Watching that Super Mario World "hardest level" video the other day inspired me to plug in my Wii again and go on a retro binge. It would appear that I'm absolutely terrible at Super Mario Bros. 3 nowadays. My Megaman 2 game is still strong, though, and my Ice Hockey prowess is unrivaled.

Amazing. Though they could have replaced that with "magic wand" to similar effect, and it would have been more lore-friendly.

American Horror Story: Bed and Breakfast.

No room on the list. What are you gonna bump off a masterpiece like "Angel" for some piece of grimy old classical music?

My older brother traded all of our best NES games for a Sega CD. The first time we plugged it in, smoke started coming out of it.

"That video put knots in my stomach."

I do enjoy the unspoken communication in Dark Souls. When you summon for a boss fight, you're obviously not recruiting specific roles like you would for a party in an MMO, but if the other person is holding a staff or dual-wielding, you're probably going to default to a shield and tank the fight so that they can…

I'm going to assume this question refers mostly to th ol' Isometric RPGs. In that case: 1, 2, and 3. In addition to quicksaving every two seconds, I overwrite these numbered saves in rolling fashion after every significant progress point (typically ~2 hours apart). If I'm still pre dual-class, I tend to save at each…

Oh, I thought Crescent Axe was physical/magic. I may have to find another enchantable weapon with magic damage, then.

Oh, cool. One of my gripes with the original campaign was that you had no flexibility over the development of your party members. In a game with so many interesting multiclass possibilities, that was tough to take. I may give it a shot.

Mmm, sounds nice. I've peppered in a little bit of int for greater magic weapon, so I imagine that'll get an added boost from the crescent axe. I was considering dual Claymores because I'm terrible and the hitbox is pretty nice, but the strength requirement isn't so much higher for the axes so I may give it a shot.…

If I ever go completely insane, I think the AI in NWN2 will be a major contributing factor. STOP FOLLOWING ME, KHELGAR! YOUR AI IS TURNED OFF AND I'M TRYING TO STEALTH DISARM TRAPS. OH GOD, WHY ARE YOU RUNNING HALF A MILE TO CHASE DOWN THAT ARCHER WHEN I TOLD YOU TO ATTACK THIS GUY THIRTY TIMES?

I had the same experience; the Jungle was demoralizing. Especially when everything is going so well and then you draw a dark level. And yeah, the ice caves are baby town frolics with a jetpack. I thought the temple was pretty absurd, though; I can rarely get through it so I've only had two (failed) shots at Olmec.

I didn't love Diablo 3, but it depends on what you're going for in a game. I don't think they ever quite found the right balance on loot drops, and they did away with permanent character development choices (i.e., skill trees and stat points). That removed a lot of the weight of playing an RPG and reduced the…

I picked up Towerfall: Ascension at a slight discount last weekend. It'd been on my Steam wishlist (populated almost entirely by local multiplayer titles) for a while. I'm enjoying it in the early going; it brings back childhood memories of Joust. The difficulty curve is pretty steep, too; there's always so much going…

Generally, yes. The exception being Dark Souls, where it's generally optional and can add suspense, replay value, and force you to adopt new builds/strategies to better deal with invasions.

That's what DLC is for, silly.

I can't commit to a kickstarter because I'm constantly trying to wean myself off of video games. I stopped pre-ordering for the same reason. In the event that I some day scrounge up the willpower to cut down my gaming time significantly, it would be a real kick in the balls to suddenly have a long-anticipated title…

Maybe try Mike Tyson's Punchout for a few weeks. That'll be like swinging a baseball bat with donuts on it to make the real thing seem lighter.

Mmmm. I want to try the DLC, but I'm waiting for a steam sale on the stand-alone so that I can switch over to PC. I wish they'd offer some sort of cheap conversion for those who already own the game but want to play it on a different system.