Muddling Through

I am more or less ignorant of video games. Or other online forms of entertainment. So I did not enjoy this puzzle, but it looks like it would have been really cool for people who are Mario Brothers fans. We all have different tastes, experiences, and opinions. Unlike facts, they are not right or wrong, so how about not dissing people for not sharing yours? It's ugly and divisive. My take-away here is that I need to up my cultural knowledge some. As should those people scoffing at Hamlet.

Neonate was fine--the neonatal units in hospitals are standard. I've seen eterne used in some poem or other. But reune is just stupid. (Although I appreciated jejune as a a descriptor.)

Loved the idea, but some of the words are ridiculously obscure to no purpose. Sine bar? Sure fine, it's real. Sure fine, we got it. Eventually. But yeah, really annoying. The last few weeks have shot our averages to hell on the stupid stuff like that. The averages are just data points--I don't care in and of themselves. But the fact that across the board our scored are up says that the crossword editor has changed. How about changing back?

Terrific puzzle, but the fact that I needed to get KITKAT exactly like that was seriously annoying.