I agree wholeheartedly. As a gamer who now only makes time for games I can play for short sessions, Spelunky was an absolute godsend. I've only put it down beca

I agree wholeheartedly. As a gamer who now only makes time for games I can play for short sessions, Spelunky was an absolute godsend. I've only put it down because my gaming time is even more constrained and because I achieved my personal goal of a $1MM daily challenge win (after a lot of near misses and managing to post some pretty high scores!). Discovering the patterns within the apparent randomness (without the aid of wikis, for the most part) was a big part of the game's appeal to me. Depending on what kind of randomness I'm facing, I might need to make quick decisions about timing or routing or resource usage, often needing to weigh risk vs. reward along several dimensions at once. This game does so much with so little, and the attention to detail and thoughtful design have always shone through for me, all along my journey from bewildered novice to cunning whiz. With a huge back catalog of video games in existence, it says a lot that one can look forward to returning to a timeless classic like Spelunky.