Hehe. I was, indeed, playing the easiest difficulty. I didn't stop to read the tabs as they were filling out. I think I just assumed that they were save slots. I tried the hardest difficulty. It definitely made a difference.
It's a lot of fun, though, I have a hard time with telling what items are. The health, money, and guns are obvious enough, I think, but what's the electrical symbol? I'm not sure what else there may be as they're a bit difficult to distinguish, especially in a frantic situation like that. Maybe some kind of key legend or something that tells you what the items are as the level loads? Just an idea.