Based on the majority of the game I still feel like it doesn’t glorify in your deaths, but you do raise a good point. Celeste is trying to serve two masters- The speed-running community, and the rest of the Celeste community. Speedrunning is very intense, and punishes the smallest mistake, yet Celeste itself isn’t…

Celeste is a wonderful game. Back when I was playing it I made the same comparison to Super Meat Boy, and some other gameologerinos made the point that while Super Meat Boy glorifies your deaths with its death reel, Celeste is gently nudging you, encouraging you to try again. The respawn timer is quick, and you’re not…

Oh, that’s also important to note: Flowey is a dick. He definitely is mocking your mistakes, but also he sucks, so there’s that. I hope I’m not seen as bullying you back into Undertale - you can do whatever you want! I’m just trying to offer another perspective in case it changes anything for you.

Interesting take on Undertale! While your experience was totally valid, the tutorial section is the absolute WORST part of that game, for all the reasons you mentioned, in addition to the literal hand holding being done with one of the puzzles. If I’m correct in guessing, you had that meta-conversation with Flowey…

What have I played this week: Progress in Witcher 3 has been going well, though there is not much to report there. I am still working through the Hearts of Stone DLC, and spoilers for that are to follow until the end of the paragraph. I just finished the Wedding sidequest with Shani, which was a fun diversion and…

*breathes in*
What’s up,  you cool baby?

I’ll call, and raise you one Happy Birthday Dethday.

I have equipped all the Mastercrafted Wolven Gear, and as I feel that’s fitting I’m sticking with that until the end of the game. I believe I can upgrade it further once I start Blood and Wine, but I think Mastercrafted will do fine for now. And I’m very excited for the ending! I just hope its still challenging and…

I could see hazing striking that funny but serious balance, now that I think on it.

Hmm, I think I would be going retro. Modern aesthetic can be a bit too much sometimes (especially on HGTV.) As for rewards, if you’re the winning team you get a few extra shells! And hope to see you online as well, it’d be good to jump back into Splatoon!

Next year Sam and Peter go to College. My best bet would be that their fame as the Netflix investigators follows them, and a vandalization takes place at their new college to taunt them into investigating. As for what the vandalization is, I have no guesses: poop and dicks have a plethora of puns, but what other PG-13…

Ah, I see. I am a return player to pokemon go, so I forgot that trading requires stardust as well. Anyway, good luck with your remaining eggs!  

Thanks! Good luck with your magicite farming! /support

Is lost_wifey able/willing to trade you for any of the ones you’re missing? Or is it just that the deal isnt’t sweet enough yet? I’m only at 125 pokemon, but considering I was at about 103 at the start of this event I’d consider it a personal success.

Congratulations on being home more weekends! I’m sure its a welcome break. What team are you playing in the splatfest? I’m still deciding!

Good luck with the 7km eggs! While a majority of mine have been alolan grimers or Sandshrews, I did just hatch a Mr. Mime yesterday. Now I just need a Farfetch’d and Kanghaskhan and I’ll have the region exclusives! Sadly I am not in the area of many raids, nor do I police them enough to find a place where people play…

Great article! I had thought about the verticality of the water temple but had never considered the multiple other examples you cite, especially something as plain as the Fields of Hyrule. Their emphasis on verticality was such a good way to utilize what a 3-D world affords you as a developer - after all, why would I…

Hello all! This weekend will not be very different from the past few weekends: (Witcher 3, with dabbles of Okami & Sea of Thieves before Forsaken Shores) so let’s shift focus a bit. As I’m in the end game for Witcher 3, I’m gonna spend this week focusing on that - based on advice from the discord, I’m gonna complete He…

Forgive me, what I said is wrong. Essence + accidents = substance. You can change the accidents but still get the same substance. You can’t change the essence without changing what the substance fundamentally is.

RE: Essence vs. substance - essence is what makes a substance definitively this thing and not something else. If you were to take away the essence of a thing, it would no longer be that substance. So basically in the above argument they’re interchangeable.