Shawn Rawls

At some point in my life, I realized something strange: I had been living as if the world were a video game.

What Elden Ring taught me about learning who I really am One of the first things you do when starting Elden Ring is choose your build. Before you even step into the world, the game asks a quiet but important question: How do you want to approach this journey? Every character begins with a different distribution of abilities—strength, dexterity, intelligence, endurance, and faith. Those choices shape how you experience the entire game. Some characters move slowly but hit like a truck. Others...

Is the loot worth the poison?