This Week In Elden Ring: Talking Goldmask, Fear The Death Blight, And Mario Bros.

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I'm convinced that the FromSoftware office has a secret floor where only a few, with the highest clearance, can access. To get to this floor you must enter the elevator and perform an elaborate ritual of some kind – probably involving blood sacrifice – and only then does a portal open up, taking you to the FromSoftware Secrets department.

It is here that writers and lore experts are chained to their station, forced to concoct secrets for their overlord, Hidetaka Miyazaki, to use in his games. I mean, given the endless hidden lore in the developer's games, what other explanation could there be?

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I'm sure, at some point in your playthrough, you've found yourself in need of healing, only for an enemy to swoop in and stab you out of nowhere just as you take out your Flask of Crimson Tears. It's almost as if a voice in their head told them that you're about to heal and they should attack immediately. This raised the question, does Elden Ring have input reading?

As always, FromSoftware expert Zullie the Witch was on the case. Zullie used the example of the Godskin Apostle, who shouldn't really fire off a heal punish until they can actually see the flask in your hand – but in reality, they use the attack before the flask is even out. Zullie surmised that this is because the AI recognises the healing animation, rather than waiting to actually see the flask. Just another 'fuck you' from our good friends at FromSoft.

Remember that tall creepy dude who did nothing but stand and point at the Erdtree? His silence was perhaps more unsettling than his titular golden mask. You'd be greeted with "..." every time you interacted with him, but it turns out that he