{"id":4975,"date":"2022-03-08T15:38:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/08\/pushing-buttons-get-lost-in-elden-rings-maddening-engaging-world\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T15:38:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:38:12","slug":"pushing-buttons-get-lost-in-elden-rings-maddening-engaging-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/08\/pushing-buttons-get-lost-in-elden-rings-maddening-engaging-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: Get lost in Elden Ring\u2019s maddening, engaging world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Interface design is a serious science, yet gamers have embraced FromSoftware\u2019s dodgy menus<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian\u2019s gaming newsletter. If you\u2019d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below \u2013 and check your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like a lot of people interested in video games, I have spent most of the past week rampaging across the Lands Between on a phantom horse, slaying trolls, exploring castles and being repeatedly stamped on by giant boss monsters. The critical consensus is that Elden Ring, a new open-world fantasy adventure from the makers of the Dark Souls series, might just be one of the greatest games ever made. It is extraordinarily beautiful to look at, it\u2019s incredibly challenging and it encourages players to discover its secrets however they see fit. It is also horrible to interact with. Sometimes really horrible.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/mar\/08\/pushing-buttons-elden-ring-interface\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1159f174f76aa4766c8dd196909558802ecc05b1\/163_0_3600_2160\/master\/3600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=86a4046eca8247498a8c8f2d18a35eb9\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: Get lost in Elden Ring\u2019s maddening, engaging world\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Interface design is a serious science, yet gamers have embraced FromSoftware\u2019s dodgy menus<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nWelcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian\u2019s gaming newsletter. If you\u2019d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below \u2013 and check your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email.<br \/>\nLike a lot of people interested in video games, I have spent most of the past week rampaging across the Lands Between on a phantom horse, slaying trolls, exploring castles and being repeatedly stamped on by giant boss monsters. The critical consensus is that Elden Ring, a new open-world fantasy adventure from the makers of the Dark Souls series, might just be one of the greatest games ever made. It is extraordinarily beautiful to look at, it\u2019s incredibly challenging and it encourages players to discover its secrets however they see fit. It is also horrible to interact with. Sometimes really horrible. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Interface design is a serious science, yet gamers have embraced FromSoftware\u2019s dodgy menus Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian\u2019s gaming newsletter. If you\u2019d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below \u2013 and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/08\/pushing-buttons-get-lost-in-elden-rings-maddening-engaging-world\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pushing Buttons: Get lost in Elden Ring\u2019s maddening, engaging world<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}