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§ scenes from the writer's desk
Elden Ring Will Be The (1,000) Death Of Me
Elden Ring Will Be The (1,000) Death Of Me.
Fun pastime, relaxing downtime, or is George RR Martin just being a dick?
To continue Elden Ring or not to continue Elden Ring? That is the question. As you may remember from an earlier post, I enjoyed some relaxing downtime with a new video game called Elden Ring. And by “downtime,” what I really mean is dying every three minutes in new and exciting ways.Sometimes it’s nice to leave the chaos of the real world and enter the imaginary world of video games like Elden Ring. Lately, however, the bloom has left this particular rose.
After work yesterday, I took a short break and watched Jennifer play a bit of her game, “The Witcher.” As she was exploring a new city in this open-world game, I was on edge the whole time, “Kill that thing!” I yelled, “KILL IT NOOOWWWWW!!!”
“No, that’s a Flower Vendor,” Jenn would say.
“What about that, that, that thiiinnnnnngggg?”
“That’s a Strumpet,” she’d explain. “They can be quite nice.”
“Arrrgghhhh! What are you doing now?!?” I scream.
“I’m talking to a Townsperson.” She gently put down the controller and looked over at me. “Are you okay?”
“You can just, like, talk to people in this game?” I ask. “What about imminent death?”
“I haven’t died in weeks.”
“Whhaaaaaaat?!?” I was visibly twitching.
At this point, I realize that my “relaxing downtime” playing Elden Ring might have adverse effects on my mental health, and I need to find a new way to unwind. Perhaps something less stressful and more active, like joining a Rollerball League.