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[TheMightyP]

Day 14: Celeste
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Celeste is a beautiful game. That's all that needs to be said, be it the lovely sprite work, the incredible music, the touching story or the challenging but fair gameplay, all of these combined make a simply amazing package, going through Madeline's struggles which for some people, are very relatable and unfortunately for others, were too much to bear. I still regularly think about the game every now and then, I loved it enough to get all the strawberries and hidden collectibles in those grueling climbs, I did all the brutal B Sides and even the C sides. However, one thing that sticks to my mind is from the DLC chapter added for free. Not for being the hardest thing in the game, requiring advanced techniques, but because of the story of it all. It ended up being incredibly relevant as shortly after I played it, my grandfather passed away which considering the story of the DLC chapter, eerily prepped me for the reality of my life. I know things seem very difficult in these times and a mere video game won't be much help, but it makes for a distraction, which might help

Spoiler: Farewell

"I'm sorry I didn't go to your funeral" hit me like a truck. The game as a whole did, but that line in particular stood out to me.

Anyways it's on Steam's sale for $5 so buy it if you haven't already. Your hands may regret it but trust me, more than worth.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Spoiler: Farewell

"I'm sorry I didn't go to your funeral" hit me like a truck. The game as a whole did, but that line in particular stood out to me.

Anyways it's on Steam's sale for $5 so buy it if you haven't already. Your hands may regret it but trust me, more than worth.

Yeah no I needed that line. I had to miss two in my life and it hurts so bad.


Also, if your hands hurt to much, you can try Assist Mode, we won't judge. Out loud.

 

[TheMightyP]

Also, if your hands hurt to much, you can try Assist Mode, we won't judge. Out loud.

Oh, I will. Get carpal tunnel like the rest of us like a real gamer. None of this soft woke gen z buzzword assist mode ****.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Also, if your hands hurt to much, you can try Assist Mode, we won't judge. Out loud.

Oh, I will. Get carpal tunnel like the rest of us like a real gamer. None of this soft woke gen z buzzword assist mode ****.

I've been wanting to play Celeste at some point.

If I can beat Pizza Tower at 101% (after many terribly failed attempts at getting P Ranks all but like two or three levels) with surviving hands, I can complete Celeste at 100% with surviving hands.

 

[Hex D. Jess]

I've played the first 7 chapters of Celeste, did the B Sides, and got all the strawberries so far. I plan on playing the game to completion eventually, cause it really is an amazing game.

It is also very relevant to my life for reasons that are probably obvious

 

[TheCJBrine]

they really scrapped this for the Minecraft movie we’re getting ._.

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someone said Steve would be silent but idk if that’s true, if not though then this definitely would’ve been so much better.

I still want to see the movie they went with tbh but I do wish it was something else like this, the fact they apparently decided this somehow wasn’t good is so disappointing.

 

[dezeray112]

they really scrapped this for the Minecraft movie we’re getting ._.

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someone said Steve would be silent but idk if that’s true, if not though then this definitely would’ve been so much better.

I still want to see the movie they went with tbh but I do wish it was something else like this.

Do you know what? I feel the same and I think this concept and direction would had worked so much more better in contrast to the current theatrical version.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

they really scrapped this for the Minecraft movie we’re getting ._.

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someone said Steve would be silent but idk if that’s true, if not though then this definitely would’ve been so much better.

I still want to see the movie they went with tbh but I do wish it was something else like this.

My main gripe with the movie so far is that it still feels like they aren't taking the source material as seriously they should.

Like, yeah, of course people in a normal world are gonna be freaked out and confused by suddenly getting transported into a blocky video game world that runs on it's own logic, meta humor about that in of itself isn't the problem, but Jack Black is still hamming it up more than necessary just to talk about what basically every item in the game that he's used or mentioned so far and the designs and behaviors of several of the Passive and Neutral Mobs are still way weirder that they've ever been in the game, uncanny CGI aside. It really feels like they're just making the Miencraft elements of the film as quirky as possible for the sake of it instead of trying to tell much of an honest story about the game or creativity.

They've still more respect for Minecraft than the people behind the live-action Smurfs movies do for the Smurfs franchise, though.

 

[Hex D. Jess]

I beat Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with every character. It's very good, even if Metropolis Zone will probably show up in my nightmares.

Next week, I will be finishing up the Genesis games with Sonic 3 & Knuckles, another game I haven't played in a very long time and am very excited to revisit

 

[dezeray112]

Been watching the Detective Conan series for the very first time on Crunchyroll and I can understand why the series is such a hit in Japan.

I've also been watching Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Dr. Stone and Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma as well. But I do find it odd the only the third, fourth and fifth series are on Crunchyroll in which I wondered where did the first two seasons go?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Who would of thought id be so good at drwing ****ing COOKIES

 

[Lamperouge]

I beat Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with every character. It's very good, even if Metropolis Zone will probably show up in my nightmares.

Boo

 

[Wademan94]

They've still more respect for Minecraft than the people behind the live-action Smurfs movies do for the Smurfs franchise, though.

And apparently the people behind the new Smurfs movie too

 

[Noipoi]

And apparently the people behind the new Smurfs movie too

At this rate I feel like the Smurfs just weren’t meant for the big screen.

You had the live action movies, which sucked but made a lot of money. Then you had the animated movie in 2017, which was actually pretty cute and true to the source material, but nobody watched it. And now we’ve got this new one, which seems like the worst of both worlds.

I’m not even a big Smurfs fan, but I kinda feel bad for them.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

At this rate I feel like the Smurfs just weren’t meant for the big screen.

You had the live action movies, which sucked but made a lot of money. Then you had the animated movie in 2017, which was actually pretty cute and true to the source material, but nobody watched it. And now we’ve got this new one, which seems like the worst of both worlds.

I’m not even a big Smurfs fan, but I kinda feel bad for them.

Why is it that they insist on getting some big popstar to voice Smurfette in every big-budget Smurfs movie? In live-action it was Katy Perry, in The Lost Village it was Demi Lovato, and now it's Rihanna

 

[Noipoi]

Why is it that they insist on getting some big popstar to voice Smurfette in every big-budget Smurfs movie? In live-action it was Katy Perry, in The Lost Village it was Demi Lovato, and now it's Rihanna

Because she’s the only girl, and I’m pretty sure she’s the most popular Smurf, so they get a celebrity voice to bring in audiences.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I wish I used my vacation days a little bit better so I could've gotten Switch 2 Direct day off...

 

[Pink Yoshi]

If nothing else, Rihanna has proven herself as a surprisingly decent voice actress. She was the best part of that 2015 mid DreamWorks movie, and that says a lot cuz that movie is about aliens and y'all know I'm an alien girly

 

[Wademan94]

If nothing else, Rihanna has proven herself as a surprisingly decent voice actress. She was the best part of that 2015 mid DreamWorks movie, and that says a lot cuz that movie is about aliens and y'all know I'm an alien girly

Her voice doesn’t fit Smurfette though, at least from that trailer

 

[TheMightyP]

I feel an urge to rewatch the Spongebob movies, see if my opinion changed on them.

My last opinions on them were:

• I liked the second one more than the first
• The first, while nostalgic and enjoyable, is just alright as a movie
• I haven't seen the 3rd yet (which I heard mixed things on).

Edit: formatting for the eyes

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Scooby-Doo teaches us all a very valuable lesson for our day-to-day lives:

Don't trust the real estate business

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Boo

Hmm...this reminds me of something...

Oh, right.

A much scarier bug.

 

[Wademan94]

Hmm...this reminds me of something...

Oh, right.

A much scarier bug.

You have not played a Sonic game if you think Slicers are less scary

 

[KingofPhantoms]

You have not played a Sonic game if you think Slicers are less scary

The joke is Lamp's dislike of modern Pokemon

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I have only played three separate Sonic games though, or just two if you don't count count a crappy mobile port of the very first game.

 

[Wademan94]

The joke is Lamp's dislike of modern Pokemon

Spoiler

I have only played three separate Sonic games though, or just two if you don't count count a crappy mobile port of the very first game.

But Scyther’s Gen 1

 

[Knight Dude]

Alright, Red defeated. Not quite as cracked as I thought he'd be. Still have to catch two legendaries and get the other 2 Fire Starters, well I got Charmander already. But it is what it is. Not like this is a run where I take my team into Pokemon Bank or anything like that.

Part of me wants to maybe do a new run of Omega Ruby or something, since I have a normal copy of it. I already transferred most of the guys into Pokemon Sun as it is. Blaziken's gonna be my Ace again, since his Mega form is cracked. But I'll try to stick to more Hoenn mons for the main team. Aggron and Gardevoir being two of them. Ludicolo too, if he's in Omega Ruby. Can't remember that part. But if I remember right, neither Bagon or Beldum are early enough for the team like that. But I guess if I'm stubborn enough, I'll run both of them since they're some of my favorites too.

But I'll do that after I start Mega Man Battle Network 3. Those MMBN titles will last me a good while, since you know 6 RPGs, with 4 of them having 2 variants. That'll already take some time. I'll also bounce back and forth between post games for them too I imagine.

 

[Lamperouge]

Hmm...this reminds me of something...

Oh, right.

A much scarier bug.

Get that **** outta my face

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Pokemon Champions better have some good music but nothing will be Pokemon Battle Revolution

 

[Wario Bros.]

I saw a YouTube video thumbnail for a fake Metroid movie trailer by Illumination.

If Metroid was to ever get a movie, it would best be live-action. Even if it was animated, Illumination wouldn't be the best studio choice.

 

[Noipoi]

A saw a YouTube video thumbnail for a fake Metroid movie trailer by Illumination.

If Metroid was to ever get a movie, it would best be live-action. Even if it was animated, Illumination wouldn't be the best studio choice.

Ridley when Samus takes of her helmet in Nintendo+Illumination’s Metroid (2032)

 

[TheMightyP]

Ridley when Samus takes of her helmet in Nintendo+Illumination’s Metroid (2032)
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on a side note, there is a crap ton of 2000s-early 2010s kids movies that have this exact same joke.

Like studios thought this was the pinnacle of writing

 

[Noipoi]

on a side note, there is a crap ton of 2000s-early 2010s kids movies that have this exact same joke.

Like studios thought this was the pinnacle of writing

The big ugly scary thing is actually girl????

Laugh now

 

[KingofPhantoms]

on a side note, there is a crap ton of 2000s-early 2010s kids movies that have this exact same joke.

Like studios thought this was the pinnacle of writing

The big ugly scary thing is actually girl????

Laugh now

Shrek more or less did the joke first, and infinitely better at that.

 

[Wademan94]

Ridley when Samus takes of her helmet in Nintendo+Illumination’s Metroid (2032)
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Murders her parents AND assumes her gender? Ridley truly is the worst

 

[TheMightyP]

Shrek more or less did the joke first, and infinitely better at that.

And then Shrek 2 did the tired joke with Doris.

also how did Donkey have ki-, you know what never mind

 

[KingofPhantoms]

And then Shrek 2 did the tired joke with Doris.

also how did Donkey have ki-, you know what never mind

I think it's best if I allow my old friend Gamecube era Spongebob video games Mrs. Puff to answer this mystery:

Some mysteries are simply better left unsolved.

 

[Pokelego999]

Just got back from a nap, whoever invented the sensation of drowsiness should bite RIGHT into a raw onion



What did he taste like?

He tasted like a Ditto, but tbh I could be wrong

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Listened to Knocked Loose for the first time today, through their A Tear in the Fabric of Life EP and You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To album. Felt like I got a pressure washer blasted at point-blank range into my face and will hear these songs in my nightmares. 10/10 would recommend (unironically. REALLY good band)

He tasted like a Ditto, but tbh I could be wrong

I'd rather something taste like a Ditto than a raw onion so I'll take that as a recommendation

 

[Wademan94]

If Metroid were to get an animated movie adaptation, DreamWorks would likely do it more justice than Illumination though I feel like that’s obvious

 

[Noipoi]

I wonder if Horizons will continue into Gen 10, or if it’ll end sometime next year and they’ll start a new story.