Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D.

Todays prompt is about the ways the games dole out consequences for death, and keep tabs on your number of tries. This can range from games featuring a strict number of Lives with only rare chances to recover them, to games offering unlimited tries for each challenge

So: Are you a fan of the “lives system” in games or nah? What are the best modern takes on the concept? How frequently should your progress get saved?

Bonus: what game was the most needlessly stingy about lives/checkpointing/continues?

Extra Bonus: What game was made too trivial by its approach to lives/checkpointing/continues?

Extra Bonus Deluxe: What older game had the worst save system, or had none and could’ve used it?

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Saturday: 3D Mario (& Karting, Sports, and Party games)

Sunday: 3D Sonic (& Racing/ RPG/ Murder Mystery Spinoffs)