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Hey, what's going on, everybody?

It is Paul here with another quick take episode for you all.

And today I am very excited to talk to you about one of my all-time favorite games, Celeste. Now, I have mentioned this a couple of times on the podcast, but I've never really

had a chance to dive into it in any kind of detail. And so this is kind of my chance to do that.

I have been on the record as saying that I think Celeste is the best platform game ever made.

And this is coming from someone who is an immense fan of Super Mario Brothers 3, Mega Man 2,

even Super Mario World on Super Nintendo.

I mean, I grew up loving platform games. I still love them to this day.

Super Meat Boy is one I sank my teeth into for quite some time. Cuphead, Shovel Knight. These are all

games that we've talked about on the pod. But I do think Celeste is the one that does it best. So in Celeste,

you play as a young woman named Madeline,

and you are basically trying to work your way up Mount Celeste. And so it's kind of divided into

different worlds and levels. And as you complete each one, you get closer to the summit of the

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