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e.w. niedermeyer

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never played a dark souls game because they all look exactly like how clinical depression feels

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Sela of the Disastral Clocktower's avatar Sela of the Disastral Clocktower @sela.bsky.social
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okay, BUT,

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(X) JASON!'s avatar (X) JASON! @pressxtojasonwrites.com
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... this explains so much.

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All Cats are Beautiful's avatar All Cats are Beautiful @pierogiprince.bsky.social
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Elden Ring is actually pretty gorgeous most of the time! But you do start out in a cave...

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wishda's avatar wishda @wishda.bsky.social
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Elden Ring is Meditative State: The Game for 90 percent of play. Slowly cross gorgeous landscapes, creep up on monsters, and then the fight/run away/roadblock boss portions have the classic Souls gameplay. Still a From game. Mutated insect men weep for their dead, and all, but very pretty.

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Michael's avatar Michael @eridyn.bsky.social
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Funny you say that

keep.lib.asu.edu/items/133042

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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Now that you mention it, theres a fantastic video essay about the game as a metaphor for overcoming depression by a writer who has depression. Writing On Games is the channel.

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