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Kaan Serin

Brave genius takes on the ultimate gamer challenge: converting an elliptical "from the side of the road" into a controller and working out while playing Elden Ring

Elden Ring character on a horse.

We're used to bonkers Elden Ring challenge runs at this point, but even I wasn't prepared for one brave genius to turn a three-year-old elliptical workout machine found on "the side of the road" into a working controller. What follows is, as you can imagine, a leg-shaking playthrough.

YouTuber WoolyBeetle1 created a homebrew Elden Ring controller using an old workout machine, which moves the protagonist forward as you pedal. Essentially, it's work out or prepare to die. But issues quickly arose since the device only has three buttons, so WoolyBeetle1 hijacked them to be able to look forward, dodge, attack, and nothing else. You know, the basics.

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