The Adventures of King Spinach, Part Two

In Elden Ring, there is a turtle pope. His actual name is “Miriel, Pastor of Vows,” but everyone calls him “turtle pope” because he’s literally a giant tortoise wearing a bishop’s mitre. (I’m not sure if you get the pope hat if you kill him, and I’m not going to find out.) Miriel presides over the Church of Vows, where you can offer a semi-rare consumable item called Celestial Dew to reset NPC hostility, which is triggered by attacking someone or killing their friends.

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So now King Spinach, who still has zero intelligence, gets to wear super sweet wizard robes.

It Is Always Morally Correct to Pirate Video Games

I just submitted my essay about the early FromSoft game Evergrace to my editor at Sidequest. Huzzah!! Let me share some of the reading I did in the process of arguing why it's important for this game to be preserved and documented.

87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered', says game history organisation
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/87-of-classic-video-games-are-critically-endangered-says-game-history-organisation

A new frontier: Preserving computer and video games at the U-M Library
https://news.umich.edu/a-new-frontier-preserving-computer-and-video-games-at-the-u-m-library/

Academics want to preserve video games. Copyright laws make it complicated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/01/12/video-game-preservation-emulation/

The World’s Digital Memory Is at Risk
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/opinion/digital-archives-memory.html