Up-and-coming Twitch streamer Perrikaryal has gone viral online after she started playing Elden Ring with an EEG (electroencephalogram) as the sole controller for combat in the game.
The streamer, a psychology major as per her Twitch bio, has calibrated the device used to monitor and record brain activity so that she can traverse the Lands Between in her quest for the Elden Ring, stunning the community.
Perrikaryal has since posted proof of her "mind control" by showing off her setup, in which it is clear that she can control the in-game character without the use of a controller, mouse, keyboard, or any other peripheral. Here is a clip of her killing the Elder Dragon Greyoll using an EEG.
FromSoftware and their Souls-type games are known to be quite difficult, and certain players proficient in the game are known to make it considerably harder on themselves by imposing ridiculous restrictions in challenge runs. Twitch streamers such as MissMikkaa have been making headlines recently for completing the Elden Ring using dance pads and playing two games simultaneously.
Perrikaryal has taken yet another different approach in her challenge, using a device primarily used in medical research for brain waves and training it to recognize her brain patterns. Typing "!mindcontrol" in her chat returns to this answer, which succinctly explains how she got the EEG to work with the game:
Perrikaryal went positively viral after the news was shared extensively on social media by esporting personalities such as Jake Lucky, who shared a piece of gameplay praising the British-Canadian streamer for her innovative ways.
Here is one of the times she took a step back from the PC to "prove" that she was, in fact, using the EEG and not some other
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