139: Celeste

We climb the mountain in Celeste.
Developer: Extremely OK Games | Publisher: Extremely OK Games | Initial Release: January 25, 2018



Flora, Mike, Moe and special guest Frozen Flygone collect berries, dash and face dark reflections of ourselves.



Players: Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)
Special Guest: Frozen Flygone (@FrozenFlygone) | Twitch





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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Start
1:50 FrozenFlygone Intro
3:15 The Gauntlet
6:00 Fast Pitch
7:00 Time Capsule
11:40 Press Reviews
13:25 Our First Experiences with Celeste
17:35 Movement & Comparisons to Other Games
23:10 Challenges
27:20 Getting Better - The Story
31:35 Speedrunning Celeste
34:00 Mental Health in Gaming
40:15 The Characters
46:30 The Art
53:30 Getting Better - Positive Reinforcement
1:03:20 Celestemas Eve & More Speedrunning
1:07:40 The Final Ascent
1:11:15 Core
1:14:15 Final Thoughts






RESOURCES:

Theo's Instagram (LINK)
Flora's 2020 Celestemas Eve via Twitch (LINK)
How The Celeste Speedrunning Community Became Queer As Hell via Kotaku (LINK)
Frost Fatales 2022 through March 5th (LINK)

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