Feature Excerpt Let People Be Bad at Games By Rob Rich • August 22nd, 2024 Rob is sick and tired of “skill” being used as a metric for whether or not people are qualified to critique, or even enjoy, videogames.
Feature Excerpt Why Aren’t There Treasure Chests in Demon’s Souls? By Jon Thumas • May 25th, 2022 Not having treasure chests is a provocative decision for a Japanese action RPG to have made in 2009, but it was far from a transgressive one.
I Wish Quarantine Was More Like Demon’s Souls By Lucas DeRuyter • February 16th, 2021 Demon’s Souls mechanics also remind me that other people are struggling against the same challenges that I am.
Another Look The Grind By Yussef Cole • July 15th, 2020 Yussef reflects on what loving the peculiarly bristly and uncompromising style of the Souls series says about him.
Together In the Face of Death By Steve Haske • April 26th, 2012 Steve Haske steels his fragile heart for the inevitable upcoming loss of Demon’s Souls‘ multi-player functionality.