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Feb 2024
1h 11m

393: Gravity Circuit

The Short Game
About this episode

Turns out all of us skipped the tutorial and (whaddayaknow!?) had a really hard time with the early hours of this retro action platformer. Don’t be like us! In the end though we all had a blast with this indie spin on Mega Man.

  • (00:00) - Gravity Circuit
  • (47:02) - What's Making Us Happy This Week?
  • (47:11) - Nate - Español!
  • (52:09) - Raygan - Void Stranger
  • (57:47) - Shane - Mudkip and the Uniball One P
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