Celeste Is Brutal Without Being A Jerk About It

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Feb 5, 201863:31Games & Hobbies

Gita Jackson and Patricia Hernandez discuss difficult games, what motivates people to play them, and how Celeste feels different than most masochistic games (Dark Souls, Super Meat Boy, etc.) Kinder, somehow. There's als...

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