Well, Warehouse 13 definitely took a trip off the well traveled path this week. And it worked.
This episode is like a strange blend of comedy and almost horror. The best plot by far was the videogame that Fargo (from Eureka) tried to superpower using an artifact. It gave everyone (Pete, Myka and Claudia) quality screen time and we also got to see (like last year) that Claudia and Fargo have real chemistry together. We also got some background on why Claudia is who she is - in a way the episode was partly aimed at giving Claudia more development.
The B story had Artie and Jinks recovering a picture artifact and getting badly tricked by the FBI agent we knew was a villain. Alas both Artie and Jinks come off as dumb in the story, and again Jinks could easily have been not there and no one would have noticed. It's really strange as thus far he is totally un-utilized this season - even HG Wells got more and better screen time so far and she isn't even supposed to be a regular.
The B story problems aside, it was definitely worthwhile watching as the type of pseudo-serious entertainment Warehouse 13 is.