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Podcast: Retro Spectives
Episode: Episode 78: Celeste
Description: Celeste is not your average platformer. When it was released in 2018, it took the world by storm, delighting casual players and speedrunners alike. Its levels were divided into screens reminiscent of Super Meat Boy, featuring fast and frequent death with extremely frequent checkpoints. It had a simple, but warming and competently written story, a rarity for the platforming genre. And while it might appear simple at first glance, the mechanics at play here unfold deeper and deeper the more you seek to master what the game has to offer.We round out our second Xmas special with a de...