After watching Elden Ring’s extended gameplay preview many, many times since it was unleashed last week, I’m starting to think that the much-anticipated 2022 title is already doing some things that show it will almost inevitably improve upon some of the biggest weaknesses of modern open world games.

To be transparent, I will admit that I previously compared Elden Ring‘s hype to Cyberpunk 2077‘s hype, and I will stand by that warning. We should all be aware by now that there is no such thing as a guaranteed great game, and we should all prepare ourselves for the ways the nature of the development process (as well as the unique challenges of pandemic-era game development) can make even the most promising games fall well short of their potential.

For that matter, Elden Ring‘s recent delay should make it clear that Elden Ring is, at the very least, not quite finished. As such, what we’ve seen so far are only glimpses of an incomplete version of the final game and curated glimpses at that. We really just met Elden Ring, and we really don’t know it well enough to start talking about our future with it with total confidence.

Still, what little we’ve seen of Elden Ring so far (relatively speaking) has already made it clear that the game will seemingly address two of the biggest weaknesses of many modern open world games: conveying the thrill of organic exploration and creating a genuine sense of danger.

What's going on Internet, Analytic here aka Dreamz and I would like to welcome you to mine, which I call the Notorious Mass Effect Podcast! I am your Hip-Hop / Gaming News source with a little bit of R&B mixed in. FOR EPISODE 75: “BRUNO MARS & ANDERSON .PAAK - SMOKIN OUT THE WINDOW” “SUMMER WALKER - STILL OVER IT” “ELDEN RING” “KEY GLOCK - YELLOW TAPE 2” But before that make sure to Click my Linktree in my bio to access my social medias and follow, to keep up with my latest activities, if you want to financially support the show click my cash app link located towards the top of my linktree as it helps the show overall, also make sure to share this podcast rating the show 5 stars as this helps the show reach more people so we can grow together and effect the masses!

Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars take it all the way back to the 1970s Soul Train era in the retro video for their Silk Sonic single "Smokin' Out the Window." The visual for the third song to drop so far from the dynamic duo's upcoming joint album finds them going through their choreo on an old school TV set while rocking wide lapel tuxedo jackets. 

follows on the heels of the similarly throwback-sounding previous singles "Leave the Door Open" and "Skate," which are slated to appear on their upcoming duo debut, An Evening With Silk Sonic, due out on Nov. 12.

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Sheeran’s “=” (pronounced “equals”) opens at the top of the Billboard 200 with modest streaming numbers for a star of his magnitude.

Ed Sheeran may be one of the world’s most popular artists on music streaming services, but his latest turn at No. 1 owes a lot to old-fashioned album sales.

Sheeran’s new album, “=” (pronounced “equals”), opens at the top of the Billboard chart with the equivalent of 118,000 sales in the United States, including nearly 62 million streams and 68,000 copies sold as a complete package, according to MRC Data, Billboard’s tracking arm.

Those numbers are modest for a star of Sheeran’s magnitude. He draws 76.8 million listeners a month on Spotify, more than any other artist except Justin Bieber, and Sheeran’s 2017 song “Shape of You” is that service’s biggest hit ever, with 2.96 billion streams worldwide. (Its music video also has 5.5 billion views on YouTube.)

Yet the 62 million clicks for “=” is the least number of streams for any new title at No. 1 this year, and streaming overall accounts for only about 39 percent of its total consumption in the United States. Of the 68,000 copies that were sold as complete packages, 33,000 were digital downloads, 26,000 were CDs and 9,000 were vinyl LPs, according to MRC.

Also this week, Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” falls one spot to No. 2, Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” is No. 3, and Doja Cat’s “Planet Her” is No. 4. Megan Thee Stallion’s “Something for Thee Hotties,” a compilation of stray tracks, opens at No. 5 with the equivalent of 39,000 sales.

On the singles chart, Adele’s “Easy on Me” holds at No. 1 for a third week, while anticipation in the music industry builds for her new album, “30,” due Nov. 19.

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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is an Action-Adventure Space Opera game based on the Marvel Comics property of the same name, made by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. Similar to Spider-Man and Marvel's Avengers, the game is an original story set in its own world. It was released on Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on October 26, 2021, with a cloud streaming version of the game released for Nintendo Switch on the same day.

In the game, you play as Peter Quill / Star-Lord, the leader of his titular Ragtag Bunch of Misfits, here consisting of Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, and Drax the Destroyer. Set some time after the so-called Galactic War opposing Thanos and Chitauri to the rest of the Galaxy, the Guardians get pulled into a series of events with potentially cataclysmic consequences, it's up to them to save the entire Galaxy. The game has a Choice-and-Consequence System involved, as well as a plethora of licensed music that will be used and heard in a variety of contexts.