Happy Friday, folks. To celebrate the best day of the week and give everyone five minutes away from Elden Ring, we're here to showcase some of the best features on TheGamer. Don't worry, you can go back to it once you've finished reading.
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Some of the topics we've touched upon this week include Elden Ring's tutorial hole and the lessons that it teaches, Valve's overlooked Steam controller, and the hope that Game Freak won't ruin the cat starter this time in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.
Go on then, let's start with what we're all thinking about right now anyway - Elden Ring. In this piece, features editor Andy Kelly discusses the game's infamous 'tutorial hole' and the lessons that it teaches players. If you don't know what that means, Elden Ring essentially hides its tutorial by having you follow the instructions of a ghost and leap down a hole, something that many players are missing out on.
Andy argues that, beyond being pretty funny, it's actually a lesson from FromSoft that players need to figure things out for themselves and can't rely on the game to tell you exactly what to do. Except in this case, where it literally does say what you need to do, and it's up to you to decide whether to trust it.
After a long wait, The Batman finally hits cinemas today and editor-in-chief Stacey Henley had the chance to talk to the film's star, Robert Pattinson. In the interview, Pattinson opens up about what it was like to become Batman, as well as admitting to stealing far too many pairs of socks from the set. Pattinson also discusses how his Batman is atypical compared to how the character has been portrayed in other films, and how his Bruce Wayne has completely let
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