'Sheer practice and willpower': Real-life telekinetic heroine PerriKaryal beat Elden Ring's bosses by thinking about a cricket jumping and twitching her inner ear, and Nightreign is next

Twitch streamer rejoices via picture in picture streaming. She is playing Elden Ring: Nightreign while wearing a consumer-grade EEG. She has successfully beaten a boss, causing the words 'Night Repulsed' to appear across the screen.

Most gamers have at least entertained the fantasy of going full Jesse Faden, tearing up the Oldest House in Control, and playing videogames with just your mind. Exceedingly few actually embark on a tech project that makes that a reality. Twitch streamer PerriKaryal has defeated many of FromSoftware's toughest customers using predominantly the power of her thoughts alone.

When I speak to PerriKaryal shortly before she flies to Rotterdam for TwitchCon Europe, I ask who has been her favourite Soulsborne boss to beat with her big brain. "Rykard [from Elden Ring]. 100% Rykard," she answers, going on to add that using mind control to dodge during the snake-face's second phase, "feels like flying."