Cuphead: Watch Dean conquer his demons

Because GamesBeat still believes the internet has a sense of humor, we’ve got another Cuphead video for you. The platformer from StudioMDHR and Microsoft debuts on the Xbox One and Windows on Friday. And I’m here to report that I’ve taken another run-‘n’-gun at this challenging game.

If you recall, I messed up on my first attempt to play Cuphead, and everybody laughed at me. I laughed at myself, calling the video “my 26 minutes of shame with an old-time cartoon game.” That video went on to get more than 764,000 views. Not only did people laugh at it, some got angry and felt I should be fired. I wrote about the fallout from that in a subsequent column. But I kept my chin up. I engaged with those angry at me, and tried to explain that I wasn’t a total doofus.