La Mulana and Cryptic Puzzle Nightmares

I didn't notice until someone pointed it out, but the song at 58:08 is in Bb minor, not Eb minor. I'm an idiot and misspelled it on my script and didn't notice because E sounds kind of like B, lmao.

To be quite frank, in hindsight, the fact that you can kill a cosmic civilization-creating deity's very soul with a revolver and a single pocket full of rounds is kind of hilarious.

Fun fact, the easiest way to solve the endless corridor symbol puzzle is to turn off the translation software, because the untranslated text has all the symbols

the montage of deaths at the boss, then going to buy a pistol from a shopkeep and then going back to the boss to shoot it and finally win, without word of narration is comedic gold

The best thing about Hell Temple is that enemies drop a lot of exp so your health refills frequently. It won't even let you die.

I'm so glad they gave the swimsuit extra animations, that caught me off guard and i couldn't stop laughing

Love the variety content, of course factorio is great but I enjoyed the towerclimb video most so far

Oh, uh, the game isn't unbeatable if you don't activate the model plane. You can grab a respawning spare Ankh Jewel in the room to the left of where you get dumped out, but only if you used it on Palenque's ankh and didn't activate the plane. Source: I was a dumb sausage who played through La-Mulana in my freshman year of college while commuting home on public transit.

There's something about the way Dosh writes and narrates these that makes them some of the best "Sit down and vibe" type videos out there.

Seeing the games Dosh likes to play I feel like Noita would be right up his alley. As it contains cryptic riddles and a highly complex wand building mechanic

That moment you went for the gun is perfectly relatable.

A little note with the Lost unlock method from Isaac getting datamined, in Rebirth's first DLC there was another ARG added for unlocking the character 'Keeper', which was successful in not getting datamined - though this was because it was largely done outside of the game, with things like a note left on the Santa Cruz boardwalk, some voicemails, a strange Twitter account, etc. (though a few things were found via the game, like the number 109 appearing in a lot of very specific circumstances), so it seems in this day and age one of the only ways to successfully perform an ARG in a game is to do it outside of the game.

DUDE!!! I REMEMBER READING THE FUCKIN HARD MODE TOMB AND COMPLETED THE GAME 100% BECAUSE I WAS MAD AT IT!!! really good game!!! need to play La Mulana 2

In case you wanted to know how 33:48 was supposed to be solved: The tablet asks you for the name of a specific god. You can learn the god's name in the Graveyard of the Giants, but to figure out the symbols, you specifically need to read that tablet without the Glyph Reader software equipped.

I got a new mic. I hope you like it. And if you don't have the time to finish this one, do yourself a favor and skip to 1:14:50

What's funny about the bosses is that they're not even required for progression up until the final bit. Most guides recommend flat out ignoring them until you get all the combat upgrades.

i love how you both 1) show me, a la mulana luddite, how the whole game plays out while also 2) discussing the ideologies and philosophies of "secrets and puzzle games". really nice stuff dude lovin it

I feel like that's a big rookie mistake that a lot of people make, and it's always my biggest suggestion to people; ALWAYS FIGHT GUARDIANS ONLY AS A LAST DITCH EFFORT. Outside of Amphisbaena, the bosses often feel like they are balanced for you having explored multiple areas that you have access to before you have to do it. If you know what you are doing, you can even have most of the Sacred Orbs, quite a few of the weapons, and a few really handy combat tools such as the Spaulder and possibly even the faerie clothes before ever being forced to fight a single guardian if you REALLY milk it.

The first time I heard of La-Mulana was also the very first Let's Play I ever watched. It was the original version recorded by Deceased Crab. The updated version looks nice, but I couldn't play it without first gluing myself to a strategy guide.

To clarify on the Palenque battle, it's meant to be a riff/recreation of an infamous mural known as the "ancient astronaut" due to it looking like a man in some sort of spaceship. It's actually kinda the basis for a LOT of Ancient Aliens and all that. Kinda funny that they turned it into a Shmup though xD nice little wink n nod.