In this week's episode. Vince commits a cardinal sin against Mario. Bad Vince, Bad.

Nothing like a little Mario humor to brighten the day.

It's Monday, which means a new Experience Points. This week, Vince visits and old love. And while some things change, they always stay the same ...

Another Monday means another Experience Points. Vince and Steve do Valentine's Day, well at least Vince does ... almost.

Welcome to the first edition of Experience Points, courtesy of artist Scott Johnson. A new comic will be posted every Monday. If you want to get all of the Experience Points articles and comics in one list, just click the Experience Points filter tag at the end of the story. Enjoy!

One of the things I have learned over the years is that comics as a medium as just as much a part of culture as books, movies and games. When you can combine comics with another love, it becomes powerful to both mediums.

In the case of Experience Points, by artist Scott Johnson, he has combined his love of creating comics with his passion for videogames. The comic originally appeared on Crispy Gamer, but with the demise of the editorial side of that site, he has agreed to bring the comic to GameCulture.

The comic will run once a week on Monday, beginning Feb. 8. In the meantime, we picked Johnson's brain a bit about the comic to get fans their XP fix. Read the interview after the jump: