Waypoint 101: Mark of the Ninja

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🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In our latest Waypoint 101, Austin, Rob, Patrick and myself dissect the design ethos and over-the-top Ninjitsu stylings of Klei Entertainment's 2012 stealth platformer Mark of the Ninja. We talk about it's strengths—particularly it's very parsable design and complex puzzle-room approach to stealth, it's weaknesses, and it's story and style, and then dip into the question bucket to consider whether this Mark has aged particularly well, or is showing up a little long in the tooth or slow on the draw.

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0:00.0	What's good internet to welcome to the weight point 101 for clay games, Mark of the Ninja
0:22.3	Iron Hostel Walker, and joining me on this round table, this mysterious hidden secretive,
0:27.9	stealthy rounds table, the elusive Danielle Riendo.
0:32.3	Hi Mark, I'm Ninja.
0:35.6	The clan desktime, Rob Zachney.
0:40.0	I did not do it.
0:41.8	I did not put the mark.
0:46.9	The furtive Patrick Kleppek.
0:48.8	It's clan entertainment, not clay games.
0:50.9	Thanks.
0:51.9	You're off to a great start.
0:53.4	We're doing good.
0:54.4	They do more than just games.
0:55.4	You know, they do entertainment.
0:56.4	It's beautiful animation.
0:59.4	It's great animation.
1:00.4	It's true.
1:01.4	It's great animation.
1:02.4	We are here today.
1:03.4	We are here.
1:04.4	We've gathered here today to pay our respects to either, you know, I was saying right now,
1:11.8	we're about to spoil this game.
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