Someone made an Elden Ring Bill Clinton mod, because of course they did
Why am I even surprised?
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Last night during the final moments of 2022’s The Game Awards show, something profoundly bizarre happened. A young man lurking behind FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki suddenly stepped forward after the Elden Ring director was presented with the Game of the Year award and concluded his acceptance speech. “Who is this kid?” read the live Tweets of confused viewers who were unsure of what was going on.
Then, he took hold of the microphone.
“I think I want to thank everybody and say that…I think I want to nominate this award to my reformed orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton,” he said, leaving the entire gaming community slack-jawed. “Thank you everybody.”
In an instant, the entire internet went absolutelywildover this, with Elden Ring fans flooding social media with memes abouthow Miyazaki was “invaded by a dark spirit"and such. ThoughThe Game Awardshost and organizer Geoff Keighley confirmed that the individual was arrested after he finished his “nomination,” the sheer absurdity of the stage crash ensures that nobody will forget what he said.
Just when you think things couldn’t get weirder, though, the internet justhasto go and do an internet. Today, I opened Twitter to find aludicrous videoof an Elden Ring mod that turns the player character into Bill Clinton himself, complete with a suit, tie, and an eerily-accurate recreation of his face. The video — put together with multiple cinematic camera shots and Godrick the Grafted’s boss theme — has gone viral, racking up thousands of likes and retweets.
“Ok, I have to admit that was impressively fast,” one commentersaid, as it hasn’t even been 24 hours since the on-stage interruption occurred. “I did not have sexual relations with that maiden,“wroteanother.
Sigh.At this point, after seeing how ridiculous things can get online for years, I probably shouldn’t be surprised that this became a thing. Still, though, I didn’t think it would happen so damnfast. Below, you’ll find an embed of the video, in all of its cursed and nonsensical glory:
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We’re proud to announce the collaboration between #ELDENRING X #BillClinton that was announced in #TheGameAwards ! pic.twitter.com/QTpR0UHYHeDecember 9, 2022
If you were hoping to take on the Lands Between and become Elden Lord as Bill Clinton yourself with the mod, we’ve got some bad news. Right now, it doesn’t look like the mod is publicly available for download, although that could change very soon. In the meantime, though, the talented fans in the r/SoulsSliders subreddit have come up witha pretty solid Bill Clinton lookthemselves.
Never change, internet…never change.
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Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he’s been an avid fan since childhood. He’s been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you’ll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he’s not writing or gaming, there’s a good chance he’s either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once.Follow him on X(Twitter).
