Namco PR director Lee Kirton, the marketing budget is going to blow away the campaigns for Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls. When he was asked by OXM to clarify, he said ”We’re treating this as a massive, massive triple-A title.” This new campaign will be focused on appealing to both the Dark Souls fan as well as new customers. If you [...]

From Software and Namco Bandai have just released the box art for Dark Souls II. Check it out and let us know what you think, are you excited for more Dark Souls? Dark Souls 2 is expected in either late 2013 or early 2014.

It’s a big week for the Souls series by From Software. Dark Souls, the second installment in the famously difficult dark fantasy franchise, is now being sold as a $20 “Greatest Hits” game for Playstation 3. Amazon is currently selling the game for just under $19, but the game’s expansion pack, Artorias of the Abyss, is sold separately. In other Souls [...]

The video game is a form of entertainment media like no other; in that it delegates the responsibility of control and progression of the plot to you, the gamer. Think of it as a puzzle; through exhibiting control over a medium, you find logical solutions to problems which are set in your path. If there’s an obstacle in front of [...]

Dark Souls is one of those rare games that seem to have learned the lessons of the failed games that came before it, and it manages to surpass everyone’s expectations in the best ways possible. Dark Souls is really just that special a game, and could be for every role-playing game fan under the right circumstances. The game is very [...]

In this episode we talk about what we are playing, how we feel about the direction gaming is going considering all the ports and remastered games coming out and the difficulty of gaming compared to the way games used to be. Show notes Intro Music: Suburban Tram by Anamanguchi (from the Scott Pilgrim saves the world soundtrack) Break Music: Syndicate [...]