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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