thing is, he always has a good deal of interesting parallels and insights on video games, and how they relate to seemingly unrelated things.

@Shinta: Right, and also exaggerations are "probably the best OST of the year", [Third Birthday] "looks like one of the best PSP games ever", and XIII being released by Atlus causing people to "flip out, calling it one of the best JRPGs ever made." You can't complain about exaggerations with stuff like that littering…

1. So, uh, did you choose the splash graphic for the article Tim? Or was that one of the other folks? I'm thinking it wasn't you; that surely wasn't the Super Mario Bros. 2 you only-so-briefly mentioned. Or did something get edited out? Or is there something I'm missing?

@Shinta: I mean, uh. Put as nicely as possible, you're about to get a not-insignificant number of responses on how huge of a fanboy you're being.

@Fernando Jorge: The short answer is that, when he talks about 'frictions', he's talking about the way a game feels while you interact with it.

@Masterpain22: The short answer is that, when he talks about 'frictions', he's talking about the way a game feels while you interact with it.

And what about yellow fur and an orange tie? Is that Super Saiyan Kong?

@jjwallet: Yes indeed! But I didn't get -hit-. :) I was careful to say 'no enemy damage' at the beginning of each of the videos for that reason. It's nigh-impossible to time when the ticks of damage from the nuclear waste/lava will happen, so since it's more a matter of luck than skill I don't worry about taking…

@meat.i.cus: Bit uncalled for, don't you think?

Anyway, like I was sayin', Bowser is the fruit of the Mushroom Kingdom. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, bowser-kabobs, bowser creole, bowser gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple bowser, lemon bowser, coconut bowser, pepper bowser, bowser soup, bowser stew,…

If anyone is curious as to what the map on the left looks like in the game, here's me beating it in ultra-violence without getting hit! :)

@battra92: lol don't sweat it! I have a history of unusual comments and they are just reflective of my gut reaction to the article. In this case: "Whoa that mario cake is awesome! I had a cake just like that when I was 5! My mom made it for me. ...Man, what a jerk!"

My mother made one of those for me 20 years ago. She was the best mom ever. That cake reminds me exactly of my cake when I was 5 years old! It was a layout of 1-1, roughly. The blocks stacking up 1,2,3,4 high, then two spaces between, then 4,3,2,1. Just like on the bottom layer in the picture. That was an…

Perhaps it's time to count our blessings,

@WhoKnew?: What precisely do you have against MC Chris.

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