Too true.
My dad always told me, "Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results is the definition of retarded"
As a kid, this made me think that pretty much everyone around me was retarded, including my dad, as he told me this at least 30 times.
To make this somewhat related to the topic, my random gaming thought:
Sonic would be a great game to play for score if you were forced to play on only 1 life. There is a risk reward, as you are timed, but have a lot of potential points to get on your way to the end. Heck, there is even chaining!
The bonus stages would be killer though, seems like it would be hell to milk all the potential points out of each bonus stage.