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  • Elden Ring’s Dirty Messages Are My Favourite, Because I’m 12

    Elden Ring’s Dirty Messages Are My Favourite, Because I’m 12

    The most obvious way to tell if Elden Ring is a Souls game isn’t its satisfyingly difficult gameplay loop or incomprehensible lore. No, the true test of Elden Ring’s inherent Souls-ness lies with the messaging system, in which players can leave behind asynchronous notes to give their fellow Tarnished tips about impending dangers or troll…


  • The Origins of Horizon Forbidden West’s Biggest Spoilers

    The Origins of Horizon Forbidden West’s Biggest Spoilers

    The epic, sprawling, story of Horizon Forbidden West is one of the many reasons the game is so addictive. When we last saw the daring warrior Aloy at the end of 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn, she’d defeated the evil program HADES and, she thought, saved the world. But questions still lingered. How did HADES get…