{"id":910555,"date":"2025-12-26T00:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cyZJkUgp7SB4VhmdJSdEL"},"modified":"2025-12-26T00:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:20:16","slug":"a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song\/","title":{"rendered":"A Google Doodle animator is my new favorite Elden Ring lore theorist thanks to this cartoon retelling of Shadow of the Erdtree set to a Taylor Swift song"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1v9zl6mBpwc\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elden Ring lore videos should be more like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1v9zl6mBpwc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nate Sandhart&apos;s silly two-minute animation<\/a> set to a Taylor Swift song. Much as I enjoy listening to VaatiVidya read item descriptions, we could be watching FromSoftware&apos;s messed up little guys try to ruin the world in the style of Adventure Time.<\/p>\n<p>If you&apos;ve finished <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shadow of the Erdtree<\/a> or don&apos;t care about spoilers, you need to watch Sandhart&apos;s goofy retelling of the story using the lyrics of Taylor Swift&apos;s oddly fitting song &#8220;Mastermind&#8221;. In it, boy demigod Miquella skips around the Lands Between to set up a series of events leading up to the DLC while singing things like, &#8220;It was all my design \/ &apos;Cause I&apos;m a mastermind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For two years, fans believed that Miquella, cursed with eternal adolescence at birth, was the only good egg in a family of traitorous gods. But then Shadow of the Erdtree proved them wrong. Sandhart&apos;s animation is the story of Miquella&apos;s carefully orchestrated deceit in the style of a Cartoon Network show with visual gags, like a Post-It note with &#8220;IDK, MAYBE JUST BE EVIL?&#8221; circled and &#8220;SOLID.&#8221; written underneath, tucked into every scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That world is so pitch black, you gotta cut it with humor,&#8221; says Sandhart, whose day job is creative lead on interactive Doodles for Google, in an interview with PC Gamer.<\/p>\n<p>It&apos;s almost uncanny how accurately Swift&apos;s song describes Miquella&apos;s point of view. As Swift sings, &#8220;To make them love me and make it seem effortless&#8221; the young demigod charms a group of warriors into having an unyielding devotion to him, which ends up being the very group who recruits you in the DLC. The video ends as Miquella steps into the Divine Gate, an ancient structure made out of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-fans-are-pretty-sure-those-bodies-are-a-tree-in-the-shadow-of-the-erdtree-story-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blended corpses,<\/a> to rule the world with suffocating kindness. No wonder <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/21\/arts\/music\/taylor-swift-midnights-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times reviewer Jon Caramanica<\/a> described &#8220;Mastermind&#8221; as Swift&apos;s &#8220;villain origin story&#8221; in his review\u2014it&apos;s all right there in the text.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"SGBizsKh8XtEyN7UjNootH\" name=\"eldenring-odetomiquella-natesandhart-Animating5.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a person animating an Elden Ring cartoon scene on an iPad\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Whenever I got to a point where it felt like I had to answer an unanswered question, I just tried to make a stupid joke out of it instead.&#8221;<\/p><figcaption><cite>Nate Sandhart<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;When I heard \u2018And the first night that you saw me \/ I knew I wanted your body\u2019 and \u2018I\u2019m only cryptic and Machiavellian cause I care.\u2019 I knew I HAD to make it,&#8221; Sandhart said. &#8220;The whole structure basically wrote itself from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sandhart was playing Shadow of the Erdtree alongside his husband David when they were spoiled on the ending, sending them down a research rabbit hole &#8220;since that final boss reveal seemed so unexpected,&#8221; he says. So Sandhart did what many of us do when FromSoft stories don&apos;t make any sense and started watching lore videos, particularly ones by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VaatiVidya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VaatiVidya<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tarnishedarchaeologist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tarnished Archeologist.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the three weeks it took to make the animation\u2014with his husband fact-checking each scene\u2014Sandhart tried not to fill in the blanks that keep FromSoft fans busy for years after the games have come out. &#8220;Because the lore is so opaque, everyone has their own idea of what actually happened, which is half the fun,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Whenever I got to a point where it felt like I had to answer an unanswered question, I just tried to make a stupid joke out of it instead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watching as cartoon Miquella&apos;s puppy dog eyes come out as he sweet talks himself into godhood isn&apos;t quite as dark as the in-game story, but it captures the absurdity of a 14-year-old with good intentions dooming the world. For all the fallen kings and dying kingdoms in FromSoft games, there are always a handful of weirdos in there too, like the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com\/Dung+Eater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loathsome Dung Eater.<\/a> Sandhart&apos;s sense of humor is not that far off from what&apos;s been in FromSoft games all along.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2732px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.96%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yFXAyRXNQzTbsvVe7uKadY\" name=\"Design1.PNG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The idea that Miquella was just a kinda dumb little bouncy bean just doing what he thought was super smart and not seeing the reality of it just makes me laugh,&#8221; Sandhart said.<\/p>\n<p>The positive response to the video surprised Sandhart, who only occasionally uploads funny animations to his <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@natesandhart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel.<\/a> The comments are full of fans who caught every joke he snuck into the video. &#8220;Shoutouts to Messmer toasting marshmallows in a furnace golem,&#8221; user <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1v9zl6mBpwc&#038;lc=Ugw09QJDSXZbsqIylwx4AaABAg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">someguy4405<\/a> wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My favorite is the scene where Miquella is dancing at the top of a cliff with his alter ego <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-thiollier-quest-st-trina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Trina.<\/a> He lets her go flying off the ledge to where we find her abandoned in the DLC and tiptoes off like nothing happened.<\/p>\n<p>If another song comes around that fits Elden Ring&apos;s characters as well as &#8220;Mastermind&#8221;, Sandhart says he&apos;ll make another one. &#8220;There are so many great characters and crazy stories in that game, I could probably make 10 more videos at least!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Out of all the DLC characters, he&apos;s particularly fond of the old wizard trying to become a mom. &#8220;When I saw [<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/elden-ring-ymir-quest-ruins-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Count Ymir<\/a>] cradling the little baby finger monster I was just like, &apos;Oh my god. I love this game,&apos;&apos;&apos; he said. &#8220;When you create a world so dark, any humor or levity that penetrates it you latch onto. You&apos;re so desperate for any ray of light, so it\u2019s super endearing. I hope they keep doing more characters like this in whatever they do next, because it\u2019s one of my favorite parts of the game for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 8<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2732px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.96%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"SdEwq8smknyo3AjF5dGAxQ\" name=\"Design2.JPG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 8<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2732px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.96%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"f45PZmR2o4hJjGWX3rLuXR\" name=\"Design3.PNG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song-1.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 8<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2732px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.96%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"S5BXgxZtQH7fgzcbanPPnS\" name=\"Storyboard1.PNG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song-2.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 4 of 8<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2732px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.96%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"3oqmNmNJaGPTRWhWrSaQPT\" name=\"Storyboard3.PNG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song-3.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 5 of 8<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2732px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.96%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"HWegM6GrPHG52AWixxqGxU\" name=\"Storyboard2.PNG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song-4.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 6 of 8<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2732px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.96%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"sSEgcEp2bixMAeDxBbmv9U\" name=\"AltScene-little-kid-ignored.PNG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song-5.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 7 of 8<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2732px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.96%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"8jPnA3Mj895dH6JTBYmgmT\" name=\"AltScene-I-couldnt-lose-high-five.PNG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song-6.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2732\" height=\"2048\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 8 of 8<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1080px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:177.78%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"VT6nTTECpvh2kuUVC9xFBS\" name=\"EndRough.JPG\" alt=\"Sketches of characters from Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree in a cartoony style\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nate Sandhart)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elden Ring lore videos should be more like Nate Sandhart&apos;s silly two-minute animation set to a Taylor Swift song. Much as I enjoy listening to VaatiVidya read item descriptions, we could be watching FromSoftware&apos;s messed up little guys try to ruin the world in the style of Adventure Time. If you&apos;ve finished Shadow of the Erdtree or don&apos;t care about spoilers, you need to watch Sandhart&apos;s goofy retelling of the story using the lyrics of Taylor Swift&apos;s oddly fitting song &#8220;Mastermind&#8221;. In it, boy demigod Miquella skips around the Lands Between to set up a series of events leading up to the DLC while singing things like, &#8220;It was all my design \/ &apos;Cause I&apos;m a mastermind.&#8221; For two years, fans believed that Miquella, cursed&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-google-doodle-animator-is-my-new-favorite-elden-ring-lore-theorist-thanks-to-this-cartoon-retelling-of-shadow-of-the-erdtree-set-to-a-taylor-swift-song\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":910556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-910555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Google Doodle animator is my new favorite Elden Ring lore theorist thanks to this cartoon retelling of Shadow of the Erdtree set to a Taylor Swift song | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elden Ring lore videos should be more like Nate Sandhart&amp;apos;s silly two-minute animation set to a Taylor Swift song. 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