Happy Monday, folks, and welcome to the Weekly Video Games Thread!

I’ve got a medical appointment early tomorrow and just saw ninety-three levels of progress through the Pit of 100 Trials slip through my fingers—really should’ve just hit that goddamn Amazee Dazee instead of Tattling it; I knew I couldn’t survive the hit—so let’s hit this week’s prompt easy: what is your favorite trend or popular trope in modern gaming? That’s not really the kind of question I ask, partially since I don’t know if I have an answer myself. But perhaps you do!

And, while you’re mulling it over, what did you play this weekend?