The promise of reaching everything in your sights has long been a cynical joke at the player’s expense in the Dark Souls franchise, one I sit with as Elden Ring earnestly fulfills it without punchline.
Read MoreIs this nirvana? What intimacy can 4K matchmaking systems create more meaningful than sharing a GameBoy in the backseat of a car? Capitalism won’t allow that experience to be enough. It can’t monetize a memory, a yellowed cartridge, the worm lights illuminating unlit and unconnected screens.
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