Playing through the game, I can't help but be reminded of several passages from Achille Mbembe's book NECROPOLITICS. Let me show you them.

CW for video game depictions of torture, genocide, colonialism, hangings, and spiders.

Spoilers for the whole game and DLC.

#EldenRing #necropolitics #colonialism

Title music: Pyre March by me   / pyremarch  
Background Music: Gravesite Plains from the Elden Ring DLC OST

Book cited:
Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe https://anarch.cc/uploads/achillembe...

Transcript: https://justpaste.it/fe97v

All game footage captured by me