He does have a fairly good reason for it, though.
Martin also jokes about his totally addictive personality stopping him from trying the game.
I would get sucked into it and weeks, months would go by.
Id be sitting there in my red flannel bathrobe going, one more game, one more game.
I had to go cold turkey.
Readers excited for The Winds Of Winter will probably be glad he hasnt been sucked into the enormous RPG.

Though, theoretically, the author could justspeedrun it in 30-minutes.
So, I went back and wrote a history.
He continued: Im very gratified to have been a part of it.

In hisElden Ring review, Ed called the game an unmissable journey through the most impressiveopen-worldto date.
Hopefully Martin finishes the Winds Of Winter soon, so he can finally play Elden Ring.
Youre really missing out, George.