Games
I asked a revenge expert why I’m obsessed with retribution in games like Elden Ring and The Last of Us
The first time I sought revenge in Elden Ring was against that bastard Tree Sentinel. Anyone who’s visited the Lands Between in the last year, assuming you’ve played past the tutorial, knows the one I’m talking about. That big, bruting, heavily-armored knight on horseback with the magic-reflecting Erdree Greatshield, Golden Halberd, and stinking attitude. The one that waits for you just as you emerge from the Cave of Knowledge, patrolling the grassy thoroughfare between the First Step sight of grace and the Church of Elleh. The one who will kill you again and again because they’re big and mean and OP. You could memorize their moveset to prevail. And you could enlist the help of a player-controlled summon. But I much prefer revenge.
