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Tag: Elden Ring

Area of Effect
A photograph of the Rollright Stones showing a well-trod path curving alongside the stones.

Signalled Space

By Jay Castello • September 10th, 2024

The feeling of together-aloneness is the same in both Elden Ring’s digital world and the damp field of the Rollright Stones in real life.

Feature Excerpt
Art from Dark Souls shows a dark knight standing with weapon drawn, the tatters of his cape blowing in the wind.

Let People Be Bad at Games

By Rob Rich • August 22nd, 2024

Rob is sick and tired of “skill” being used as a metric for whether or not people are qualified to critique, or even enjoy, videogames.

This Mortal Coyle
Fia, a character from Elden Ring, sits on a bed in a dramatic black hooded robe.

Goth Femmes of Elden Ring

By Deirdre Coyle • February 6th, 2024

Ranking Elden Ring’s goth femmes from “least” to “most” goth.

Feature Excerpt
A robed figure with spear and shield stands on the bank of a river of fire, arms aloft.

May Chaos Take the World

By Gerry Hart • September 22nd, 2023

The cosmology of Elden Ring’s world is complex and daunting even for veteran players, but there is little in the way of ambiguity with the Frenzied Flame.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – September 2023

By David Shimomura • September 18th, 2023

Remember remember, the 21st night of September.

Feature Excerpt
A cloaked figure holding a sword gazes across a barren landscape of red fog and blackened soil.

The Environmental Horror of Elden Ring

By Kathryn Hemmann • March 22nd, 2023

Caelid resists the post-apocalyptic fantasy that the detrimental effects of human activity on the environment are temporary and reversible.

Forms in Light
A screenshot from Dying Light 2: Stay Human shows player character Aiden hanging perilously from a stone rainspout on an old church.

Best Games Architecture of 2022

By Justin Reeve • March 14th, 2023

The fourth annual roundup of the best architecture in games.

Exploits Feature

Elden Ring

By Connor Queen • November 30th, 2022

Love and monsters.

Exploits Feature

An Ode to Videogame Jumps

By Jordan Havlik • July 1st, 2022

Even a bad jump is better than no jump.

Past Presence
In a screenshot from the game Dark Souls 2, a knight in full armor carrying a sword and shield advances against three foes who seem to have emerged from beneath the roots of a giant tree.

Die, Retrieve, Repeat, Succeed

By Emily Price • March 29th, 2022

The Souls series – and in particular, Dark Souls 2 – rewards death in the same breath that it punishes you for it.

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