On Introspective & Media Representation

“What you enjoy is a reflection of you.” I agree with this statement to some extent. While I identify myself as a Fromsoftware fan, I have never been the machoistic, bully type found on Twitter (now rebranded as X), telling people to git gud if they suck at video games nor was I the vocal type that attracted a big crowd of gamers to come together and created a positive gaming community. The latter sounds nice. I admire those who can interact and lead an online community, but that is beside the point I am about to make: When a friend of mine learned that I am a fan of the Soul’s games she immediately asked me why there was a Satan in the front cover of Dark Souls III, and why do I play a satanic game? You can find the long answer here in this blog post I’ve written a while ago: Dark Souls: What the Bonfire Says about Humanity. The short simple answer is I like to play a good game. Elden Ring has everything I want: good story, adventure, exploration, puzzles, character-building and dolling up in different types of armor! Well, I can deal without the massive open world, but I am not complaining so much about it anymore because I am having a good time with the game. So, if that above statement is true about what you like is a reflection of you then anyone who likes this game is pretty epic. I can take the compliment. 🙂

Currently, I use my Instagram account as a billboard to showcase video games pictures I have taken so far in Elden Ring. Like most folks, I do enjoy taking screenshots. Initially, I wanted to share it here, but there’s not a lot of media storage under the personal WordPress plan, so I stop storing pictures in the media library. Feel free to check out my Instagram account. I may also use it as a place to announce blog updates. Not sure though if I will stick with it, but let’s give it a whirl. I hope I can represent the medium in a fairer light and also personalized my blog a bit. You know…give it some personality.

Coming Up~More Elden Ring content

Resting at Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Site Grace
Resting after defeating an optional boss fight: Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy. Had to take on Lady Tanith’s questline in order to unlock Rya’s questline.

So far, I have completed Rya’s, Sellen’s the Graven Witch, and Sorcerer Thop’s questlines. All of their dialogues add to the richness of the story. So, I am glad took on the quests despite having to invade other worlds, which ironically, despite playing all of Soul’s games I have never invaded someone’s world before until now. And oh boy I do feel bad even though it’s the NPC’s world and it’s part of the game! Look out for more blog posts from Elden Ring as I have some insightful thoughts to share!