Reached by email, he told me, “‘Git Gud’ is an interesting phrase that, taken at face value, seems entirely innocuous—it’s a silly phrase to say off-the-cuff when your friend dies doing ...

That “Git Gud” mentality is one part of a larger effort by “gamers” to keep games as their own private sanctuary from the wider world, open only to those who are as passionate about games ...

The ”git gud” mindset is one that embraces the binary of winners and losers. There will be some people who can beat the game, and the rest are noobs who should get better or die.

But you can all pack it in now, as the ultimate git gud FromSoftware challenge run has been completed after two years of trying. Back in 2022, ...