Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off the weekend by taking a look at the world of gaming, diving in to the ideas that underpin the hobby we love with a bit of Game Theory. We’ll sound off in the space above, and invite you to respond down in the comments, telling us what you’re playing this weekend, and what theories it’s got you kicking around.
Shadow Of The Erdtree is, if anything, more dense with secrets than the base game, and its map is consequently even more useful. You’re always going to want to beeline for the locations where each map is waiting for you as soon as you get to a new region, but you’re also going to want to re-acquaint yourself with what the various symbols and lines on the map mean. The biggest one is remembering what the light dotted lines that appear all over the terrain indicate—i.e.