Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Potential spoilers for Sekiro ahead, as well as Dark Souls 1 and 3.
This one sees me doing something I thought I'd never do again—talking about a Souls-related game on my channel. But with Sekiro's more confident storytelling this time around, I couldn't resist diving back in and taking a deeper look at the themes on show here; examining how, despite sharing a lot of the DNA found in From Software's other titles, the game's historical setting and real-world spiritual principles see it exploring the nature of existence and death in an altogether different way to the Souls games.
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Want a more in-depth look at how Dark Souls toys with absurdism? Check out this video by Bob the Hollow! youtube.com/watch?v=UEeFQhZb4Ws
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/writingongames
Podcast (iTunes) - itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/writing-on-gamescast/id1124674245?mt=2
Second Channel - youtube.com/channel/UC1xxfS_HILi09yaELQdmV1A
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Potential spoilers for Sekiro ahead, as well as Dark Souls 1 and 3.
This one sees me doing something I thought I'd never do again—talking about a Souls-related game on my channel. But with Sekiro's more confident storytelling this time around, I couldn't resist diving back in and taking a deeper look at the themes on show here; examining how, despite sharing a lot of the DNA found in From Software's other titles, the game's historical setting and real-world spiritual principles see it exploring the nature of existence and death in an altogether different way to the Souls games.
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Want a more in-depth look at how Dark Souls toys with absurdism? Check out this video by Bob the Hollow! youtube.com/watch?v=UEeFQhZb4Ws
