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

A couple days ago, I was in just a bit of a bind. Over the past two weeks or so, Google Chrome has become difficult about letting me actually make posts on WordPress. I write every Games Thread for Monday, so that’s not great, but I also needed to remember how to use some of WordPress’s mechanical features, and walkthroughs and guides weren’t helping me at all. So I jumped between different computers, I jumped between different browsers, and I think I found the issue. For whatever reason, Chrome and Firefox seem to have a problem with the block editor, and while I could work in the classic editor instead, every new post opens that way. This problem isn’t on Safari, at least not yet, so I was able to make this post, remind myself how the Accordion function works, and just set up a draft that could be released on Monday assuming things don’t work out. Or maybe I just make posts on Safari and edit them in the browser I like. I dunno.

What I’ve described is a very brutish and casual take on the scientific method, in which we make hypotheses, test them, and come to conclusions based on the work we did. It was not a particularly in-depth or challenging example of this, though I can say I’m pretty annoyed about it. I can at least say, however, that I did follow some degree of rigor and planning. I was not grossly unscientific or dangerous. You can’t say that most video game scientists do that. Mad science and incredibly flawed study are as pervasive in games as the zombies, mutants, and doomsday weapons that share cartridge space. And so, in honor of my replay of Resident Evil 2 and the general Halloween season, what are your favorite video game examples of mad science?

And, as always, what did you play this weekend? But first, make sure to check out Lily-Bones’ latest “Game News Roundup!”