Game Boys, Ep. 195: Play5tation
After teasing the specs, the controller, and just about everything else, Sony have finally given the PlayStation 5 a proper reveal alongside a decent lineup...
Bluepoint’s ‘Demon’s Souls’ Remake Has Finally Emerged From the Deep Fog
by Mike Worby
Bluepoint's long rumored Demon's Souls Remake has emerged from the Deep Fog giving players the chance to see where Dark Souls all started....
Great Moments in Gaming: Maiden Astraea in ‘Demon’s Souls’
by Mike Worby
The most memorable Arch Demon battle in all of Demon's Souls is more akin to an assassination mission, and an uncomfortable one at that....
A Brief History of From Software’s Joke Bosses
by Mike Worby
Every From game for the last decade has included one boss that seems to exist solely for the purpose of making a perverted or childish...
The Remake Dilemma
The eighth generation of gaming could be described as many things. It can be described as a generation filled with examples of mature storytelling, incredible...
9 Years Later: Nothing Has Been the Same Since ‘Demon’s Souls’
by Maxwell N
Around the mid to late 2000s, I began to notice that video games at large were becoming increasingly passive experiences. Maybe part of this was...
9 Years Later, ‘Demon’s Souls’ Going Offline in February 2018
by Maxwell N
It has been officially announced that online servers for Demon’s Souls will die off come February 28th, 2018, the month of the game’s (and Souls/Bloodborne...
Top 10 Scary Moments in Non-Scary Video Games
Things, not just video games, are at their scariest when you’re simply not expecting it. This universal applies to everything, whether it’s random post through...
Walking Within Visions of Gothic and Cosmic Horror in ‘Bloodborne’
by Maxwell N
From Software’s Bloodborne, a Souls series spin-off, is perhaps one of the most fully, aesthetically and atmospherically, realized games that I have had the pleasure...
Top 5 ‘Dark Souls’ DLC Bosses
Since Demon’s Souls was released back in 2009 upon the world, the Japanese development team From Software have been up to their ears in critical...
‘Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel’ Might Be a Bit Too Familiar
by Mike Worby
As Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Stranger Things have recently demonstrated, a little nostalgia can sometimes go a very long way. Released earlier this year, Dark Souls III opted...
Top 5 ‘Dark Souls’ Epic Trolls
by Mike Worby
One of the key elements that makes Dark Souls, well, Dark Souls, is how hilariously and deliberately it manages to subvert your expectations of what’s just around...
‘Dark Souls III’: Ashes to Ashes
by Toby Bailey
Note: To avoid spoilers for series fans, any and all specific statements on the gameplay given will only apply to the early areas. Things like...
A ‘Bloodborne’ Illness: On the ‘Souls’ Series and Conquering Anxiety
by Mike Worby
Anyone who’s played the Souls series, or its spinoff, Bloodborne, can tell you with assured confidence that these games are fairly stressful to play. If one were to...
‘Demon’s Souls’ Succeeds By Offering Unparalleled Freedom
by Mike Worby
Few games in this era have had the cojones to challenge gamers in the manner that the Souls series has dared to, and fewer still have...
Kindling the Fire: ‘Dark Souls’ and the Art of Obscure Storytelling
by Mike Worby
Ever since the series began with Demon’s Souls back in 2009, the Souls franchise has had a knack for a certain method of obscure storytelling. Each time you enter one...