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Dark Souls Dissected & co-host of the Retro Game Audio podcast. he/him, gay. https://t.co/mrkUZxkQW1 https://t.co/EytzrU2P0D
Apr 5, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
I was doing some invasions earlier today and ran into a host doing this down below on the pillar between the two spirit springs.

I was also hungry so I went AFK and ate lunch while in the host's world and hunters didn't bother me...😅 I think the host got frustrated with the relative lack of activity (we were both over-leveled for the area), and probably didn't like that I was going AFK in their AFK session.
Mar 31, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
#EldenRing

I'd be interested to learn more about what's behind the "you won't step off a ledge when attacking if it's a lethal fall" thing, because the shorthand/ community explanation isn't the full picture.

It does nothing to inform you of fall survivability, actually! I think it might just be a safety thing that's baked into the geometry of most ledges that have any kind of noteworthy drop, regardless if it's actually dangerous or just something the devs thought might be a hassle for the player.
Mar 18, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
#ELDENRING / Elden Ring
So the 1.03 Patch Notes had a vague note about misc fixes. I wanted to see if we can get a good list going here of these unnamed changes, with video/ photo documentation to help provide some proof.

If you have an example I will add a QRT to this thread. Some missing killboxes that allowed the death cam to trigger while the player survived have been fixed (but not all).

One specific one that's been found so far is this pit in the Impaler's Catacombs:
Mar 16, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
I spoke with Patrick about illusory walls and their frequency/ usage throughout the Souls games, while he researched the history of the term, the mixed use of "illusory" vs "illusionary", etc. Check it out! "A Google search for “illusory wall” brings up references to Demon’s Souls, but it mostly seems like people are applying this term retroactively."

This is spot on and I can provide a little more context-