Just finished Adventure Time for the first time. Finn’s loss of his arm trying to connect with his selfish father and its replacement with a demon-laden version of himself followed by cold metal is a rich examination of the dehumanizing reduction of man to utility expanded upon by almost every other character (but particularly his disembodied mother). That said, Jake was totally his cure for male loneliness.
You realize that John DiMaggio (most famous for voicing the Scotsman in Samurai Jack and Master Shake('s muscles) in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but has also done some other notable roles such as Elzar on Futurama or Bender on Futurama and apparently like half of the shows that involve voice acting out there) voices Jake as well as Banana guards 1 and 2!?
That doesn’t stop the voices from being annoyingly high and children’s tv coded. I’ve only seen a little bit of the show, but for me that’s an obstacle.
I may try to muddle through and see if I can stand it.
Something I noticed when reading your excellent posts is that you don't capitalize your i's. I have no opinion on whether you should or not, but it did get me thinking—the English language has always seemed a bit interesting to me in that regard. It's the only language I know that does this.
German capitalizes all its nouns, and lots of languages capitalize God and "You" if they're talking about Him (not me though atheist fuck as I am), but only English capitalizes "I". Almost seems a secular statement, if I didn't know better 😅
I’m just weird when it comes to my 'i’s. I went through all of my school years and only had one teacher who tried to help me with it. Somehow i came out of it only capitalizing the beginning of sentences and nouns (when i remember). I was just thinking to myself how it’s odd no one pointed out out after all this time just the other week.
I didn’t know that English was the only one that capitalized 'i’s though. It’s an interesting thing to learn about the language
Pseudoregalia has the same endless space for skill expression in the movement - the platforming is deeply satisfying and scratched a very similar itch for me!
As others mentioned, A Hat In Time is delightful and has similar room for skill expression
Celeste is 2d but the single best platforming game I have ever played. Its movement system is so, so satisfying and deep
You might enjoy Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - its a ton of fun, but a slight sideways shift in genre
I also found Cavern of Dreams pretty delightful as a cute 3d mascot platformer
I would be failing you if I didn’t mention A Short Hike - it’s short, as its name suggests, but it is an absolute blast
I always assume it’s because i do so much Halo. Which, i mean, i think is a fair opinion for someone to have. I do post a lot of Halo stuff. Though, i knew one guy who wouldn’t give Halo a try, as he saw it as “Mid-Sci-fi slop”, which is… certainly an opinion. Can’t say it’s one i even come close to being able to agree with.
I feel like Halo could be equated to like “early Federation” from Star Trek (I’m not a Trekkie, but I know some things).
Like how humanity discovers FTL space travel and the rest of the galaxy opens up to them and we meet a technologically superior faction of advanced alien races. That’s probably where the similarities end, but it does paint a slightly hopeful light on humanity’s future, even if it is entirely fiction.
The second I saw someone mention A Hat In Time my mind sprung to thinking Yooka-Laylee as a viable option. It’s made by a studio founded by ex-RAR employees, IIRC, and has been a game I’ve played on and off but find a lot of fun. Especially from an exploration standpoint.
Game is basically running through a giant hub, going from level to level, collecting magic book pages, all in order to get back a book that was stolen from one of the main characters. Levels are pretty big too, with expansions as well. Has a Banjo Kazooie vibe, from what I know about that franchise.
There’s also a switch port, assuming you don’t feel like spending $19.99 on Steam for the original ( 7.48GB space required ) or $29.99 for the remaster ( 25.96GB space required )
I didnt “get” yooka laylee. I played like 1 or 2 hours and I was just deeply bored compared to something like a hat in time or odyssey - is it just a slow starter?
I think it is more of a slower game in general. I’ve only been to maybe 3-4 levels and it definitely isn’t as fast paced as games like odyssey. Doesn’t help that there’s usually a quiz about the previous level in between being able to access each new area in the hub world after the first level.
Cannot say whether the remaster makes the gameplay any faster or not considering I’m still trying to beat the original.
I think I just didn’t see much room for expression in the movement system, but I guess that if its a banjo kazooie type game you might only unlock ways to do different things later on
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