38: Reach out and Touch Grace

Elden Ring is out this week, and we have gotten drawn into, chewed up by, and spat out of its gaping open-world maw. Plus: some later-game thoughts on Horizon Forbidden West's story twists, thoughts on whether the world needs another Street Fighter, a consideration of the ever-expanding definition of "Microsoft news," and more! Advertise on The Nextlander Podcast at Gumball.fm , or support us on Patreon ! CHAPTERS (00:00:10) Intro [My (Vinny) mic is doing some fluttery noise business again that I thought I fixed. Apologies for that, will have to take it apart this weekend] (00:01:03) Be prepared for some Elden spoiler-ish talk and definitely some Horizon spoiler talk in the game sections (00:03:27) Escapades in Escape Rooms (00:08:49) Smashing Cars in the Break Room (00:13:19) Both shocked and concerned that bad wordplay might be going out of favor (00:15:42) [POSSIBLE SPOILERS] Elden Ring [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5] on Feb 25, 2022 (00:37:33) First Break (00:37:37) [POSSIBLE SPOILERS] Elden Ring (01:09:24) Second Break (01:09:28) [SPOILERS] Horizon Forbidden West [PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4] on Feb 18, 2022 (01:27:50) [END OF…