Weekly Diversion 08/14/2024: The Elden Ring Spoilercast -...

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After years of threatening it, Matt finally brought his wife, Natascha, on the show to talk about Elden Ring and its recently released expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. Naturally there also had to be a lot of Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter talk as well. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on Mars Our break music this episode was Frontier Base - Seliana Theme composed by Akihiko Narita from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Our closing theme this episode was Godskin Apostle composed by Tai Tomisawa from Elden Ring

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After years of threatening it, Matt finally brought his wife, Natascha, on the show to talk about Elden Ring and its recently released expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. Naturally there also had to be a lot of Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter talk...

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