Vanilla Dome.

It took me so long to finish Vanilla Dome that I forgot what happened in the first two levels. I might actually have to keep notes if this is how it's going to continue. It is also possible that I was just so traumatized by such levels as the ghost house, the bullet level and the castle that I blanked out everything previously.

So the ghost house. If any gamers reading this were already surprised with that fact that one person can suck so hard at Mario, prepare yourselves. I didn't know giant boos existed. I was fully prepared for the small, regular size boos, but not the huge giant boo that killed me at least 3 times. I also didn't know that they stop following you if you look at them, but if you are facing the other way, they eventually catch up and kill you. That also took an unfortunately long time to figure out as well. And these green bubbles that look like floating peas? Ran me off the edge about 20 times. I also cycled through the whole level about 3 times before Joe put me out of my misery and told me I was going through the wrong door. I need to keep an eye out for that stuff.

I managed to keep Yoshi for vanilla dome 3 and made it through the level really easy. And then, I met the bullet level, and it raped me in the face. "THERE ARE BULLETS EVERYWHERE!" I remember hysterically shrieking as I put all my Mario practice to the test dodging vertical and horizontal bullets left right and center. Joe just responded, "Shit just got real" and turned over. I am pretty sure that he doesn't really want to watch me play anymore, but he can't help it, like watching a car crash. So he sits and watches until he can't take it anymore, and says mean stuff like, "we should get you a different game called, counting to 3. I think you'd pwn that....maybe".

But he was right, shit did get real. Who is this little wizard guy, and who invited him to the castle? He ranks right up there with the baseball guy as the bane of my existence. The worst thing is though, is that once you finally get past him, you have to get past the moving rocks and the lava, and then after THAT, you have to beat the boss. I lost count as to how many times I died, but it took me 2 nights to beat that stupid castle. TWO NIGHTS. Is this really how castles are going to be from now on? Cause I don't like it. I thought I'd be getting better while playing, getting practice and learning the levels, but I'm still making the same stupid mistakes that I made when I first started. Does it ever get better? EVER???