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One of the more underappreciated aspects of Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3 are the non-player characters, or NPCs, that inhabit the world. Veterans who know the optimal path through the game and the exact location of every item can sometimes forget that for new players, seeing Solaire in Anor Londo or Siegmeyer in LostContinue reading “The Importance of NPCs in the Souls Games”

Did you know that Link is left-handed? At least, he used to be. The green-clad hero from The Legend of Zelda series was a southpaw until November 2006, when the Wii version of Twilight Princess launched in North America. Because of that game’s use of the motion sensing Wiimote, director Eiji Aonuma decided to changeContinue reading “Left-Handed Link”

Dark Souls is one of the most popular games of the past decade, to the point where it could almost be considered a cultural phenomenon. The game really doesn’t need an introduction to people that are invested in gaming. It’s a game people have either played or have been told to play, and its successContinue reading “Demons in Dark Souls 1”