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I beat Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night this week! I completed the main story, anyway. I then spent an episode analyzing and reviewing the game, then concluded things by wrapping up a few known loose ends of exploration. I expect the game will come back on weekends, likely when I get access to new playable characters. Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 31: Exploring the End Game - https://youtu.be/3L_U-ElmWdY Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 32: Bosses Galore! - https://youtu.be/lji5fyYHiSY Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 33: The Credits Roll! - https://youtu.be/JbZRo_fAVp8 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Post-Play Analysis & Review - https://youtu.be/u7nM587MACA Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Wrapping Up Loose Ends - https://youtu.be/d34TOVsYngI

I continue to wander around while lost. I ended up taking a bit of an interlude in the middle of the week to get ingredients to cook a bunch of new recipes. Once again, I end the week by looking up the barest hint of information on how to progress, and find a bunch of it as a result. I overall like this game, but it has a bad habit of hiding its late game progress a little too well. Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 26: The Carpenter - https://youtu.be/oI9vr-cEQjE Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 27: Looking for Progress, Finding Food. - https://youtu.be/xLt_9j6TuBw Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 28: Cooking Time! - https://youtu.be/rEM_v__Le5E Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 29: Saving for a Discount - https://youtu.be/kj9sYkvT6QA Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 30: Oh, THERE'S Progress! - https://youtu.be/yWIBe3s1Fbw

I spent much of this week searching for progress. I eventually gave up and took a peek at a barebones walkthrough that pointed me in the direction of the Aegis Plate. I do find and collect a lot of stuff during my search, though! Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 21: Hunting for Shards - https://youtu.be/Lq42D-6FFxM Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 22: Farming Materials - https://youtu.be/bM2B_SXmkkw Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 23: 8-Bit Pain - https://youtu.be/xR5QLX0x_vg Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 24: Searching for Progress...but failing to find it! - https://youtu.be/hFlzkwaViB8 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 25: Guided to the Aegis Plate - https://youtu.be/0LyLbtwrOU8

I find a couple of very useful abilities in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night this week. The first is the ability to sink in water, which proves most useful. The other is the ability to invert Miriam's gravity, which has some very interesting visual implications. Both open up a bunch of exploration! Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 16: How did a Desert get lost underground anyway? - https://youtu.be/jTxiuCnW0Ts Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 17: Sinking in Water is MAGIC! - https://youtu.be/QilKLMT-EW4 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 18: Spike Armor is AMAZING! - https://youtu.be/f7xt7ZMkr6s Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 19: Into the...err, underground Magma Area! - https://youtu.be/gvqvtW57sh0 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 20: Falling UP! - https://youtu.be/EThVwg1vHfA

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night continues! The most significant advancement was in the last episode, as gaining the ability to (sort of) swim really opened up a lot more areas. This week also marks the beginning of some experimentation with thumbnails. I'm curious to see if the seem to have an impact. Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 11: Bloodless - https://youtu.be/9BDejQNyHXE Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 12: Chair Mimics?! - https://youtu.be/tvcQsq3D-sw Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 13: Not the ending I'm looking for... - https://youtu.be/FfuJP31XHxY Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 14: Benjamin is LOADED! - https://youtu.be/lK-eNCyrEVk Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 15: Learning to Swim (kinda?) - https://youtu.be/uBziifpAhoI

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night continues! I found a lot of movement abilities this week, and figured out about how more systems function. Also, this game continues to make me hungry! Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 6: What's Shovel Knight doing here? - https://youtu.be/jsWI9xfuBUc Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 7: The Library - https://youtu.be/DI9AWLC-PAk Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 8: Where can my Double Jump take me? - https://youtu.be/DKGungWyvgw Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 9: Monster Train Pass - https://youtu.be/zm0zbZQ30WI Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 10: Laser-Powered Movement! - https://youtu.be/VTLD3ZqSU74

I was a backer of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and now that the game has released (just a few days after I recorded this, anyway), I'm excited to get to finally play it! Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 1: It Begins! - https://youtu.be/y3RK90w_Y4o Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 2: NPC Introductions - https://youtu.be/k9p7ShwqN18 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 3: This game makes me hungry! - https://youtu.be/SjXyroYcL_g Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 4: What is style? - https://youtu.be/kj9voVb6o7Q Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 5: Finding a GIANT HAND! - https://youtu.be/duUuhAKZhyU