My visible name is DL on Miiverse, but the username is NewBond.

All is fair in love and war, my friend! I will shove people on the grid with Pink Gold Peach, as with poor top speed I take all the track position I can get early, else I will never catch up in a straight fight.

It was hilarious that we had Baby Park come up, and out of six Baby Park selections and one (I'm going to say accidental) Wild Woods…we got Wild Woods.

I'm glad you liked the DLC only. VenerableMonk and I raced the rest of the session, and must admit I was wanting for something fresh by the end.

I totally forgot about the dragon scales! I have SO MUCH to do before I storm the castle…

The only coins I don't have from Super Mario 3D Land are in Bowser's Castle. I played it 100% coins until the last two levels. I felt the challenge was steady and manageable (almost easy) until then.

Are you listed as "Ben" on Miiverse? I am friends with you and one other on Miiverse that I haven't properly reconciled with your Gameological name, and I'm a bit ashamed to admit it, but if I don't it'll only get harder.

I looked at Wikipedia's entry on Napoleon's Old Guard Grenadiers, and if it's accurate, then I really appreciate your usage of it the word "grognard", as it works well in the context of Gameological.

Thanks for everyone that enjoyed the mayhem of Mario Kart 8 on the 8th! I hope everyone in the front of the races had a good time - you were too far ahead for me to see that action by Lap 3. For the next couple of months I'm not going to be home to race (I'll be at Texas Motor Speedway for June and Iowa Speedway for…

Cocaine? Galaga? You're giving away your age.

Probably forgetful due to using meth.

After playing for a few days, the one game I've loved in 3D is Zen Pinball. It looks great and is an excellent balance between twitch and casual play. It definitely makes me want a real pinball machine, and the adventures in the original four tables are fantastic (I also have the Marvel Edition tables, but I can't get…

I was considering 40 years as being well established, honestly. Rock and Roll was about 30 years old when they announced their first Hall of Fame class in 1986. Pro Football built their Hall of Fame 43 years after the creation of the NFL in 1920.

I remember playing on the Amiga, thinking I was going to reach a conclusion, but I kept ending up back in Peoria and Scranton.

It's always tough to start a Hall of Fame many years after an "industry" is well established, because there is a desire to seed the Hall with all of the deserving entries of the past while establishing ground rules for future inductees that won't simply add every old game ever made or neglect deserving games beyond…

No worries on not finding it! I figure I paid the price of the New 3DS XL, and got exactly what I wanted. Thanks again for looking!

This weekend, I'll be playing with my new New Nintendo 3DS. I paid the $200 for the Black Friday version in black, and I'm scared of it so far. Like the 6 year old Cosmo Black one I retired for it, the first days are fraught with concern over fingerprints, scratches, and nicks. Screen protectors are on their way along…

Still have Mario Kart 8 on Wii U? Have the DLC? Then join the Almost-High-Rollers Club MONDAY, MAY 8 at 8PM Central US Time for a 150cc Tournament on DLC tracks ONLY! Enter code: 0699-6646-7941 (same as last several months) to join, and bring your "highest rollers", too! My Badwagon will have Black Monsters on, ready…

This week, I got a New 3DS, six years and a week after my wife gifted me the Cosmo Black (later Ambassador) version, and I was worried about my original's circle pad as well, but it thankfully survived until retirement just last night.

Maybe it's because I own both 3DS and Wii U versions that I feel like it's not "missing" anything on 3DS. One is for the couch and the other is for the hotel room. I'm OK with the compromise because it still contains its singular core value - not being a regular fighting game. I think the couch-spectator experience is…