It's been another five hundred entries since we paused to look back at some of my personal favorites from the recent batch of articles, so let's take another moment to review a few things.  In this crop of picks we have a look at crummy ports of great games to pitiful consoles, a pre-release warning of porting older games to the Nintendo Wii U rather than creating new experiences, a look at the Legend of Zelda concert that toured the world last year, discussion on why Mario matters, the end of my ten year journey to acquire Luigi's Mansion, sweepings from Portal 2's cutting room floor, a visit to a secret arcade featuring F-Zero AX, multiplayer Super Mario 64 amazement, the pinball episodes of the Power Button podcast, an analysis of Sony's PlayStation 4 announcement, and the story of how I asked Nicole to marry me.  The last five hundred articles have certainly been eventful!

• The End Of The Console Road (Which games turned out the lights for console platforms?)
• Secret Origins: inFamous 2 (A tale of love across a great distance)
• The Other Portal 2 ("I've made terrible choices in my life.")
• Just Because You Can Port A Game Doesn't Mean You Should (Street Fighter needs more than two colors)
• Animal Crossing Squatter's Rights Explored (Dead towns tell sad tales)
• Do We Really Need Batman: Arkham City For Wii U? (Ports of older games aren't helping the Wii U's case)
• The Listen Of Zelda (Attending this concert was one of 2012's high points)
• Miniature Mario Figurines Are Adorable (A quick look at a gift from my now-fiancée)
• Secret Origins: Luigi's Mansion (A story ten years in the making!)
• EvilCast Recap - Episode 143: SpoilerCast: Spec Ops: The Line (I guested on the Games Are Evil site's podcast to talk about the high points and twists of this amazing shooter)
• Virtual Lab Just Doesn't Care (Proofreading not required)
• Mario In Their Own Words (I am quoted in this 1UP article)
• Spirit Of Old Arcades Lives On At Game Warp 2012 (A visit to an arcade and pinball convention)
• Let's Visit A Secret Arcade Featuring F-Zero AX (I finally found it!)
• Power Button - Episode 85: The Rise And Fall Of Nintendo Power, G4, And Beyond (Farewell to familiar brands)
• Remember When Mario Rescued Milli Vanilli? (This is pure 1990s)
• Co-op Multiplayer Comes To Super Mario 64 (Seeing two Marios running around at once is a 64-bit dream come true)
• Mini-Review: Crosswords Plus (Surprisingly fun!)
• Power Button - Episode 89: The Pinball Episode and Power Button - Episode 95: The Force Is With Neil Sorens Of Zen Studios And Star Wars Pinball (Fun with the silver ball)
• Election Day In The Mushroom Kingdom (Vote Princess Peach 2012!)
• PTB 2012 Video Gaming Holiday Gift Guide (Most of these picks are on sale for cheap now)
• Secret Origins: Paper Mario: Sticker Star (In which I ask Nicole to marry me)
• Sigma On Parade (A look back at Mega Man X's nemesis)
• "Keep Shooting At The Robot Guard Until It Blows Up" And Other Useful Advice (Not all strategy guides are created equal)
• Sony Reveals New Vision For PlayStation 4 (An analysis of the original announcement)
• Nintendo Yearns For Yarn (I wrote this for GamesRadar)
• Beyond Beeps: Luigi's Mansion (Everybody hum along!)
• Read "At Rest" In The Industry Magazine (I wrote this for The Industry)
• Mini-Review: Star Wars Pinball (The Force is strong with this one)

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